Fleet Index - Swiss Lake Paddle Steamer Timetables on Lake Brienz Geneva Luzern Thun Zurich Konstanz Maggiore Como Garda

Swiss and Italian Lakes
Fleets

This summary page gives direct links to all types of vessels featured on this website
*Click here for illustrated Swiss and Italian Paddle Steamer Fleet Details for each lake* also giving the latest known status of each paddler
name	lake	comments
*mv Beatus*	Lake Thun	-
*mv Bisbino*	Lake Como	normally operates the full length sailing from Como to Colico - sometimes replaced by PS Concordia when not available (charter or technical problem)
PS Blümlisalp	Lake Thun	-
*mv Brienz*	Lake Brienz	normally covers for PS Lötschberg when she is unavailable or outside the main season
*mv Chablais*	Lake Geneva	now scrapped
*ml Col-Vert*	Lake Geneva	-
PS Concordia	Lake Como	The only operational paddle steamer on this lake which is just a couple of miles from the Swiss border !
*mv Etzel*	Lake Zurich	A former ZSG small motor vessel - now preserved - which occasionally operates public sailings on the lake
*mv Europa*	Lake Luzern	-
*mv Flüelen*	Lake Luzern	-
PS Gallia	Lake Luzern	-
PS Général Dufour	Lake Geneva	Built 1905 and withdrawn from service after the 1967 season, surviving a further decade before being scrapped
*mv Général-Guisan*	Lake Geneva	-
MPV Genève	Lake Geneva	Withdrawn from service in 1973 and now owned by the "L’association pour le Bateau Genève" organisation and used as an accommodation ship retains 1934 built diesel engine
*mv Gotthard*	Lake Luzern	-
*ml Grèbe*	Lake Geneva	'Rescued' PS Rhône on Sunday 31st March 2002
*SS Greif*	Lake Greif	The small steamship built in 1895 is the oldest operation steam vessel in Switzerland
*SS Gustav Prym*	Lake Murten	A small motor launch which operated on Lake Konstanz for many years was rebuilt with a 1906 steam engine and brought to Lake Murten for just the 2004 season
*ml Harder*	Lake Brienz	A former BLS motor launch which was to have been auctioned off at Interlaken on Saturday 27th January 2001 Subsequently sold and transferred to Lake Zug by road on Monday 9th April 2001 and was later renamed *ml Schwan*
MPV Helvétie	Lake Geneva	Withdrawn from service early 2002 and *laid-up* (pending finance* for a new engine and a major re-build*)
*mv Helvétie*	Lake Zurich	-
*mv Henry-Dunant*	Lake Geneva	-
PS Hohentwiel	Lake Konstanz	Normally based in Germany and only makes *occasional* calls at Swiss piers
*mv Interlaken*	Lake Brienz	-
*mv Iseltwald*	Lake Brienz	-
MPV Italia	Lake Garda	-
*mv Italia*	Lake Maggiore	-
MPV Italie	Lake Geneva	Withdrawn from service late 2005 and *laid-up* (pending finance* for a new engine and a major re-build*)
*mv Jungfrau*	Lake Brienz	Transferred overland from Lake Thun to Lake Brienz
PS La Suisse	Lake Geneva	-
*mv Lausanne*	Lake Geneva	-
*mv Léman*	Lake Geneva	-
PS Liberty Belle	Lake Luzern	A small privately owned paddle steamer built in the UK which can usually be seen on Lake Luzern
PS Lötschberg	Lake Brienz	-
*mv Lucia*	Lake Como	Used to duplicate a 'full-lake' sailing on Sunday 18th May 2003
PS Ludwig Fessler	Lake Chiemsee (Bavaria)	The Maffei steam engine No. 576 was originally installed in PS Ludwig Fessler until it was replaced with a diesel engine in 1973 thus converting her into a motor paddle vessel The steam engine was moved to Yverdon (Lake Neuchâtel, Switzerland) on Saturday 12th February 2005 and ambitious plans exist to reinstall it into PS Neuchâtel
*mv A Manzoni*	Lake Como	-
*mv Milano*	Lake Como	Former paddle steamer converted in 1926 to motor driven propeller vessel retains 'traditional' appearance, including her paddleboxes
PS Montreux	Lake Geneva	-
*mv Mythen*	Lake Luzern	Operated the special Vitznau-Gersau "shuttle" following a major road blockage on Wednesday 19th November 2003
PS Neuchâtel	Lake Neuchâtel	Withdrawn from service in 1969 and subsequently used for many years as a floating restuarant Now acquired by the *Trivapor Organisation* who have ambitious plans to restore the vessel back into service with a "new" steam engine - possibly as early as 2012
*mv Oesterreich*	Lake Konstanz	Operates to "support" sailings by *PS Hohentwiel* Often takes part in afternoon 'Two Ship' ("Zeitreise") cruises
PS Patria	Lake Como	The derelict paddle steamer visited dry-dock during the summer of 2004, but is again laid-up awaiting finance for a major re-build
PS Piemonte	Lake Maggiore	In recent years, prior to her two year withdrawal for major repairs, has *only* sailed in public service at the Italian end of the lake
*mv Pilatus*	Lake Luzern	-
PS Plinio	Lake Como (Lake Mezzola)	Under threat of scrapping - September 2008 Withdrawn from service in 1973 and used as a static bar and restaurant at Colico (north end of Lake Como) until 1999 before being relocated to Verceia in 2000
*mv Plinio*	Lake Como	The new car-ferry built in 1988 which took over the name of the retired paddle steamer
*mv Reuss*	Lake Luzern	-
PS Rhône	Lake Geneva	-
PS Rigi	Lake Luzern	Withdrawn from service in 1952 then used for over 50 years as an oper-air cafeteria at the Verkehrshaus Transport Museum near Luzern
*mv Rudenz*	Lake Luzern	One of the Arnold company's 50 metre cargo vessels which 'rescued' PS Stadt Luzern after she ran aground at Flüelen on 26th August 2002
*mv Rütli*	Lake Luzern	-
*mv Säntis*	Lake Zurich	Took over from PS Stadt Rapperswil when she broke down at on Thalwil on Sunday 19th June 2005
PS Savoie	Lake Geneva	-
PS Schiller	Lake Luzern	-
*mv Schwyz*	Lake Luzern	In view of the high bridge and funnel, the vessel cannot sail under the Acheregg road and railway bridge at Stansstad
*ml Schwan*	Lake Zug	The former BLS *ML Harder* which was sold and transferred from Lake Brienz by road on Monday 9th April 2001
PS Simplon	Lake Geneva	-
PS Stadt Luzern	Lake Luzern	-
PS Stadt Rapperswil	Lake Zurich	-
*mv Stadt Thun*	Lake Thun	Spent three Summer seasons (2001-2003) "disguised" as a Dragon
PS Stadt Zürich	Lake Zurich	-
*mv Titlis*	Lake Luzern	-
PS Unterwalden	Lake Luzern	-
PS Uri	Lake Luzern	-
PS Valais	Lake Geneva	Withdrawn from service in 1962 and used as a CGN static office and restaurant at Geneva, Jardin-Anglais landing stage Eventually towed to Ouchy dock on Monday 8th September 2003 for scrapping after a failed "rescue bid"
MPV Vevey	Lake Geneva	First paddle steamer to re-enter service in 2001
*mv Ville-de-Genève*	Lake Geneva	-
*mv A Volta*	Lake Como	-
*mv Wädenswil*	Lake Zurich	-
*mv Waldstätter*	Lake Luzern	-
PS Wengi	River Aare	A *Preservation Society* has been formed with the aim of restoring the former Romanian Paddle Steamer Giurgiu for service on the River Aare from Solothurn This replaced the original proposal to restore the PS Cetatea
PS Wilhelm Tell	Lake Luzern	Withdrawn from service in 1970 now used as a static bar and restaurant at the Schweizerhofquai in Luzern
*mv Winkelried*	Lake Luzern	Also used to tow the static *PS Wilhelm Tell* to and from the SGV works in 1980, 1989 and 1997
PS XXVIII Ottobre	Lake Como	renamed PS Concordia in 1943
MPV G Zanardelli	Lake Garda	-

Note:- there are other motor vessels in operation on the lakes which have not yet featured on this website

PS - Swiss Paddle Steamer MPV - Swiss Motor Paddle Vessel	PS - Italian (or other non-Swiss-Paddle Steamer MPV - other Motor Paddle Vessel
PS - withdrawn Paddle Steamer PS - withdrawn motor vessel	mv - Motor Vessel ml - Motor Launch
*other*

This summary page gives direct links to all types of vessels featured on this website