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PS "Pirna"
PS “Pirna” was built in 1898 and is the near identical sister-ship of PS “Kurorth Rathen”.
Capacity:
Total: 265 | Inside: 97 (table seating) | Outside: 168 (covered: 116)
Lower deck:
Front salon: 45 | Aft salon: 52
Total: 265 | Inside: 97 (table seating) | Outside: 168 (covered: 116)
Lower deck:
Front salon: 45 | Aft salon: 52
 | Electric wheelchairs: not accessible Folding wheelchairs: limited capacity for transport |
 | limited capacity for transport |
 | limited capacity for transport |
Technical Data
| Year of construction / Shipyard | 1898, Dresden Blasewitz |
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| Total length | 57,1 meters |
| Paddle wheels | 3,50 meters diameter, 10 steel buckets |
| Total width over paddle boxes | 10,4 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 | 9 km/h upstream 15 km/h downstream |
| Draught | 78 cm |
| Crew | Captain, Seaman, Engineer |
SHIP CHRONOLOGY
| 1898 | Launched as “König Albert” |
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| 1914 | Electric lighting is installed |
| 1919 | Name changed to “Pirna” |
| 1928 - 1929 | Major reconstruction, with new paddle boxes, white paint scheme and the replacement of the wooden buckets with steel paddle wheels. |
| 1960 - 1961 | A small salon is added on the front-deck |
| 1972 | The steamer is taken out of service, following a fire in the coal bunker |
| 1973 | The ship returns to service, following repairs |
| 1990 | The ship is taken out service again, this time due to a defective boiler |
| 1993 - 1994 | Complete refurbishment and historically accurate reconstruction |