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PS
Johann Strauss
Above : Johann Strauss in
2006
Built at Linz in 1950 using hulll
and machinery from two older steamers
Hull - iron, salvaged from PS Grein (built in 1853 as PS Carl Ludwig,
renamed in 1938) - Length : 70 metres
Machinery - Compound diagonal, by Sachsenberg Bros. salvaged from PS
Johann Strauss (ex-Erzherzog Franz Ferdinand, built 1913)
Built in 1950 to reopen
DDSG services between Linz and Passau after the end of World War
II
Superstructure : Salvaged from PS Johann Strauss
Withdrawn in 1972
Established as a restaurant in 1975 at Wallsee before being moved to
the Danube Canal in Vienna
Engines and boilers have been removed
Latterly known as "Clubschiff", with eating facilities open from
mid-afternoon and a discotheque through to the early hours of the morning
JOHANN STRAUSS PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION
2006
In May 2007 it was reported in the Austrian press that Johan
Strauss was to be rebuit as a hotel-ship designed to attract Japanese tourists
interested in music. 15-20 luxury bedroom suites are envisaged, each furnished
in classical Viennese style. 12 million Euros have been earmarked for the conversion
by owners DDS Johann Strauss which is expected to be completed by the end of
2007. The rather uninviting canalside where she is moored is also to be transformed
with various food pavillions, with a strong "fish" theme.
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