EXCURSION & INSHORE STEAMSHIPS by Tramscape, publishers of the Paddle Steamer Resources Database

Screw Steamships with Reciprocating Engines : Photos from the Tramscape Collection

There are numerous excursion steamships still in existence worldwide, both in operation and statically preserved, with many undergoing restoration by preservations societies. This website does not intend to be comprehensive in this field - only to allow photos from the Tramscape collection which do not fit into its main websites to be presented

EXCURSION STEAMSHIPS FROM THE CLYDE

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 Steamers from The Clyde and Scottish shipyards

Includes the famous steamers built for the Bosphoros ferry services from Istanbul, Turkey by Fairfields at Govan (left) and SS Sir Walter Scott, still sailing on Loch Katrine, Scotland (right)  

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STEAM IN GOTHENBURG

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Steam in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 2007

Includes Bohuslan (1912, left) which was saved by a preservations society and now offers coastal cruises from Gothenburg, Marieholm (1934, right), a Baltic steamer preserved statically alongside Gothenburg's maritime museum and the converted ex-steamer St:Erik (1881/1951).

 

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 STEAM IN STOCKHOLM

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Steam in Stockholm, Sweden, in 2008

Waxholmsbolaget : Steamers and conversions
Stromma Kanalbolaget : Steamers and conversions
Other Steamships
Miscellaneous Motor vessels (ex-steamships)

Left: Storskar (1908) and right : Mariefred (1903)

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STEAM IN BERLIN AND POTSDAM

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Berlin and Potsdam in 2005

Left : Kaiser Friedrich at Berlin

Right : Gustav at Potsdam

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OTHER STEAMSHIP INFORMATION

North America

Go to Tramscape's Other databases:

Paddle Steamer Resources / Foundation for Paddle Steamers Worldwide
Clyde Turbine Steamer Foundation
Tramscape Tramway Photographs

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