Meersburg (ship, 1980)

Meersburg

Ship data flag  Germany Ship type ferry home port Konstanz-Staad , Baden-Wuerttemberg Owner Stadtwerke Konstanz Shipyard Bodan shipyard , Kressbronn on Lake Constance Whereabouts in motion

Ship dimensions and crew length 68 m ( Lüa ) width 13.4 m Draft Max. 1.97 m displacement 612  t

Machine system machine Diesel-electric Machine performance 1,440 hp (1,059 kW) Top speed 13 kn (24 km / h) propeller Voith-Schneider System

Transport capacities Permitted number of passengers 700 Vehicle capacity 54 cars

The motor ferry Meersburg is a car ferry on the Konstanz – Meersburg ferry line on Lake Constance . Like her sister ship Konstanz, which was put into service in 1975, it operates as the second large-capacity ferry in liner service between Konstanz-Staad and Meersburg .

The Meersburg was put into service on July 1, 1980 as a replacement for the Linzgau from 1952. It was modernized in winter 2000/2001 and newly motorized in winter 2005/2006 at the Bodan shipyard in Kressbronn on Lake Constance .

See also

• List of passenger ships on Lake Constance

Web links

Commons : Meersburg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• The Meersburg on bodenseeschifffahrt.de
• The ferry fleet of Stadtwerke Konstanz