A paddle steamer is a steamship or steamboat powered by a steam engine that drives paddle wheels to propel the craft through the water. In antiquity,... 59 KB (7,097 words) - 16:10, 10 April 2024 |
Steamship (redirect from Screw-propeller steamer) prefix designations of "PS" for paddle steamer or "SS" for screw steamer (using a propeller or screw). As paddle steamers became less common, "SS" is incorrectly... 47 KB (5,773 words) - 19:37, 9 April 2024 |
PS Waverley (redirect from Paddle steamer Waverley) PS Waverley is the last seagoing passenger-carrying paddle steamer in the world. Built in 1946, she sailed from Craigendoran on the Firth of Clyde to Arrochar... 19 KB (1,853 words) - 13:40, 18 April 2024 |
The Labouchere was a paddle steamer in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company, built in 1858 at Green's in Blackwall, London, England. Under the command... 5 KB (572 words) - 08:49, 23 April 2024 |
used to propel a steamboat (i.e. paddle steamer). A number of racquet sports (e.g. ping-pong and paddle ball), a "paddle" or "bat" is a short, solid racket... 7 KB (942 words) - 04:31, 3 April 2024 |
MS Genève is the oldest paddle ship of Lake Geneva. Originally a steamship, she became diesel powered in the 1930s. Genève was built in 1896 by Sulzer... 4 KB (327 words) - 17:03, 3 July 2022 |
Paddle boat may refer to: Paddle steamer or paddleboat, a boat propelled by a paddle wheel Pedalo, a boat propelled by pedalling with the feet A paddlecraft... 303 bytes (77 words) - 06:39, 21 May 2023 |
William Murdoch (redirect from The Caledonia (paddle steamer)) pneumatic tube message system, and worked on one of the first British paddle steamers to cross the English Channel. Murdoch built a prototype steam locomotive... 36 KB (5,363 words) - 23:20, 10 May 2023 |
Dandy was a paddle-wheel steamer, built in England in 1823. The ship was bought in 1825 by a Danish businessman and employed on the route between Copenhagen... 10 KB (871 words) - 08:49, 19 July 2021 |
Pioneer was a 19th-century paddle-steamer gunboat used in New Zealand. Built in Sydney to the order of the New Zealand colonial government by the Australian... 4 KB (422 words) - 10:13, 10 April 2023 |
Surprise was the first paddle steamer, and the first steam powered vessel, built and run in Australia. It was built possibly on the Parramatta River, by... 4 KB (356 words) - 06:06, 7 July 2022 |
Red Funnel (section Paddle steamers) remains the company's formal name. The company originally operated a paddle steamer ferry service between Cowes, Isle of Wight and Southampton. During its... 40 KB (3,012 words) - 20:21, 22 March 2024 |
Echuca (section Paddle steamers) home to the largest paddle steamer fleet in the world, which includes the world's oldest operating wooden hulled paddle steamer, PS Adelaide built in... 29 KB (2,702 words) - 13:57, 26 February 2024 |
The Alexander Arbuthnot is the last paddle steamer built as a working boat during the riverboat trade era on the Murray River, Australia. The ship was... 8 KB (627 words) - 22:58, 18 October 2023 |
ocean-faring ship Screw steamer, steamboat or ship that uses "screws" (propellers) Steam yacht, luxury or commercial yacht Paddle steamer, steamboat or ship... 1 KB (194 words) - 21:38, 9 January 2023 |
Steam frigate (redirect from Paddle frigate) not meant to stand in the line of battle. The first such ships were paddle steamers. Later on the invention of screw propulsion enabled construction of... 23 KB (3,274 words) - 13:58, 17 March 2024 |
to the rear of the hardstanding. A major feature of the site is the paddle steamer Ryde, currently in a very poor state. More details of this vessel are... 35 KB (5,130 words) - 09:55, 22 April 2024 |
Bristol Channel (section Paddle steamers) each summer by the PS Waverley, the last seagoing paddle steamer in the world, built in 1947. The steamer provides pleasure trips between the Welsh and English... 24 KB (2,977 words) - 06:41, 1 November 2023 |
The Paddle Steamer Preservation Society (PSPS) is a United Kingdom-based registered charity and owner of two working paddle steamers; PS Kingswear Castle... 3 KB (289 words) - 18:48, 27 May 2021 |
side-mounted paddle wheel used for propulsion by a paddle steamer. 2. Propelled by sidewheels (e.g. "sidewheel steamer"). sidewheeler A paddle steamer propelled... 250 KB (31,433 words) - 21:32, 6 May 2024 |
Retrieved 2021-06-25. Waimarie, Paddle steamer. "The Vesel | Paddle steamer Waimarie | Whanganui | New Zealand". Paddle steamer Waimarie. Retrieved 2021-09-29... 262 KB (8,146 words) - 01:04, 2 April 2024 |
steamer Lady Davis, steamer Lelia, paddle-steamer Magnolia, side-wheel steamer Mary Bowers, side-wheel steamer Memphis, screw steamer (later USS Memphis)... 45 KB (4,868 words) - 19:22, 8 April 2024 |