Friedrich Wilhelm (1826)
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Friedrich Wilhelm was the second German steamboat that steamed a regular schedule on the Rhine. She was the first steamboat which had been ordered by the Preußisch-Rheinische Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft (PRDG), the later Köln-Düsseldorfer.
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Friedrich Wilhelm c. 1830 | |
History | |
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Prussia | |
Name | Friedrich Wilhelm |
Builder |
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Launched | April 1826[1] |
Stricken | Broken up 1846[2] |
General characteristics | |
Type | Paddle steamboat |
Displacement | 240 metric tons (240 long tons) |
Length | 42.7 m (140 ft 1 in) oa.[3] |
Beam | 4.88 m (16 ft 0 in)[3] |
Draught | 1.2 m (4 ft) (empty)[4] |
Installed power | 70 hp (52 kW)[5] |
Propulsion | 2 paddle wheels of 3.76 m (12 ft 4 in) ∅ |
Capacity | 60 DWT or 30 last |
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