GISELA paddle steamer 1846

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GISELA paddle steamer 1846

Post by aukepalmhof » Sun Jun 11, 2017 9:29 pm

Navicula has identified this stamp as the paddle steamer GISELA built in 1846.
She was built for the DDSG.
1845 Launched as the NADOR.
Dim. 61.2 x 6.55 x 2.74m.(draught)
Powered by an Escher Wyss & Co, Zurich manufactured steam engine 650 hp.
Passengers 700 and 34 berths.
1846 Completed.

Used in the service between Budapest and Altofen.
1849 Received new boilers and in 1852 a new patent ruder.
1859 Renamed in GISELA.
1889 Engine modernized.
1918 Under Hungary flag and registry.
1920 Transferred to JRP and nder Yugoslavian flag and renamed PRINCESS JELENA.
1941 Out of service, fate unknown

Hungary 1972 1ft sg2719, scott?
Source: Navicula and internet.
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