List of paddle steamers of the Saxon-Bohemian Steamship Company
The list of paddle steamers of the Saxon-Bohemian Steamship Company is a chronological listing of the steamships that were in service with the company. All known names of the individual ships are listed and, if known, the whereabouts of the ships and steam engines. The numbering (II), (III), (IV) of some ships indicates the frequency of the name during operation at the Saxon-Bohemian Steamship Company.
| Year Indienst- position |
Name at commissioning |
all known names |
Year retirement |
Whereabouts | Number of passengers |
Machine type | power | Origin of the machine | The whereabouts of the machine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1837 | Queen Mary | Queen Mary | 1846 | cancellation | 300 | 2-cylinder low-pressure side balancing machine, oscillating 2-cylinder twin steam engine |
120 hp 96 hp |
Franz Anton J. Egells Berlin 1841 John Penn and Sons |
scrapped Queen Maria (II) |
| 1838 | Prince Albert | Prince Albert | 1844 | cancellation | 300 | 2-cylinder low-pressure side balancing machine, oscillating 2-cylinder twin steam engine |
120 hp 96 hp |
Franz Anton J. Egells Berlin 1840 John Penn and Sons |
Bockwa road shaft (Zwickau) 1844 Prince Albert (II) |
| 1838 | City of Dresden |
City of Dresden |
1845/46 | sold |
200 | 2 cylinder low pressure side balancing machine | 197 hp | Franz Anton J. Egells Berlin | unknown |
| 1838 | Havel |
Havel city of Meissen |
1857 | cancellation | 300 | oscillating 2-cylinder twin steam engine |
96 hp | Fairbairn Machine Works Manchester | unknown |
| 1841 | Bohemia | Bohemia | 1856 | cancellation | 140 | oscillating 2-cylinder twin steam engine |
110 hp | John Penn and Sons | unknown |
| 1845 | Prince Albert (II) | Prince Albert (II) | 1858 | cancellation | 490 | oscillating 2-cylinder twin steam engine |
120 hp | Prince Albert | unknown |
| 1846 | Saxonia |
Saxonia Constitution |
1860 | sold | 2-cylinder high-pressure steam engine oscillating 2-cylinder twin steam engine |
135 hp unknown |
Henschel & Sohn 1853 unknown |
unknown unknown |
|
| 1846 | Germania | Germania | 1857 | cancellation | 160 | oscillating 2-cylinder twin steam engine |
110 hp | John Penn and Sons | unknown |
| 1846 | Friedrich August | Friedrich August | 1854 | cancellation | 500 | oscillating 2-cylinder twin steam engine |
120 hp | Machine factory Buckau | Friedrich August (II) |
| 1847 | telegraph | telegraph | 1847-1851 1882 |
chartered demolition |
500 | oscillating 2-cylinder twin steam engine |
120 hp | Machine factory Buckau | unknown |
| 1847 | Queen Maria (II) | Queen Maria (II) | 1859 | cancellation | 500 | oscillating 2-cylinder twin steam engine |
120 hp | Queen Mary | Maria |
| 1855 | Friedrich August (II) | Friedrich August (II) | 1890 | cancellation | 500 | oscillating 2-cylinder twin steam engine |
120 hp | Friedrich August | Koenigstein (III) |
| 1855 | Franz Josef | Franz Josef | 1880 | cancellation | oscillating 2-cylinder twin steam engine |
110 hp | Moabit mechanical engineering institute | Emperor Franz Josef | |
| 1856 | King Johann | King Johann | 1861 | cancellation | oscillating 2-cylinder twin steam engine |
130 hp | Ruston & Co. | Saxonia (II) | |
| 1857 | City of Meissen (II) |
City of Meissen (II) Meissen Pillnitz |
1883 | cancellation | 400 | oscillating 2-cylinder twin steam engine |
110 hp | John Penn and Sons | Diesbar (II) |
| 1858 | Germania (II) |
Germania (II) Meissen |
1881 | cancellation | 400 | oscillating 2-cylinder twin steam engine |
110 hp | John Penn and Sons | Meissen (II) |
| 1858 | City of Dresden | Dresden | 1879 | cancellation | 400 | oscillating 2-cylinder twin steam engine |
120 hp | Ruston & Co. | City of Wehlen (III) |
| 1858 | Aussig |
Aussig Courier Admiral |
1902 1912 |
sold demolition |
oscillating 2-cylinder twin steam engine oscillating 2-cylinder compound steam engine |
140 hp ? |
Escher Wyss & Co. 1875 Ruston & Co. |
scrapped unknown |
|
| 1858 | Crown Prince | Crown Prince | 1887 | cancellation | oscillating 2-cylinder twin steam engine |
110 hp | John Penn and Sons | Kaiser Willhelm | |
| 1860 | Maria |
Queen Maria Maria Schnackenburg Crown Prince Wilhelm |
1899 | sold | oscillating 2-cylinder twin steam engine |
120 hp | Queen Maria (II) | unknown | |
| 1861 | Pirna |
Pirna Rosslau Svoboda Laisve |
1919 1945 |
sold loss |
512 (1862) | oscillating 2-cylinder twin steam engine |
120 hp | John Penn and Sons | unknown |
| 1862 | King Johann (II) | King Johann (II) | 1891 | cancellation | oscillating 2-cylinder twin steam engine 2-cylinder compound steam engine |
110 hp 125 hp |
Escher Wyss & Co. Escher Wyss & Co. |
Reconstruction in 1874 Bad Schandau |
|
| 1862 | Saxonia (II) |
Saxonia (II) Lietuva Labiau |
1919 1945 |
sold loss |
598 (1863) | oscillating 2-cylinder twin steam engine three-cylinder compound steam engine? |
120 hp 148 hp |
Koenig Johann F. Schichau, machine and locomotive factory, shipyard and iron foundry GmbH, Elbing |
scrapped unknown |
| 1863 | Bohemia (II) | Bohemia (II) | 1927 | cancellation | oscillating 2-cylinder twin steam engine |
95 hp | Ruston & Co. | German Museum Munich | |
| 1863 | Riesa |
Riesa Magdeburg Willy Liūtas |
1919 1923 |
sold last proof |
598 (1863) | oscillating 2-cylinder twin steam engine |
120 hp | Escher Wyss & Co. | unknown |
| 1863 | Waldschlösschen |
Waldschlösschen Fürst Bismarck Herrenkrug |
1867 1887 |
sold demolition |
standing 2-cylinder twin steam engine |
55 hp | Escher Wyss & Co. | unknown | |
| 1864 | John Penn |
John Penn Herrnskretschen Kurort Rathen (II) friendship |
1966 | cancellation | 895 (1875) 1000 (1957) |
oscillating 2-cylinder twin steam engine |
250 hp | John Penn and Sons | scrapped in 1975 |
| 1864 | Schandau |
Schandau Duke Friedrich of Anhalt |
1892 | sold | oscillating 2-cylinder twin steam engine |
95 hp | John Penn and Sons | unknown | |
| 1865 | Raudnitz |
Raudnitz Bastei |
1893 | cancellation | oscillating 2-cylinder twin steam engine oscillating 2-cylinder twin steam engine |
75 hp 96 hp |
Wilhelmshütte (Sprottau) 1870 John Penn and Sons |
Libussa Salesel |
|
| 1870 | Libussa |
Libussa Braunschweig Prince Bismarck II |
1910 1962 |
sold demolition |
oscillating 2-cylinder twin steam engine oscillating 2-cylinder compound steam engine |
75 hp 125 hp |
Raudnitz 1924 Ruston & Co. |
scrapped museum of the German inland navigation in Duisburg |
|
| 1873 | Germania (III) |
Germania (III) Lössnitz unit to the gondola port |
1983 | cancellation | 844 (1873) 918 (1957) |
oscillating 2-cylinder compound steam engine |
240 hp | Escher Wyss & Co. | scrapped |
| 1876 | Blowjoke | Blowjoke | 1888 | cancellation | 280 | oscillating 2-cylinder compound steam engine |
80 hp | John Penn and Sons | Blasewitz (II) |
| 1876 | Loschwitz | Loschwitz | 1888 | cancellation | 280 | oscillating 2-cylinder compound steam engine |
80 hp | John Penn and Sons | Loschwitz (II) |
| 1879 | Dresden (II) |
Dresden (II) Mühlberg City of Wehlen (III) |
in motion | 803 (1879) 419 (2015) |
oscillating 2-cylinder twin steam engine oscillating 2-cylinder compound steam engine |
120 hp 180 hp |
Dresden renovation 1914/15 |
in operation | |
| 1880 | Emperor Franz Josef |
Emperor Franz Josef František Josef Hradčany Mělník Peter Parler Hradčany |
1911 1981 |
sold demolition |
600 (1880) | oscillating 2-cylinder twin steam engine oscillating 2-cylinder compound steam engine |
110 hp 140 hp |
Emperor Franz Josef reconstruction in 1940 |
Maritime Museum Lauenburg |
| 1881 | Meissen (II) |
Meissen (II) Crown Prince Wilhelm |
1907 1968 |
sold demolition |
518 (1967) | oscillating 2-cylinder twin steam engine oscillating 2-cylinder compound steam engine |
110 hp 135 hp |
Germania (II) remodeling in 1923 |
German Maritime Museum Bremerhaven |
| 1884 | Pillnitz (II) |
Pilnitz (II) Diesbar (II) |
in motion | 585 (1884) 292 (2015) |
oscillating 2-cylinder twin steam engine |
110 hp | Pillnitz | in operation | |
| 1885 | King Albert |
King Albert Saxony Meissen (IV) |
in motion | 814 (1885) 390 (2015) |
oscillating 2-cylinder twin steam engine oscillating 2-cylinder compound steam engine |
120 hp 230 hp |
Steamship and mechanical engineering institute of the Austrian Northwest Steamship Company Reconstruction 1913/14 |
in operation | |
| 1886 | Queen Carola |
Koenigin Carola Diesbar Elida Diesbar Pillnitz (III) World Peace Pillnitz (III) |
in motion | 1020 (1886) 384 (2015) |
oscillating 2-cylinder twin steam engine oscillating 2-cylinder compound steam engine |
120 hp 230 hp |
Steamship and mechanical engineering institute of the Austrian Northwest Steamship Company Reconstruction 1911/12 |
in operation | |
| 1887 | Kaiser Willhelm |
Kaiser Wilhelm Grosspriesen Saxonia |
1919 1959 |
sold demolition |
600 (1887) | oscillating 2-cylinder twin steam engine |
110 hp | Crown Prince | scrapped |
| 1888 | Blasewitz (II) |
Blasewitz (II) Blaženec Emperor Friedrich |
1906 1944 |
sold last proof |
oscillating 2-cylinder compound steam engine |
80 hp | Blowjoke | unknown | |
| 1888 | Loschwitz (II) |
Loschwitz (II) Lužkec Count Moltke |
1902 1947 |
sold demolition |
oscillating 2-cylinder compound steam engine |
80 hp | Loschwitz | unknown | |
| 1889 | Koenigstein |
Koenigstein Minister |
1919 | sold | 609 (1889) | oscillating 2-cylinder twin steam engine |
110 hp | Saxon steamship and engineering company of the Austrian Northwest Steamship Company | unknown |
| 1890 | City of Wehlen |
City of Wehlen Masaryk |
1921 1937 |
sold demolition |
621 (1890) | oscillating 2-cylinder twin steam engine |
110 hp | Saxon steamship and mechanical engineering institute of the Austrian Northwest | unknown |
| 1891 | Prince Bismarck |
Prince Bismarck Herrnskretschen Palacký Štěchovice Goldenkron Stalingrad Sněžník |
1921 1964 |
sold demolition |
621 (1891) | oscillating 2-cylinder twin steam engine oscillating 2-cylinder compound steam engine |
110 hp 156 hp |
Saxon steamship and mechanical engineering company of the Austrian Northwest reconstruction in 1940 |
scrapped |
| 1892 | Count Moltke |
Count Moltke Lobositz Queen Maria Lobositz Königstein (III) |
1972 | laid on land | 621 (1892) 590 (1972) |
oscillating 2-cylinder twin steam engine |
110 hp | Saxon steamship and mechanical engineering institute of the Austrian Northwest | scrapped |
| 1892 | Schandau (II) |
Schandau (II) Bad Schandau |
1980 | cancellation | 742 (1892) 636 (1976) |
oscillating 2-cylinder compound steam engine |
125 hp 135 hp |
King Johann (II) renovation 1959 |
scrapped |
| 1892 | T etschen |
Tetschen cribs (II) |
in motion | 628 (1892) 240 (2015) |
oscillating 2-cylinder twin steam engine |
125 hp | Saxon steamship and mechanical engineering institute of the Austrian Northwest | in operation | |
| 1893 | Leitmeritz |
Litomerice Litoměřice Maxim Gorky MŠMT 1 |
1945 1969 |
Reparation cancellation |
621 (1893) | oscillating 2-cylinder twin steam engine |
110 hp | Saxon steamship and mechanical engineering institute of the Austrian Northwest | scrapped |
| 1893 | Austria |
Austria Wittenberge |
1919 1969 |
sold demolition |
621 (1893) | oscillating 2-cylinder twin steam engine |
110 hp | Saxon steamship and mechanical engineering institute of the Austrian Northwest | scrapped |
| 1894 | Prince Georg |
Prince Georg King Georg Salesel Poděbrady DSO Dynamo |
1945 1959 |
Reparation cancellation |
621 (1894) | oscillating 2-cylinder twin steam engine |
115 hp | Raudnitz | scrapped |
| 1894 | Wettin |
Wettin Aussig (III) Roudnice Morava Ještěd Jiskra |
1945 1969 |
Reparation cancellation |
621 (1894) | oscillating 2-cylinder twin steam engine oscillating 2-cylinder compound steam engine |
120 hp 102 hp |
Saxon steamship and mechanical engineering company of the Austrian Northwest Štefánik |
scrapped scrapped |
| 1895 | Prince Friedrich August |
Prince Friedrich August Crown Prince (II) Haslinger Jagiełło Witeź |
1918 1939 |
confiscated loss |
621 (1895) | oscillating 2-cylinder compound steam engine |
140 hp | Shipyard Übigau of the German Elbe Shipping Society, chain | scrapped |
| 1895 | Princess Luise |
Princess Luise Crown Princess Aussig (II) Ulderup Łokietek Faust |
1919 1947 |
confiscated demolition |
621 (1895) | oscillating two-cylinder compound steam engine | 140 hp | Shipyard Übigau of the German Elbe Shipping Society, chain | scrapped |
| 1896 | Bastion (ii) |
Bastei Kurort Rathen (III) |
in motion | 621 (1896) 385 (2015) |
oscillating 2-cylinder compound steam engine |
145 hp | Shipyard Übigau of the German Elbe Shipping Society, chain | in operation | |
| 1896 | Bodenbach |
Bodenbach Podmokly Dr. Miroslav Tyrš Družba MŠMT 2 |
1945 1980 |
Reparation cancellation |
750 (1896) | oscillating 2-cylinder compound steam engine |
145 hp | Shipyard Übigau of the German Elbe Shipping Society, chain | scrapped |
| 1896 | mermaid |
Mermaid Goplana Płock Światowid |
1900 1963 |
sold out of service |
160 | oscillating 2-cylinder compound steam engine 6-cylinder diesel engine |
80 hp 180 hp |
unknown engine works Mannheim |
scrapped unknown |
| 1897 | Hohenzollern |
Hohenzollern Meissen (III) Saxony (II) Schmilka |
2001 | cancellation | 710 (1897) 622 (1985) |
oscillating 2-cylinder compound steam engine |
145 hp | Shipyard Übigau of the German Elbe Shipping Society, chain | receive |
| 1897 | Habsburg |
Habsburg Riesa (II) |
1979 | ashore as a museum | 741 (1897) 632 (1978) |
oscillating 2-cylinder compound steam engine |
145 hp | Shipyard Übigau of the German Elbe Shipping Society, chain | by ship in Oderberg |
| 1898 | King Albert (II) |
King Albert (II) Pirna (II) |
in motion | 750 (1898) 385 (2015) |
oscillating 2-cylinder compound steam engine |
145 hp | Shipyard Übigau of the German Elbe Shipping Society, chain | in operation | |
| 1898 | Carlsbad |
Karlsbad Saxony (III) Young pioneer |
2001 | cancellation | 739 (1898) 640 (1990) |
oscillating 2-cylinder compound steam engine |
145 hp | Shipyard Übigau of the German Elbe Shipping Society, chain | receive |
| 1899 | Auguste Victoria |
Auguste Victoria Loschwitz (III) |
1946 1949 |
Repair last evidence |
1056 (1899) | Inclined 2-cylinder compound steam engine |
230 hp | Shipyard Übigau of the German Elbe Shipping Society, chain | unknown |
| 1900 | Kaiser Wilhelm II. |
Kaiser Wilhelm II. Blasewitz (III) |
1946 1949 |
Repair last evidence |
850 (1900) | Inclined 2-cylinder compound steam engine |
190 hp | Shipyard Übigau of the German Elbe Shipping Society, chain | unknown |
| 1911 | King Friedrich August |
Koenig Friedrich August Rathen health resort Rathen |
1946 1949 |
Repair last evidence |
755 (1911) | oscillating 2-cylinder compound steam engine |
150 hp | Dresden machine factory and shipyard Uebigau AG | unknown |
| 1912 | Emperor Franz Josef (II) |
Emperor Franz Josef (II) Saxonia (III) Laubegast nativity scenes |
1946 1949 |
Repair last evidence |
730 (1912) | Inclined 2-cylinder compound steam engine |
180 hp | Dresden machine factory and shipyard Uebigau AG | unknown |
| 1915 | Field Marshal General von Hindenburg |
Field Marshal General von Hindenburg Koenigstein (II) |
1946 1949 |
Repair last evidence |
759 (1915) | Inclined 2-cylinder compound steam engine |
180 hp | Dresden machine factory and shipyard Uebigau AG | unknown |
| 1925 | Field Marshal von Mackensen |
Field Marshal General von Mackensen Stadt Wehlen Кефаль (mullet) |
1946 1962 |
Reparation cancellation |
934 (1925) | Inclined 2-cylinder compound steam engine |
180 hp | WUMAG , Shipyard Department at Übigau | unknown |
| 1926 | Dresden (III) | Dresden (III) | in motion | 1443 (1926) 628 (2015) |
Inclined 2-cylinder compound steam engine |
300 hp | WUMAG, Shipyard Department at Übigau | in operation | |
| 1929 | Leipzig | Leipzig | in motion | 1506 (1929) 610 (2015) |
Inclined 2-cylinder compound steam engine |
354 hp | Wumag, Übigau-Aktiengesellschaft, shipyard, machine and boiler factory | in operation |
literature
- Hans Rindt: The "White Fleet" Dresden. From the history of the Upper Elbe passenger shipping . In: Deutsches Schiffahrtsarchiv 3 (= writings of the German Maritime Museum . Volume 12 ). Oceanum-Verlag, Wiefelstede 1980, ISBN 3-7979-1523-3 , p. 69–114 ( online at the German Maritime Museum [PDF; 5.3 MB ]).
- Frank Müller, Wolfgang Quinger: With steam and paddle wheel on the Upper Elbe . transpress VEB Verlag for Transport, Berlin, 1988, ISBN 3-344-00286-4 .