River Queen (ship, 1999)

River Queen

The River Queen in Cologne

Ship data flag Netherlands Ship type River cruise ship home port Rotterdam Owner Rederij Rijnpoort BV, Arnhem Shipyard Shipyard De Hoop Build number 372 takeover 1999 Whereabouts in motion

Ship dimensions and crew length 109.82 m ( Lüa ) width 11.40 m Draft Max. 1.20 m

Machine system machine 2 × Wärtsilä diesel engines Machine performance 2 × 780 kW Top speed 11.9 kn (22 km / h) propeller 2 × Schottel rudder propellers 1 bow thruster

Transport capacities Permitted number of passengers 132

Others Registration numbers ENI no. : 02323692

The River Queen is a river cruise ship of the Dutch shipping company Rijnpoort BV, which was put into service in 1999 and is used in the time charter of the British tour operator Uniworld River Cruises on the Danube , Main , Moselle and Rhine . In the summer season she is used on a 15-day cruise from Amsterdam to Budapest .

Furnishing

On the way near Sankt Goarshausen

The River Queen is a four-deck cabin ship of the 4-star category with 66 double cabins of 14  m² and four suites of 20 m². The architectural style of the ship was optically modeled on that of the 1930s. The hull was closed off in a semicircle aft. The aft cabin areas of the two lower decks were arranged slightly offset downwards so that passengers have three cabin levels available. The lower deck was Moselledeck named the main deck is the bow side than the main deck and the rear side as Danube Deck referred - the upper deck as the Rhine deck .

In the Mosel deck , behind some of the technical and storage rooms in the fore ship, a laundry and eight passenger cabins have been set up, followed by 18 crew cabins and the engine area. In the main deck , on the bow side on the port side, there is the on-board sauna and 19 passenger cabins - in the Danube deck, which is slightly lower behind the stairs, there are 23 double cabins. In the resting area of ​​the Rhine deck above, 16 cabins and four suites were set up. The fully glazed main lounge , in which the bar is located, is located in the foredeck . Towards the central nave, the club lounge as well as a beauty salon, the on-board shop and the reception in the entrance hall have been set up. The aft restaurant is also fully glazed. Sun loungers and seating groups are available to passengers on the sun deck. All decks are accessible to disabled passengers with a lift in the entrance area.

technology

Rear view

The River Queen is powered by two 780 kW diesel engines from Wärtsilä through two Schottel rudder propellers, and the ship also has a bow thruster powered by a 250 kW diesel engine. The ship is 109.82 m long, 11.40 m wide and 7.45 m high. The draft is given as 1.20 m.

Two auxiliary diesel generators with 2 × 300 kVA are available for the on-board electrical system to supply the auxiliary machines and hotel operations, a diesel generator with 200 kVA for port operations and an emergency diesel generator with 60 kVA for emergency operation.

Web links

Commons : River Queen (Schiff, 1999)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Reference site of the De Hoop shipyard
• Page about the River Queen on the website of the tour operator Uniworld River Cruises

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} page about the River Queen on the website of the tour operator Uniworld River Cruises
2. ↑ Reference page of the De Hoop shipyard  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.