Paddle Steamer Rône

Paddle Steamer Rône
from Lausanne-Ouchy
Paddle steamer Rhône steaming ahead
Built in 1927 by Sulzer Brothers, Winterthur
Call sign Measures in meter Tonnage Engine
kW 		Speed
Knots
Length Beam Draught Gross Net
  68 14.3 1.75 367 332 625 14
Two Scotch fire tube boilers each with one oil fired furnace. 13 bar
Compound engine

Paddle steamer Rhône moored
Paddle Steamer Rhône moored. She was the last steamship built by Sulzer Brothers.

The engine room onboard Paddle Steamer Rône

Paddle steamer Rhône boilersPaddle Steamer Rhône's two scotch fire tube boilers and one of the burners.


Paddle Steamer Rhone engine maneuvering place
Paddle Steamer Rhône maneuvering place.

© 2011 Lars Josefsson  Steamesteem in a computerized world Still sailing steamships with steam engines and steam boilers.
Steamesteem means that I like steam boilers and steamships, paddle steamers as well as screw-propelled steamships.