City of Lucerne (ship, 1887)

City of Lucerne

Ship data flag  Switzerland Ship type Paddle steamer home port Lucerne Owner Shipping company of Lake Lucerne Shipyard Escher-Wyss , Zurich Launch 1887 Decommissioning 1917 Whereabouts Scrapped in 1925

Ship dimensions and crew length 60.0 m ( Lpp ) width 7.5 m above wheel arches: 14.3 m displacement 359  t   crew 12 men

Machine system machine 2-cylinder compound machine Machine performance 840 hp (618 kW) Top speed 14.2 kn (26 km / h) propeller 2 side wheels

Transport capacities Permitted number of passengers 1,100

The city ​​of Lucerne was a paddle wheel steamer on Lake Lucerne in Switzerland . It was operated by the steamship company of the Vierwaldstättersee (today's shipping company of the Vierwaldstättersee ) and was considered their flagship . After the city ​​of Lucerne in 1837, she was the second steamship of this name on Lake Lucerne and the predecessor of today's flagship city ​​of Lucerne .

history

In 1885, the steamship company decided to order "a new saloon ship that should outperform all existing steamers in the company in terms of performance, equipment and comfort". Escher-Wyss in Zurich was commissioned with the construction . The ship was put into operation at the end of June 1887. In 1904 the masts were replaced and in 1905 the city ​​of Lucerne received a new chimney . After an overhaul in 1911, the ship was used increasingly sparsely and was taken out of service in 1917. After clarifying the economic viability and the technical possibilities for a restart, it was decided in 1925 to forego the necessary effort and instead to purchase a new ship. Among other things, it would have been necessary to replace the entire boiler system , as it was very uneconomical, and to lengthen the ship. The city ​​of Lucerne was then sold for scrapping in autumn 1925.

commitment

The city ​​of Lucerne was mainly used in the high season and for special trips. Among other things, the German Emperor Wilhelm II drove with her on May 2, 1893 from Flüelen to Lucerne . In 1915 she stopped driving; the last deployments took place in 1916, most recently in September a transport of internees .

literature

• Erich Liechti et al .: Shipping on Lake Lucerne. History and register of ships. Verlag Eisenbahn, Villigen 1974. ISBN 3-85649-021-3 .

Web links

Commons : City of Lucerne  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Erich Liechti et al .: Shipping on Lake Lucerne. History and register of ships. Verlag Eisenbahn, Villigen 1974. ISBN 3-85649-021-3 . P. 42.
2. ↑ Erich Liechti et al .: Shipping on Lake Lucerne. History and register of ships. Verlag Eisenbahn, Villigen 1974. ISBN 3-85649-021-3 . Part of the figure, legend for figure 127.