SS Bisbino Lake Como	photo: Marcello Baldrati
Date entered service -- 1907 Builder -- Escher, Wyss at Zurich, Switzerland Length -- 35.35m  (originally 32.00m) Breadth -- 5.50m Passenger capacity -- originally 400
1997	Finally moved again to Tremezzo for further use as a static restaurant Her dummy paddleboxes have fooled many a visitor to the lake into thinking she was originally an operational paddle steamer !
1991	Sold to a private owner (Luca Gandini) and moved to Azzano but sunk in 1992 (cirumstances still unclear) Four years later the steamer was refloated and moved to Dongo for major work to be undertaken to restore her original appearance
1982	Withdrawn from service and laid-up for several years
1956	Re-entered service after a slight lengthening and conversion to a motor vessel
1949	Plans to convert from coal to oil were rejected by the government In consequence, the steamer was rarely used thereafter before being laid-up
1907	Entered service on Lake Como as a screw steamer but with dummy paddleboxes (which from a distance gave the appearance of a paddle steamer)

---

Return to active PS Fleet Summary Page Return to PS Fleet Details Page Return to Lake Como Current Timetables Index Return to Lake Como Archive Timetables Index Return to Paddle Steamer Timetables Index

Restore Frames Can you help?

---

9th April 2005   e-mail   (c)2004-2005 John B Bird