Swiss and Italian Paddle Steamer Fleets Summary Page

Latest known "status" of all active paddle steamers
Click here for further details of the individual paddle steamers including latest advised information about sailings for the next few days also information on other non-operational/privately owned paddle steamers still on/near the lakes alternatively 'click' on the name of any paddle steamer below with pictures of every paddle steamer also the latest "status" of every vessel together with "next sailings" information This large detailed page may be a little slow loading on some brousers, but it does contain a wealth of additional information, including numerous links and pictures
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Lake	Date entered service	Paddle steamer name	Latest Passenger capacity	Notes
Lake Brienz	1914	PS Lötschberg	800	Winter Lay-up
Lake Geneva	1904	PS Montreux	700	Out of service due to defective boiler superheater
	1907	MPV Vevey	750	'Long-term' laid-up at Geneva - pending a major re-build
	1908	MPV Italie	800	'Long-term' laid-up at Ouchy harbour - pending a major re-build
	1910	PS La Suisse	1,200	Winter Lay-up
	1914	PS Savoie	800	Winter Lay-up
	1920	PS Simplon	1,000	Winter Lay-up
	1926	MPV Helvétie	1,400	'Long-term' laid-up at Ouchy harbour - pending a major re-build
	1927	PS Rhône	850	In dock repairs to starboard paddlewheel
Lake Luzern	1901	PS Uri	800	Winter Lay-up
	1902	PS Unterwalden	800	Winter Lay-up
	1906	PS Schiller	800	Winter Lay-up
	1913	PS Gallia	900	Winter Lay-up
	1928	PS Stadt Luzern	1,200	Winter Lay-up
Lake Neuchâtel	1912	PS Neuchâtel	380	Major re-build at Sugiez
Lake Thun	1906	PS Blümlisalp	1,000	Winter Lay-up
Lake Zurich	1909	PS Stadt Zürich	750	Winter Lay-up
	1914	PS Stadt Rapperswil	750	Winter Lay-up
Lake Konstanz (Germany)	1913	PS Hohentwiel	700	Winter Lay-up please e-mail me if you saw the PS in service any date during 2011
Lake Como (Italy)	1926	PS Concordia	600	Major re-build and boiler work from October 2011 Not expected to be in service in 2012 please e-mail me if you saw the PS in service any date during 2011
	1926	PS Patria	900	Major re-build at Dervio dock
Lake Garda (Italy)	1903	MPV G Zanardelli	500	Winter Lay-up please e-mail me if you saw the MPV in service any date during 2011
	1908	MPV Italia	600	Winter Lay-up In service - private charters only please e-mail me if you saw the MPV in service any date during 2011
Lake Maggiore (Italy)	1904	PS Piemonte	500	Winter Lay-up please e-mail me if you saw the PS in service any date during 2011
** - Please advise me if you know anything different

In service

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In works  (major overhaul),   Damaged or Long-term laid-up

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Lake Garda

Lake Geneva

Lake Konstanz

Lake Luzern

Lake Maggiore

Lake Neuchâtel

Lake Thun

Lake Zurich

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