Steamboat Vltava

Steamboat Vltava

Paddlesteamer Vltava desription:

Launched: in 1942

Rebuilt: in 2009

Beam: 5,10m

Tire beam: 5,10m

Length: 62m

Capacity:  250 passanger

Maximum power: 110kW

Boat is equipped with complete sound-system

Technical information:

Laid down: 27.08.1940

Registration number: 47

Name of the ship: Vltava

Other names: 1942-45 Moldau

Builder: Loděnice - Shipyard Prague 1940

Original capacity: 650 passangers

Maximum length: 53,46m

Hull beam: 5,10m

Tire beam: 9,10m

Draught: 2,30m

Boat Draft vacillan: 0,63m

Boatload Draft: 0,72m

Reconstruction: Shipyard 1960 ČSPLO Křeslice

Machinery:

Type: expansion steam machine

Manufactured, year: ČKD Praha, 1940

Diameter of cylinders: 320 +620/650

Power: 150kW

Boiler:

1. Manufacturer, year:  ČKD Praha, 1940

Thermal value (m2) : 47

Pressure: 15,0

Oil fuel since 1978

2. Manufacturer, year: Thyssen Henschel, 1991

Thermal value (m2): 73,6

Pressure: 14,0

Number of pallets: 10, patented by Morgan

Dimensions (mm): 1620x440

Whisk Diameter (m): 2,72

Rudder: patented by Hitzler

Vltava is name of the River in Prague in Czech Republic