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PS "Kurort Rathen"

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PS “Kurort Rathen” was built in 1896. It is the sister-ship of PS “Pirna”. The steamer features carefully reconstructed salons below deck, which are distinctive for their nostalgic flair. The vessel is ideal for charter cruises for smaller parties.


Capacity:
Total: 267 | Inside: 82 (table seating) | Outside: 185 (covered: 131)
Lower deck:
Front salon: 40 | Aft salon: 42
Electric wheelchairs: not accessible
Folding wheelchairs: limited capacity for transport
limited capacity for transport
limited capacity for transport
PD Kurort Rathen
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Technical Data

Year of construction / Shipyard 1896, Dresden Blasewitz
Total length 57,1 meters
Paddle wheels 3,50 meters diameter, 10 steel buckets
Total width over paddle boxes 10,2 meters
Steam engine Oscillating two-cylinder compound engine with condensation by injection
Performance 140 HP
Boiler Cornish boiler
Fuel Light heating oil, circa 100 liters per hour
Speed 10 km/h upstream
15 km/h downstream
Draught 81 cm
Crew Captain, Seaman, Engineer
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SHIP CHRONOLOGY

1896 Launched as the steamer “Bastei”
1912 Fitted with electrical illumination, the power being supplied by a 65 volt Lavall turbine
1926 Installation of a steam-powered rudder
1927 - 1928 The ship is reconstructed and an upper deck is added. The wooden buckets of the paddle wheels are replaced with steel buckets, the steamer receives a white paint scheme for the first time
1956 The name is changed to “Kurort Rathen”
1962 The vessel receives a new electrical installation
1968 The upper deck is reconstructed and made of steel
1974 Collides with bridge pillar in Meissen
1989 Collides with bridge pillar in Meissen
1993 - 1994 Historically accurate reconstruction and return to service with a new boiler
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