Paddleducks
Paddler Information => Research => Topic started by: Walter Snowdon on February 27, 2005, 08:32:55 AM
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Plans are underway to raise the wreck of one of Swizerlands earliest paddle steamers from Lake THUN.
The P.S. BELLEVUE sank in a storm in 1864 and its exact location has remained a mystery until a diving team found the wreck in 2004.
She lies a few hundred metres from OBERHAFEN, 100 metres below the surface, 90% covered in sediment in water low in oxygen, so there should be very little deterioration of the structure.
BELLEVUE was a sidewheeler launched as a passenger ship in 1835. In 1859 she was converted into a cargo carrier and she sank carrying a cargo of salt. One crew member was killed, his body was never recovered.
Salvage and restoration has been estmated at 440,000 dollars. I hope they are successful. Walter.