 Moored at Verceia in use as a resturant |
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 Moored at Colico complete with wheel-house Photos: Marcello Baldrati |
Builder -- Escher, Wyss at Zurich, Switzerland Length -- 53.16m Breadth -- 11.50m Passenger capacity -- originally 750 | ||
| 9th December 2010 | During a storm on the afternoon of 9th December, the paddle steamer broke free and sunk into the lake | |
| December 2008 | According to the local newspaper - La Provincia di Como - following the publicity about the future of the laid-up paddle steamer, the Lake Como Coastguards are now interested in acquiring the ship to use as their office at Lecco | |
September 2008 |
The former paddle steamer
continued to lie at Verceia on Lake Mezzola awaiting her fate The director of the Natural Reserve has imposed her removal by the end of September Her present owner (Nando Curti of the adjacent restaurant 'La Barcaccia') could not find anyone interested in buying her Marcello Baldratti - webmaster of 'Lariana' - made a call for the salvation of PS Plinio and formed an association ' Amici del Plinio' (Plinio's Friends) to find alternative solutions to scrapping her Please contact him here if you are interested or can help in any way | |
| 2003 | The paddle steamer spent her 100th Birthday moored on Lake Mezzola and was virtually abandoned over the next few years | |
| 1999 | Moved along the River Merato to Lake Mezzola (about 3 km
north Lake Como) and moored near a hotel-restaurant at Verceia To sail under the river bridge, both her wheel-house and funnel were removed, but only the latter was replaced | |
| 1988 | Her name was given to the new Car Ferry which entered service in 1988 | |
| 1973 | For several years used as a "breakwater" for the new
Como harbour and was later converted into floating restaurant for a few years before being moved to Colico | |
| 1963 | Withdrawn from passenger service and laid-up at Como | |
| 1903 | The third ship to bear the name
PS Plinio entered service on | |
14th January 2011
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