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Length -- 66.0m Breadth -- 14.0m Major re-build -- 1955 Passenger capacity -- 750 # # - temporarily reduced during 2003 to 410 | ||
| 30th September 2010 | Last sailings of the
season Operated the Lausanne to the Upper Lake sailings 910-911-922-923 on Thursday 30th September then .......... | |
| .......... operated a farewell evening cruise to St-Prex before retiring to Ouchy harbour for "long-term lay-up" | ||
| 29th September 2010 | Operated an evening gala cruise on Wednesday 29th September from Vevey Marché | |
| 31st July 2010 | Operated an evening fireworks cruise on Saturday 31st July from Le Bouveret and other principal Upper Lake piers | |
| 4th May 2010 |
Took over the Upper Lake sailings later than originally planned on
Tuesday 4th May In consequence the sailings advertised for Sunday 2nd and Monday 3rd May were worked by a motor vessel | |
| 1st May 2010 | Remained at Geneva on Saturday 1st May before the return to service of her sister PS Savoie on Sunday 2nd May | |
| 19th April 2010 | Moved to Geneva and opened the spring season of short sailings in the Little Lake commencing Monday 19th April | |
| 2nd April 2010 | First sailings of the
season Returned to service on Good Friday 2nd April (winter timetable) and operated the 1230 Lausanne to the Upper Lake ( | |
| 14th February 2010 | Last sailings of the
extended 2009 season Operated the Lausanne to the Upper Lake ( | |
| 31st July 2009 | Operate an evening fireworks cruise on Friday 31st July from Le Bouveret and several other Upper Lake piers | |
| Summer 2009 | Spent the full summer season
based at | |
| 10th April 2009 | Moved to Geneva and opened the spring season of
short sailings in the Little Lake commencing
Good Friday 10th April This was originally planned to apply daily until Saturday 25th April but owing to the breakdown of | |
| 15th March 2009 | First sailings of the
season Returned to service on Sunday 15th March and operated the Lausanne to the Upper Lake ( | |
| 9th November 2008 | Coverd the weekend Upper Lake cruises from from the start of the winter timetable including the Christmas period which in previous years had been operated by her sister PS Montreux as well as opweating several of the regular evening Fondue Cruises from Lausanne and Morges until Sunday 1st February 2009 | |
| Autumn 2008 | Moved to Lausanne and covered many of the short sailings to the Upper Lake on a non-advertised basis when not operating privater charter sailings | |
| 31st July 2008 | Operated an evening fireworks cruise on Thursday 31st July from Le Bouveret and several other Upper Lake piers instead of the normal evening timetabled 'circle cruise' round the Upper Lake | |
| Summer 2008 | Spent the full summer season
based at | |
| 21st March 2008 | Moved to Geneva and opened the spring season of short sailings in the Little Lake commencing Good Friday 21st March | |
| 18th February 2008 | First sailings of the
season Returned to service on Monday 18th February and took over the mid-day timetabled sailings to | |
| Early-Winter 2007 | Despite being advertised on the official CGN website all year to take over the local Geneva based sailings from PS Savoie, the MPV remained at Lausanne and instead covered the Sundays only sailings from Lausanne to Château-de-Chillon each weekend in November and also on Sunday 2nd December when she also made a rare additional call at Vevey-Plan pier | |
| Autumn 2007 | Returned to Lausanne and operated the twice daily sailing to the Upper Lake when advertised and also covered the same sailings vice a motor vessel on most other dates - see Archive Timetable index for details | |
| 31st July 2007 | Operated an evening fireworks cruise on Tuesday 31st July from Le Bouveret and several other Upper Lake piers after the normal timetabled 'circle cruises' round the Upper Lake | |
| Summer 2007 | Spent her "100th Birthday" summer season operating the Upper Lake "circle" cruises augmented by an additional "circle" cruise on Thursday and Friday evenings | |
| Spring 2007 | Despite what was shown in the official CGN 2007 timetable, PS Savoie did not return to service at Geneva until Sunday 29th April, so the motor paddle vessel moved to cover the short Geneva based local cruises commencing on Good Friday - 6th April | |
| Winter 2007 | Maintained the winter Sunday
sailings 920-921 from
Lausanne to Château-de-Chillon commencing on
Sunday 7th January followed by the two early-evening round trips to
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| ..........as well as the Thursday and Friday evening Fondue Cruises from Lausanne and Morges | ||
| 24th December 2006 | Took over the winter Sunday
sailings 920-921 from
Lausanne to Château-de-Chillon on Sunday 24th
December, but on arrival back at Lausanne the motor paddle vessel
was taken out of service with rudder problems In consequence her planned two early-evening round trips to Evian-les-Bains had to be operated by mv Général-Guisan | |
| 21st December 2006 | Returned to service on Thursday 21st December after a "min-overhaul" and took over the winter Thursday and Friday Evening 'Fondue' Cruises from Lausanne and Morges vice the usual motor vessel | |
| Autumn 2006 | Originally planned to be withdrawn from service at
the end of the 2006 season and be "long-term laid-up" joining her sisters
However, following problems with PS Rhône after Sunday 15th October the motor paddle vessel then took over for the last two Saturdays and Sundays of October | |
| 31st July 2006 | Operated an evening fireworks cruise on Monday 31st July from Le Bouveret and several other Upper Lake piers after the normal timetabled 'circle cruises' round the Upper Lake | |
| Summer 2006 | The 'last' operational motor
paddle vessel spent the summer season in service operating the 'traditional'
Upper Lake "circle"
cruises which for years has been operated by
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| 30th June 2006 | At the CGN AGM it was announced that the motor paddle vessel was to be reprieved and it was now the company's policy for her to sail again in 2007, mainly on the Upper Lake Circle cruises during the season similar to 2006 | |
| 21st May 2006 | Took part in the
Naval Parade | |
| Spring 2006 | The 'last' operational motor paddle vessel spent her spring season in service operating the short Geneva based local cruises between Good Friday and Wednesday 24th May | |
| Winter 2006 | The 'last' operational motor
paddle vessel spent the winter period in service operating the Sundays only
Lunch Cruise from Lausanne to Château de
Chillon followed by two ferry runs to Evian-les-Bains commencing
New Year's Day to the end of the timetable,
but only on a | |
| 11th December 2005 |
First sailings of the 2006 season Operated the 'new' Winter Sundays only 1235 lunch cruise | |
| 30th October 2005 | Last sailings of the
2005 season Operated the timetabled 1220 lunch cruise | |
| 13th August 2005 | Fêtes de Genève Operated an evening fireworks cruise (as an extension of her regular sailing 135) from several Little Lake piers to Geneva on Saturday 13th August | |
| 4th August 2005 | 60th Anniversary of the
ONU Operated an evening fireworks cruise (as an extension of her regular sailing 135) from several Little Lake piers to Geneva on Thursday 4th August | |
| 22nd May 2005 | Operated the first of a greatly extended season
of evening cruises from Geneva to Yvoire on
Sunday 22nd May These are planned to continue daily right through to the end of the Summer timetable on Sunday 25th September | |
| 25th March 2005 | First sailings of the
season Operated the first timetabled Geneva lunch She is expected to operate this sailing every day until Sunday 30th October except on Sunday 15th May - the annual Naval Parade | |
| 30th January 2005 | Last sailings of the extended 2004
season Operated the timetabled 1230 lunch cruise | |
| 12th November 2004 | Unusually operated some Lausanne This arrangement was repeated again on Friday 19th November although this time the motor paddle vessel remained in service all day and included the mid-day lunch cruise which at that time of year was normally operated by | |
| 7th November 2004 | Opened the winter service and operated the
Sunday afternoon timetabled sailing from
Lausanne to St-Gingolph and return, observed leaving
Montreux on Sunday 7th November This was the only paddle vessel in regular timetabled service during the early winter period on any of the Swiss or Italian lakes, but the sailing was curtailed to Château de Chillon from Sunday 12th December | |
| 22nd August 2004 | Operated a combined
Family Brunch
cruise vice
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| 19th July 2004 | Despite being advertised to operate the local
sailings out of Geneva all summer, the motor paddle vessel
switched rosters with mv
Lausanne and operate the
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| 4th April 2004 | Operated the first of the 90 minute lunch cruises scheduled for the summer season from Geneva at 1220 on Sunday 4th April | |
| 29th February 2004 | Unusually operated winter
sailings 122-123
from Geneva to Nyon and return at 1220 on Sunday 29th
February (see also pictures) The motor paddle vessel continued to operate sailings 122-123 every Sunday throughout March | |
| 14th February 2004 | Operated an evening Valentines cruise from Lausanne at 2000 on Saturday 14th February | |
| 25th January 2004 | First sailings of the
season Operate timetabled | |
| 2nd November 2003 | Last sailing of the
season Operated the timetabled 1220 lunch cruise | |
| Summer 2003 | Spent the entire season based at Geneva operating the
'short' cruises in the Petit Lac (Little Lake) In consequence the paddle steamer did not sail east of Yvoire | |
| 30th March 2003 | Operated the first of the 218 lunch cruises planned for the summer season from Geneva at 1220 on Sunday 30th March | |
| 14th February 2003 | Operated an evening Valentines cruise from Lausanne at 2000 on Friday 14th February | |
| 12th January 2003 | First sailings of the
season Operate timetabled | |
| 27th October 2002 | Last sailings of the
season Operated sailings 80-110-134-91 on Sunday 27th October from Geneva to Yvoire These also included the last direct sailing from Rolle (depart 1430) to Nyon along the Swiss Coast | |
| 9th July 2002 | Operated an afternoon dance cruise from Geneva at 1430 on Tuesday 9th July | |
| 29th May 2002 | The motor paddle vessel took part in a special 'fire and explosion exercise' sailing from Geneva at 0800 on Wednesday 29th May | |
| 12th April 2002 | Accident at Geneva At approx 1810 whilst returning to Geneva on Friday 12th April operating sailing 99 and swinging to berth at Mont Blanc pier a rudder failure resulted in the motor paddle vessel being swept onto Mont Blanc bridge The motor paddle vessel returned to service on Ascension Thursday - 9th May See news page for further details | |
| 2nd April to 12th April 2002 |
Operated the new Spring
lunch cruise from Geneva daily instead of
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| 24th February 2002 | First sailings of the
season Operate timetabled | |
| 2nd December 2001 | Last sailings of the
season Operated timetabled and 1547 return | |
| 1st December 2001 | Unusually operated the Evian-les-Bains ferry sailings all day on Saturday 1st December | |
| 4th November 2001 | Winter Sunday Sailings Re-entered service and operate timetabled | |
| 17th September 2001 | Last public sailings of the
Summer season Operated timetabled | |
| Summer 2001 | Normally operated the
"2 day roster" alternating with
day one - 0930 Lausanne to Geneva via St-Gingolph day two - 1015 Geneva to Lausanne via St-Gingolph | |
| 4th March 2001 | First public sailings of the
season operated timetabled | |
| 30th September 2000 | Last public sailings of the
season Operated timetabled 30th September instead of - 1020 from Geneva to Yvoire, 1345 "circle" via Rolle and Nyon to Yvoire and 1615 return to Geneva | |
| 5th August 2000 | On
Saturday 5th August (Fêtes de Genève) operated the 1800 evening cruise sailings 214-205 from Geneva to Yvoire and return instead of after the normal timetabled sailings 36-91 | |
| 29th June 2000 | On
Thursday 29th June operated the 1935 evening cruise sailings 199-234 from Lausanne instead of sailings 80-191 - this included sailing along the French coast with rare calls for this motor paddle vessel at as this vessel normally sails daily along the Swiss coast | |
| Summer 2000 | Normally operated the
"2 day roster" alternating with PS Savoie day one - 0930 Lausanne to Geneva via St-Gingolph day two - 1020 Geneva to Lausanne via St-Gingolph | |
| 25th April 2000 | First public sailing of 2000 on
Tuesday 25th April sailing 301 0455 Lausanne to Evian-les-Bains instead of | |
| 26th September 1999 | Last timetabled sailing of 1999
much earlier than usual on
Sunday 26th September
sailings 80-99 1500 Lausanne to Geneva | |
| Summer 1999 | Normally operated the
"2 day roster" alternating with
day one - 1000 Lausanne to Geneva via St-Gingolph day two - 1030 Geneva to Lausanne via St-Gingolph | |
| Summer 1998 | Normally operated the
"2 day roster" alternating with
day one - 1015 Lausanne to Geneva via St-Gingolph day two - 1030 Geneva to Lausanne via St-Gingolph | |
| Summer 1983 | Normally operated the
"2 day roster" alternating
with day one - 0930 Lausanne to Geneva followed by 1430 Geneva to Yvoire and return day two - 1045 Geneva to Lausanne via | |
4th October 2010
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