Rosa Victoria

Rosa Victoria

As Empress Elisabeth on the Danube

Ship data flag  Ukraine other ship names Empress Elisabeth (until 2010) Rüdesheim (until 2003) Ship type Excursion boat Owner Chervona Ruta Cruise Company in Kiev Shipyard Meidericher shipyard Launch 1987 takeover 1987

Ship dimensions and crew length 69.00 m ( Lüa ) width 8.80 m Draft Max. 1.42 m

Machine system machine 2 × Caterpillar diesel engines, each 530 kW (after 2003) Machine performance 1,060 kW (1,441 hp) Top speed 15 kn (28 km / h) propeller 2 × Schottel rudder propellers 1 bow thruster

Transport capacities Permitted number of passengers 400

Others Registration numbers ENI 04029450

The Rosa Victoria is an excursion boat operated by the Chervona Ruta Cruise Company in Kiev . The ship is used for tours on the Dnepr in Kiev.

history

The ship was built in 1987 for the Cologne-Düsseldorfer under the construction number 396 in the Meidericher shipyard in Duisburg and baptized with the name Rüdesheim . It is identical to the Drachenfels . It was mainly used in the scheduled service between Koblenz and the eponymous city of Rüdesheim . In 2003 it was sold to the Danube Touristik cycling tour operator and renamed Kaiserin Elisabeth . It was then used in the main season for three-day trips on the Danube between Vienna and Passau and in the winter months for evening and adventure trips in Vienna. In 2010 the Ukrainian Chervona Ruta Cruise Company took over the ship and renamed it Rosa Victoria . Since then she has been using it for tours on the Dnepr .

Equipment and technology

The Rosa Victoria is a three-deck passenger ship with two salons in closed decks. These are air-conditioned and have large windows facing the bow. The ship is powered by two Caterpillar - diesel engines á 530  kW two Z-Drive driven. The bow thruster has an 80 kW Deutz drive. The ship is 69 m long and 8.80 m wide, the maximum draft is given as 1.42 m.

Near miss

At the end of December 2008, the autopilot and the controls failed for 30 seconds, combined with the activation of the emergency lighting. In order to avoid possible dangers in the event of a further failure, the master set the ship ashore. No persons were harmed, only dishes that had fallen down in the ship were damaged. The cause was a short circuit caused by a battery that also supplies the main computer with energy. After the defect was repaired in the Linz shipyard , the ship was put back into operation before New Year's Eve 2008.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Website of the owner about the Rosa Victoria
2. ↑ Entry on the ship in the Dutch ship database www.debinnenvaart.nl
3. ↑ Cancellation of trips after an accident on the Danube. ooe.orf.at, December 28, 2008. Accessed November 9, 2010.
4. ↑ Error found on "Kaiserin Elisabeth". ( Memento from January 22, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Short note in the Maritime Emergencies / Accidents archive by Jan Maat, December 29, 2008. Accessed on November 9, 2010.

Web links

• Owner's website about the Rosa Victoria