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St Urs
STEAMBOAT REGISTER - Edition 8, Jan/12
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Owner: T. Schmid. (SBA member)
Area: River Aare, Lakes of Jura and Lucerne (Switzerland).
Website: www.dampfboot.ch
HULLLaunch
Built 1889 by Holtz at Hamburg Germany.
Designed by Holtz.
Fit-out by Holtz.
LOA: 9.15 m, LWL: 8.10 m, Beam: 2.00 m, Draft: 0.65 m, Displacement: 2500 Kg.
Riveted Steel
Fan tail
ENGINECompound, 82 + 150 x 125 mm.
Built 1898 by J. Samuel White & Co. Ltd. at East Cowes, Isle of Wight.
Design: 72S.
Valve(s): sv, Gear: SLRG, Pumps: 2 axle driven fp 1 steam fp, 1 hand pump, 1 injectors, 1 ap, Kcond..
Fully restored 2004. Formerly in SL Victoria.
BOILERHWT.
Built 2000 by Balson at Stein a Rhein, Switzerland.
Fuel: Wood briquettes, Pressure: 12 bar, Grate: 0.224 m², Heating Area: 7 m², Output: 120 kg/h.
PROP3 blades, 30" x 40".
HISTORYBuilt 1889 by Holtz in Hamburg for S.D.B.C. (Solothurner Dampfbootclub). Operated from 1889-1894 in Solothurn on the River Aare and the Lakes of Jura. Sold 1894 on the Lake of Lucerne. 1903 converted to electric power and renamed “Volta” on the Lake of Sarnen. 2005-2006 restored to the original state as a Canopy Steam Launch by the wharf of the SGV in Lucerne (Schifffahrtsgesellschaft des Vierwaldstättersees) and given the original Name “St. Urs”.
SBA memberSwitzerland
 
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(Fred. von Sury) c1894

(Fred. von Sury) Aare 1894

 

 

 

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