The Swiss Emerald is a cabin passenger ship of Scylla AG in Basel that was put into service in 2006 and is used on the time charter by the American tour operator Tauck Tours for multi-day cruises on the Rhone and Saône . The ship is the first of four structurally identical sister ships that have been specially designed for the tour operator. The sister ships are the Swiss Jewel and Swiss Sapphire, built in 2008, and Treasures, built in 2011 .
The shell of the Swiss Emerald was completed in 2006 at the Scheepswerf Jac. the Breejen in Hardinxveld-Giessendam completed. The interior work was then carried out by the Scheepstimmerbedrijf Da-Capo at the same location. She was baptized in February 2006 by the Scylla manager Trudy Koolen in Dordrecht . Until 2010 it was used on the Danube, Main, Moselle and Rhine. In 2011 the ship was transferred to France and has since operated on various river cruise routes on the Rhone and Saône between Arles and Lyon .
The Swiss Emerald is a three- deck cabin ship of the 5-star-plus category with 41 double cabins with 15 m² space and seven 18 m² junior suites as well as fourteen suites of 30 m² each. The cabins are air-conditioned and each equipped with a shower, toilet, television, telephone and safe. The cabins on the middle and upper deck have a French balcony . The cabins for the 36-person crew are located in the rear area of the lower deck. In addition to the entrance hall with reception, ship boutique and excursion office on the upper deck in the front central nave is the panorama salon with bar. Aft is the Lido bar with an outside terrace. The panorama restaurant is on the main deck. A fitness room is available to passengers on the lower deck. The sun deck is equipped with a whirlpool, sun loungers and seating groups that can be protected by awnings. The main and upper decks are connected by an elevator.
It is driven by two 8-cylinder diesel engines of 783 kW type 3508 B from Caterpillar via two counter-rotating rudder propellers of the type Veth-Z-Drive 800A-CR , the ship also has a Veth-Jet type 2-K bow thruster. 1000 , which is driven by a 220 kW electric motor. The on-board power supply is ensured by two auxiliary diesel engines from Caterpillar with 701 kW each and in port operations by two diesel generators from Caterpillar C18 and an emergency generator from John Deere of the type 4045TF158 .
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