RADETZKY replica 1954

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RADETZKY replica 1954

Post by aukepalmhof » Sun Feb 09, 2014 2:05 am

I have her as RADETZKY, RADETSKY and RADETZKI, the Hungarian shipregister gives her as RADETZKY, that I believe that is the correct name.

The 90th Anniversary of the life and works of Bulgarian revolutionary and poet Hirsto Botev, who with a band of 200 men captured the Austrian Danube paddlesteamer RADETZKY built in 1851, after Botev and his men got hold of the ship they forced the captain to land his troops on the Bulgarian riverbank near the village Kozloduy in April 1876 to fight the Turkish troops of the Ottoman oppression. After a few days of fighting Botov was killed and his troops dispersed.

To mark his death a replica of the original RADETZKY was built by the Rousse shipyard, she was built in 1954 as a tug of the 732 type at the shipyard of Obuda, near Budapest for the Bulgarian Danube owners Parahostov Bulgarsky Recno Plavana., the tug was converted to a passenger side-paddlesteamer.
28 May 1966 named RADETZKY
Dimension 57.4 x 7.5m., 17.5 over paddle-wheels.
Powered by a compound diagonal engine, 400 hp.
Can carry around 350 passengers

30 May 1966 after she was completed a re-enactment of this event was held and a trip to Vienna made.
Then she made cruises on the Danube River for members of the state youth movements, who mostly supplied the funds to build the ship.

1982 A museum was founded at Kozloduy, with memorabilia�s on this landing, and the RADETZKY was also added as a floating museum.
She is the only floating museum in Bulgaria.

2014 Still in use as a floating museum.

Bulgaria 1966 2s sg1619, scott1502. 2005 0.45Lev sg?, scott?.
Bulgaria 1966 FDC and 2005 FDC
Bulgaria 2016 0.65 Euro sg?, scott?

More info you can find on http://www.slovo.bg/radetzky/en/history/index.html
Sources Navicula. Steam Ships of Europe by Alistair Deayton. Some web-sites.
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1966 Radetzky 2 envelope.jpg
2005 Radetzky FDC.jpg
1966  Radetzky 2.jpg
2005 Radetzky children painting.jpg
2016 radetzky.jpg

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