Waterwitch ( water witch ) was the name of the first Swedish steamship. It was also the first steamship with a propeller .
The English emigrant Samuel Owen equipped a ship in Stockholm in 1816 with a steam engine and a four-bladed propeller and named it Waterwitch. Later the name of the ship with the Swedish name Vattentrollet ( water troll ) was mentioned. In the literature one also finds the name Stockholmshäxan ( Stockholm witch ). Since Owen had only moderate success with the propeller, he fitted his next ship with paddle wheels, as was customary at the time.
Alfred Dudszus, Ernest Henriot, Alfred Köpcke, Friedrich Krumrey: The great book of ship types, ships, boats, rafts under oars and sails, steamers, motor ships, marine technology . Weltbild, Augsburg 1995, ISBN 3-89350-831-7 .
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