Eric Nordevall II swedish replica paddler from 1836 / 2007

[kim DK]

Is a replica paddler in right place here, if so - Eric Nordevall II
 
 
Type:    Fiolfartyg = "violin craft" partly hull embedded paddle wheels, the hull shape looks like a violin.
Number of ribs:    58  
LOA:    28,6 meter
Displacement:    150 ton
Max width:    6.5 meter
Hull width at wheels:    4.3 meter
Draught:    1.9 meter
Machinery:    Two steam (balance ??) each 17 hp
Cruising speed:    7 knot
Accommodation:    8 cabins, 2 saloons
Passengers:    ca. 80
 
Relaunch scheduled 2007.
 
Eric Nordevall II
The first paddle steamer Eric Nordevall was build in 1836 at Hammarstens shipyard in Norrköping ( Sweden) supplied with locally produced engines (UK technique) from Motala Verkstad.
 
She serviced the canal tour Stockholm-Göteborg, until an afternoon early in the summer of 1856 after leaving Vadstena (still a beautiful town at Vättern ) when the helmsman took the wrong side of the island "Jungfrun". The Nordevall was hard grounded a few hundred meters north of the island, when an assisting steamship two days later drew it afloat it was evident in a few minutes the ship would sink, it was anbandoned, lines cut, down she went 45 meters to the button left alone until discovered by amateur divers in 1980's.      
The wreck is exstremly well preserved, and the considerations on raising it ended up in building a complete replica as an educational project and due to common historical interest, as Eric Nordevall and the four sister ships were the first generation paddlers with none preserved.
The replica will be as the original apart from details demanded for passenger cruising today.
 
Note. Brief translation from nordevall.com

http://www.nordevall.com/
http://www.abc.se/~pa/publ/nordeval.htm
http://www.loovtrading.com/eric.nordevall/eric.nordevall.mod.html

[derekwarner_decoy]

Hi PD's & thanks Kim for this very interesting posting - I am sure others will ask questions on this 'european paddler' - regards Derek in Australia

[AlistairD]

The original was what is known as a  "fiddle-steamer" or violin steamer because of the shape of the hull, the paddles  were sited inboard rather than in sponsons to fit the locks of the Göta  Canal
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 Alistair
 

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   Subject: Eric Nordevall II swedish    replica paddler from 1836 / 2007
   

   
Is a replica paddler in right place here, if so - Eric    Nordevall II


Type: Fiolfartyg = "violin craft" partly hull    embedded paddle wheels, the hull shape looks like a violin.
Number of    ribs: 58
LOA: 28,6 meter
Displacement: 150 ton
Max width: 6.5    meter
Hull width at wheels: 4.3 meter
Draught: 1.9 meter    
Machinery: Two steam (balance ??) each 17 hp
Cruising speed: 7 knot    
Accommodation: 8 cabins, 2 saloons
Passengers: ca. 80

Relaunch    scheduled 2007.

Eric Nordevall II
The first paddle steamer Eric    Nordevall was build in 1836 at Hammarstens shipyard in Norrköping ( Sweden)    supplied with locally produced engines (UK technique) from Motala Verkstad.    

She serviced the canal tour Stockholm-Göteborg, until an afternoon    early in the summer of 1856 after leaving Vadstena (still a beautiful town at    Vättern ) when the helmsman took the wrong side of the island "Jungfrun". The    Nordevall was hard grounded a few hundred meters north of the island, when an    assisting steamship two days later drew it afloat it was evident in a few    minutes the ship would sink, it was anbandoned, lines cut, down she went 45    meters to the button left alone until discovered by amateur divers in 1980's.    
The wreck is exstremly well preserved, and the considerations on raising    it ended up in building a complete replica as an educational project and due    to common historical interest, as Eric Nordevall and the four sister ships    were the first generation paddlers with none preserved.
The replica will    be as the original apart from details demanded for passenger cruising today.    

Note. Brief translation from nordevall.com

http://www.nordevall.com/    
http://www.abc.se/~pa/publ/nordeval.htm
http://www.loovtrading.com/eric.nordevall/eric.nordevall.mod.html



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