Inclined three-cylinder wet steam expansion machine from Escher-Wyss
Machine performance
250 PS (184 kW)
Top speed
12.4 kn (23 km / h)
Transport capacities
Permitted number of passengers
350
The Friedrichshafen was the second steamship that was put into service for the Württemberg State Railways on Lake Constance . The iron ship was first used as a smooth-deck steamer by the Zurich shipyard Escher, Wyss & Cie. built, in 1878 it was converted into a semi-saloon ship. After 53 years of service, the ship was replaced by a new building, which was also named Friedrichshafen . The old Friedrichshafen was then scrapped, the ship's bell was taken over by the motor ship Schwaben .
Although Württemberg largely surrendered its sovereignty after the establishment of the German Empire in 1871, the railways of all three southern German states and thus Friedrichshafen remained under their respective sovereignty. There were therefore no passenger steamers on Lake Constance that sailed under the flag of the Empire.
literature
Klaus von Rudolff, Claude Jeanmaire: Shipping on Lake Constance . Volume 1. ed. from the interest group Bodensee-Schiffahrt, Verlag Eisenbahn, Villigen AG (previously unpublished)
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