Swiss Crown

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Swiss Crown
The Swiss Crown in Cologne
The Swiss Crown in Cologne
Ship data
flag SwitzerlandSwitzerland (Swiss flag at sea) Switzerland
Ship type River cruise ship
class Cabin passenger ship (inland)
Callsign HE 7117
home port Basel
Owner Scylla AG
Shipping company Scylla AG
Shipyard Scheepswerf Grave, Grave
(Kasko)
Da-Capo, Hardinxveld-Giessendam (expansion)
Commissioning April 5, 2000
Whereabouts in motion
Ship dimensions and crew
length
110.00 m ( Lüa )
width 11.40 m
Draft Max. 1.50 m
 
crew 36
Machine system
machine 2 × Caterpillar of 783 kW
Machine
performanceTemplate: Infobox ship / maintenance / service format 		1,566 kW (2,129 hp)
Top
speed 		11 kn (20 km / h)
propeller 2 × Veth-Z-Drive 800A-CR
1 × Veth-Jet 2-K-1000 ( bow thruster )
Transport capacities
Permitted number of passengers 154
Others
Registration
numbers 		ENI no. : 07001725

The Swiss Crown is a 2000 finished cabin passenger ship the Scylla AG in Basel , which in Voyage charter of different travel providers on the Danube , Rhine , Main and Mosel is used.

history

The Swiss Crown was in winter 1999/2000 at the Scheepswerf Grave in Grave built. The interior work was then carried out by the Scheepstimmerbedrijf Da-Capo in Hardinxveld-Giessendam . On April 5, 2000, the ship was christened in Koblenz by the German Princess Marie-Louise zu Schaumburg-Lippe. Until 2007 there was a time charter contract with Transocean Tours Touristik GmbH . She was then used by Phoenix Reisen until 2011 . Since 2012 she has been rented by various companies for individual trips or as a hotel ship. The ship was given a different color when the charter contract was changed.

On the night of September 18-19, 2019, the ship rammed the railway bridge in Konz above Trier . The roof of the wheelhouse was torn down and the upper deck was devastated. The cause of the accident was the wheelhouse that was not sufficiently lowered.

Equipment and technology

Bow view of the Swiss Crown

The Swiss Crown is a three- deck cabin ship in the 4-star plus category with 72 double cabins, three three-bed cabins and one single cabin. The cabins are air-conditioned and each equipped with a shower, toilet, television, telephone and safe. The cabins for the 36-person crew are located in the rear area of ​​the lower deck. Next to the entrance hall with reception on the upper deck in the front central nave is the panorama salon with bar. The on-board restaurant, a library and the excursion office are located in the front half of the main deck . In the lower deck , a spa with sauna, solarium and steam room has been set up. The sun deck is equipped with a whirlpool, chess game, deck chairs and seating groups that can be protected by means of quarter-spherical sun sails. The main and upper decks are connected by an elevator.

It is driven by two Caterpillar diesel engines of type 3508 á 783 kW with two counter-rotating rudder propellers of the type Veth-Z-Drive 800A-CR , in addition the ship has a bow thruster Veth-Jet of the type 2-K-1000 NR , which is driven by a 283 kW electric motor is driven. The on-board power supply is ensured by two Caterpillar 3406 DIT diesel generators and a John Deere 6068 D emergency generator during travel and port operations .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry no. 05774482 in the Basel shipping register dated June 11, 2010 (pdf)
  2. ↑ a b c website of the shipping company
  3. ↑ Overview of the article: Flagship for Transocean Tours in the Genioss specialist press archive
  4. ↑ Swiss Crown picture gallery from 2007 to 2012 at www.shipspotting.com
  5. ↑ SWR Aktuell, SWR Aktuell: River cruise ship rams bridge in Konz. Accessed on September 22, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Technical data and list of suppliers on De Binnenvaartkrant.nl (English)

Web links

Commons : Swiss Crown  - collection of images, videos and audio files

See also