Paddle Wheels Gallia 1923

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Complete with Drawings and Step (Scale 1:25) of the Paddle Wheel Steam Ship Gallia (Switzerland 1913).

The fastest Swiss steamship with the most powerful two-cylinder Steam engine!
In 1913, Escher Wyss delivered their last, largest and at the same time fastest steamship for the lake of Lucerne.
The top speed will be 31,5 kilometers per hour reached by no other Swiss paddle steamer.
The “Gallia” remains the only steamship still in service with a country name.
Built as a tribute to France, the tricolor flutters on the bow mast. On the bow ornament is the Gallic rooster.
Other steamships with country names, such as Germania, Italia or Victoria have long since disappeared.
Name: DS Gallia
Type: Two-deck saloon paddle steamer
Manufacturer: Escher Wyss & Co, Zürich
Commissioning: Juli, 10 1913
Conversions: 1953 / 1979 / 2004
Engine: Inclined two-cylinder superheated steam compound system,
Output 798 kW (1085 PS), max. Speed 31,5 km/h (17,0 knots)
Dimensions: Overall length 62,85 m 206,2 ft), overall width 14,5 m (45,6 ft)
Displacement: empty approx. 325,4 m3 (650’800 lbs)
Load capacity: 900 passengers, crew 6 people

The description and the technical data of the ship are from books and all information is without guarantee!