Back when I was a kid, my parents treated me and my sisters to a trip across the River Humber on the PS Tattershall Castle (almost identical to the PS Waverley). It must have been back in the early 1970's. That ship still exists today as a floating bar on the River Thames close to Westminster. I remember the smell of steam and hot oil, and seeing the steam engine down in the engine room. A wonderful experience for a small boy.
It is so wonderful that these ships from the past are kept in service. I am from New Zealand and have traveled on the TSS Earnslaw many times when I have visited Queenstown in New Zealands South Island
Number 15 is the Eisbrecher "Stettin". Eisbrecher is not a name, only a type of ship. Its used to plug the line, when it is frozen by ice...the german word for ice is: Eis; and Brecher is a breaker...And by the way: in the machinroom of ths ship were made the sets of the movie "Titanic", in which are shown the running steam engines.
Ahoy There!!!I was aboard The Waverley yesterday....Clevedon o Ilfracombe ....Wonderful.....Mindblowing...Unforgettable..Next trip for me On The Thames....Superb experience.!!!!!!
Wonderfull. I don't know whether it's because I live on Lake Leman (not Lake Geneva), but I feel the Clipper Bow of CGN steamers very elegant. A small remark : It would have been great to have indication of the nationality of the ships, since all of them do not wear their flags/ Nonetheless Bravo
The Waverley paddle steamer is the last sea going paddle steamer in the world. It sails around the stunning islands and harbour towns of the west coast of Scotland, and visits Ireland, Wales and England.
In this list De Majesteit (11:57) has to be my favourite. And the George Stephenson reminds me of a loon, but even eerier. Drop-dead eerie. Beautiful. I'm just saying, if i ever found myself obscenely rich and had the option between a yaught and a steam riverboat..
Once finished a yacht race on the River Medway sailing upriver to the 31 buoy under spinnaker with the Waverley to starboard and the Medway Queen to port. Wow.
Allow me to suggest you also look at "Gonca", 106 ft steel ship circa 1910 fired by a triple expansion steam engine. She is located in Istanbul and is in perfect seaworthy condition.
There was a brief video of the Alpena, an old school laker built in 1942 who is still working hauling cargo in the Great Lakes. She's the last working steam powered cargo carrier on the Lakes. I didn't see her name on the list though. Maybe because she's not glamorous?
The Name of the Nr. 15 is not "Eisbrecher" - Eisbrecher ist the Function (icebreaker), the Name of the ship is "Stettin". Nr. 57 "SSLokki" looks like the Ship of the movie "Fitzcaraldo"
0:42 What whistle does this ship have? Also thank you for including the ss Alpena she is one of a kind and is one of the last steamers on the Great Lakes
this is a good video but im sure the tile will hurt the reach of the video, if you better refer to how good this compilation is you might get more views. short form titles dont work on long form video
It sounds sacrilegious, but it is a shame that almost all of these lovely steamers are not producing any coal smoke. Are we to assume most are converted to run on gas or oil?
One more of the stunning Hansteen, which I was the Captain of for three sunmer seasons: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9WClKVUeSCA.html
All that I know as an American, I would say that the original RMS Queen Mary (located at along Beach, California) the SS Alpena (one of the many Great Lakes class ore carriers and the oldest one still running) and two big steamboats the American Queen, and the Natchez are all located in the USA. For the other ships, I don’t know. Sorry.
