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Length -- 68.0m Breadth -- 14.3m Major re-build -- 1967 Passenger capacity -- 800 | ||
to Hermance and Yvoire (Easter until mid-October) | ||
| 7th April 2024 | First sailings of the season Planned to operate the winter Sunday Lunch Cruise sailings 930-931 from Lausanne to Villeneuve on Sunday 7th April | |
| 15th September 2023 | Last sailings of the season Operated sailings 320-321-326-327 from Geneva to Yvoire on Sunday 15th September | |
| 15th May 2023 | First timetabled sailings
of the season Operated sailings 320-321-326-327 from Geneva to Yvoire on Sunday 15th May | |
| 14th May 2023 | First public sailing of the
season Took part in the annual pre-season naval parade off-Montreux on Sunday 14th May | |
| 2nd October 2022 | Last sailings
of the season Operated her final sailings 101-105-982-983 of the season from Lausanne to Geneva then Montreux on Sunday 2nd October | |
| 16th September 2022 | 20 Years of the ABVL Took part in a special evening parade joining sisters PS Simplon and PS Montreux mid-lake on Friday 16th September | |
| 4th September 2022 | Owing to the breakdown of PS Rhône the previous day, she again returned to service on Sunday 4th September for four days before relocating to Lausanne | |
| 26th August 2022 | Owing to the breakdown of PS Simplon, she returned to service for one day only on Friday 26th August and covered for her her larger sister | |
| 25th July 2022 | Owing to a shortage of steam engineers, the paddle steamer was relegated to the role of "standby" (at Geneva) and her sailings were taken over by sister PS Rhône | |
| 24th July 2022 | Last original
planned sailings of the season Operated her final sailings 364-365-366-367-388-389 of the season from Geneva to Yvoire on Sunday 24th July | |
| 22nd May 2022 | Took part in the annual pre-season naval parade off-Montreux on Sunday 22nd May | |
| 15th May 2022 | First sailings of theseason Following repairs, eventually entered service on Sunday 15th May and operated her normal sailings 304-305-326-327 from Geneva to Yvoire | |
| 15th April 2022 | First planned sailings of the
season Originally planned to operated her normal sailings 304-305-326-327 from Geneva to Yvoire over the Easter weekend, but owing to a breakdown she remained in dock and har sailings had to be cancelled commencing Good Friday 15th April until motor vessels were able to take over | |
| 24th October 2021 | Last sailings of the
season Operated her normal autumn weekend sailings 364-365-366-367 from Geneva to Yvoire on Sunday 24th October | |
| 19th May 2021 | Owing to a crew member being infected by Covid, all her sailings were cancelled for five days commencing Wednesday 19th May | |
| 18th April 2021 | With calls at the French piers eventually being permitted, the special service in the Petit-Lac extended to Yvoire commencing on Monday 2nd May | |
| 18th April 2021 | First sailings of the
season Owing to the continuing Covid restrictions, a special service in the Petit-Lac was started on Sunday 18th April with no calls at the French town of Yvoire consisting of modified sailings 364-365-366-327 from Geneva to Nyon and back | |
| 25th October 2020 | Last sailings of the
season Operated her normal autumn weekend sailings 364-365-366-367 from Geneva to Yvoire on Sunday 25th October | |
| 28th June 2020 | Reverted to her 'traditional' summer three round trip sailings 364-365-306-307-388-389 in the "Little Lake" including the daily evening cruise commencing Sunday 28th June | |
| 6th June 2020 | First public sailings of the delayed
season Eventually entered service and commenced a temporary post-coronavirus timetable of three round trip sailings 340-341-342-343-344-345 only in Swiss waters between Geneva and Hermance on Saturday 6th June as France was still in lockdown Sunsequently these were extended to Yvoire from Monday 15th June | |
| 24th May 2020 | Originally planned to take part in the annual pre-season
naval parade
off-Montreux on Sunday 24th May - usually her only sailing of the year outside
the Little Lake That was initially to have been replaced with the more 'Coronavirus friendly' regular sailings, only for them to be completely suspended when the pandemic took a stronger hold | |
| 10th April 2020 | Originally planned to operate her regular "Little Lake" sailings 364-365-366-327 from Geneva to Yvoire and back (twice) on Good Friday 10th April Unlike previous years, the "summer" weekend lunchtime variation was advance to start in the "spring" timetable but this had to be cancelled due to the Coronavirus precautions | |
| 20th October 2019 | Last sailings of the
season Operated her normal sailings 304-305-326-327 from Geneva to Hermitage or Yvoire on Sunday 20th October | |
| 19th May 2019 | Took part in the annual pre-season naval parade off-Rolle on Sunday 19th May | |
| 13th May 2019 | Extremely strong winds forced the cancellation of all her sailings on Monday 13th May and again on the following two days | |
| 14th April 2019 | First sailings of the
season Operated her normal sailings 304-305-326-327 from Geneva to Hermitage or Yvoire for the season commencing Sunday 14th April | |
| 21st October 2018 | Last sailings of the
season Operated her normal sailings 304-305-326-327 from Geneva to Hermitage or Yvoire on Sunday 21st October | |
| 20th May 2018 | Took part in the annual pre-season naval parade off-Evian-les-Bains on Sunday 20th May | |
| 15th April 2018 | First sailings of the
season Operated her normal sailings 304-305-326-327 from Geneva to Hermitage or Yvoire for the season commencing Sunday 15th April | |
| 22nd October 2017 | Last sailings of the
season Operated her normal sailings 304-305-326-327 from Geneva to Hermitage or Yvoire on Sunday 22nd October | |
| 25th May 2017 | Moved back to Geneva amd operate her normal sailings 304-305-326-327-386-387 from Geneva to Hermitage or Yvoire for the remainder of the season commencing Ascension Thursday 25th May | |
| 21st May 2017 | Naval
Parade Took part in the Naval Parade which took place off-Cully on Sunday 21st May - unusually for her starting from Lausanne instead of Geneva | |
| 14th April 2017 | First sailings of the
season Owing to her larger sister PS La Suisse covering the Evian-les-Bains ferry servic, planned to operate the early season sailings 920-921-922-923 - two return sailings from Lausanne to Château-de-Chillon - on Good Friday 17th April | |
| 30th October 2016 | Last sailings of the
season Unusually operated the first winter Sunday Breakfast and Lunch sailings 1107-1108-1109-1110-930-931 from Lausanne to both Evian-les-Bains and Châ:teau-de-Chillon on Sunday 30th October This was the first time the paddle steamer had operated timetabled sailings outside the Little Lake for many years | |
| 22nd May 2016 | Naval
Parade Took part in the Naval Parade which took place off-Morges on Sunday 22nd May | |
| 17th April 2016 | First timetabled
sailings of the season Operated sailings 304-305-326-327 - from Geneva to Hermitage then Yvoire - on Sunday 17th April | |
| 16th April 2016 | First sailings of the
season Operated a special pre-season sailing from Lausanne to Geneva on Saturday 16th April | |
| 18th October 2015 | Last sailings of the
season Operated sailings 304-305-326-327 - lunch cruise from Geneva to Hermance followed by an afternoon cruise to Yvoire on Sunday 18th October | |
| 24th May 2015 | Naval Parade Took part in the Naval Parade off-Rolle on Sunday 24th May This was her only public sailing of the year outside the "Little Lake" | |
| 19th April 2015 | First sailings of the
season Operated sailings 304-305-305-307 - from Geneva to Hermitage then Yvoire - on Sunday 19th April | |
| 19th October 2014 | Last sailings of the
season Operated sailings 304-305-326-327 - lunch cruise from Geneva to Hermance followed by an afternoon cruise to Yvoire on Sunday 19th October | |
| 25th May 2014 | Naval Parade Took part in the Naval Parade which took place off-Vevey on Sunday 25th May This was her only public sailing of the year outside the "Little Lake" | |
| 18th April 2014 | First sailings of the
season Operated sailings 304-305-326-327 - lunch cruise from Geneva to Hermance followed by an afternoon cruise to Yvoire on Good Friday 18th April | |
| 15th December 2013 | Last sailings of the
season As a result of damage to MPV Vevey at Cully on Thursday 26th November, the paddle steamer remained in service longer than originally planned and finally operated sailings 330-331-738-739-740-741 on Sunday 15th December | |
| 5th August 2013 | Once again the paddle steamer was unable
to operate her lunchtime sailing from Geneva due to technical problems on
Monday 5th August
resulting in the small Repairs were undertaken in time for the afternoon sailing to Yvoire | |
| 10th/11th July 2013 | The paddle steamer was unable to operate her
lunchtime sailing from Geneva due to technical problems on
Wednesday 10th July
resulting in the small However on the second day running the paddle steamer brokedown again at Geneva after her lunchtime cruise resulting in her afternoon sailing to Yvoire having to be cancelled on Thursday 11th July Unusually PS Rhône made a rare call (for her) at Hermitage on the next sailing to set down return passengers Further repairs were undertaken in time for the paddle steamer to operate her regular evening sailing to Yvoire | |
| 29th April 2013 | The paddle steamer
broke down
on Monday 29th
April and was unable to sail resulting in the cancellation of her lunch-time
sailings 304-305 to Hermance Her afternoon sailings 326-327 to Yvoire were covered by the much smaller mv Morges Repairs were undertaken the same day and the paddle steamer was able to resume her normal schedue the following day | |
| 14th April 2013 | First sailings of the
season Opened the Lake Geneva 2013 season and operated the "Little Lake" sailings 304-305-326-327 on Sunday 14th April | |
| 9th October 2012 | ||
| 29th June 2012 | Following mechanical
damage to the port paddle shaft of the paddle steamer on
Friday 29th June
she remained tied-up at Geneva Jardin-Anglais pier for the remainder of the 2012 season,
but still offered "lunchtime" and "evening" meals Initially there was spare vessel in the CGN fleet to cover, so ALL of her booked sailings were cancelled but subsequently | |
| 6th April 2012 | First sailings of the
season Opened the Lake Geneva 2012 season and operated sailings 304-305-326-327 on Good Friday 6th April owing to problems with her larger sister | |
| 16th October 2010 | Last sailings of the
season Operated sailings 304-305-326-327 on Sunday 16th October - the last day of the Autumn timetable | |
| 17th April 2011 | First sailings of the
season Operate sailings 304-305-326-327 on Sunday 17th April | |
| 24th October 2010 | Last sailings of the
season Operated sailings 324-325-302-303 on Sunday 24th October - the last day of the Autumn timetable | |
| 2nd May 2010 | First sailings of the
season Operated sailings 324-325-302-303 on Sunday 2nd May | |
| 25th October 2009 | Last sailings of the
season Operated sailings 324-325-302-303 on Sunday 25th October - the last day of the Autumn timetable | |
| 22nd May 2009 | First public
sailings of the season Eventually operated the "Little Lake" sailings 320-321-302-303 from Geneva on Friday 22nd May | |
| 26th April 2009 | First planned sailings of the
season Originally planned to operate the "Little Lake" sailings 320-321-302-303 from Geneva on Swiss Navigation Sunday - 26th April but this was cancelled after the paddle steamer failed her trials on Friday 24th April In the end her sister MPV Vevey covered most of her sailings until her return on Wednesday 20th May | |
| 2nd November 2008 | Last sailings of the
season Operated sailings 320-321-302-303 on Sunday 2nd November - the last day of the Autumn timetable | |
| 30th October 2008 |
The paddle steamer operated a special
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| 27th April 2008 | First sailings of the
season Operated the "Little Lake" sailings 320-321-302-303 on Swiss Navigation Sunday 27th April | |
| 28th October 2007 | Last sailings of the
season Finished much earlier than 2006 after operating sailings 320-321-302-303 on Sunday 28th October - the last day of the Autumn timetable | |
| 29th April 2007 | First sailings of the
season Operated the "Little Lake" sailings 320-321-302-303 on Swiss Navigation Sunday 29th April | |
| 30th October 2006 | Regular Winter
Paddle Steamer Sailings For the first time since 1938 a paddle steamer remained in daily service from Geneva during the winter until Saturday 23rd December and also operated some short "Belles Rives Genevoises" afternoon cruises in the Little Lake as well as the regular lunch cruise | |
| 11th July 2006 | The paddle steamer
broke down for the second
time in two days on her return
Afternoon Cruise on
Tuesday 11th July and she was diverted to and terminated her sailing
311 at Versoix It took a further two days for the broken rod of a safety-valve of the 92 year old steam engine to be repaired before returning to normal service on Friday 14th July The new small mv Lavaux covered her sailings on Wednesday 12th and Thursday 13th July | |
| 10th July 2006 | The paddle steamer
broke down at Geneva
at the end of her
Lunch Cruise on
Monday 10th July but following quick repairs she was back in service in time for
her Evening Cruise Passengers left stranded at Yvoire (France) were rescued by her larger sisters | |
| 2nd July 2006 | From
Sunday 2nd July the 're-built' paddle steamer
spent her first summer season back in service operating the 'short'
Geneva based
cruises which for the last couple of summers had been covered by
( | |
| 20th May 2006 |
The paddle steamer returned to service with for a special
Inauguration sailing from Geneva on
Saturday 20th May and also took part
in the | |
| 2004-2005 | The paddle steamer was not
in sevice as she was undertaking a major two-year
| |
| 22nd September 2003 | Last public sailings of the
season Operated timetabled sailings 30-91a-80b-191 on Monday 22nd September - 0930 and 1400 Lausanne to | |
| 1st August 2003 | Swiss National Day Operate an evening fireworks cruise from Lausanne (depart 2030) on Friday 1st August after the regular sailings 80-191 | |
| 2nd July 2003 | The paddle steamer terminated
her sailing 80 at Nyon
on Wednesday 2nd July and was replaced for the
rest of the day by the larger | |
| 18th May 2003 | First timetabled sailings of the
season Started the two-day roster on Sunday 18th May alternating with the smaller | |
| 11th May 2003 | First sailings of the
season Re-enter service on Sunday 11th May for the five paddle steamer Naval Parade | |
| 29th September 2002 | Last public sailings of the
season Operated timetabled sailings 30-91a-80b-191 on Sunday 29th September - 1000 and 1400 Lausanne to | |
| Summer 2002 | First timetabled sailings of the
season Operated the two-day roster alternating with the small refurbished day one - 0930 Lausanne to Geneva via day two - 1015 Geneva to Lausanne via | |
| 12th May 2002 | First public sailing of the
season Took part in the six paddle steamer Naval Parade on | |
| 30th September 2001 | Last public sailings of the
season Operated timetabled sailings 30-91a-80b-191 on Sunday 30th September - 1000 and 1400 Lausanne to | |
| Summer 2001 | Normally operated the
two-day roster alternating with
day one - 0930 Lausanne to Geneva via St-Gingolph day two - 1015 Geneva to Lausanne via St-Gingolph | |
| 19th May 2001 |
Return to service of PS Montreux after major rebuild First public sailing of 2001 on Saturday 19th May - "Steamer Parade" | |
| 7th October 2000 | Last public sailings of the
season Operated timetabled sailings 43-172 on Saturday 7th October instead of | |
| 18th September 2000 | Operated
sailings 80-191 on
Monday 18th September (the last day of the daily timetabled sailings) - 1700 | |
| 8th August 2000 | The paddle steamer visited Ouchy works for repairs on Tuesday 8th August and Wednesday 9th August and was replaced on the two-day roster by PS Rhône | |
| 18th June 2000 | Operated timetabled
sailings 65-76-95-173-175-202-199-234 on
Sunday 18th June instead of
- 1230 "lunch cruise" from Lausanne to | |
| 17th June 2000 | Following a special
sailing in connection with the Bol d'or Regatta on
Saturday 17th June, operated the 1815 and 1935 evening
cruise sailings 175-202-199-234
from Lausanne instead of - this included sailing along the French coast with rare calls for this paddle steamer at | |
| Summer 2000 | Normally operated the
two-day roster alternating with
day one - 0930 Lausanne to Geneva via day two - 1020 Geneva to Lausanne via | |
| 28th May 2000 | Start of daily timetabled sailings Sunday 28th May sailings 36-91 0930 Lausanne to St-Gingolph | |
| 30th April 2000 | First public sailing of 2000 on Sunday 30th April sailings 64-155 1230 Lausanne to St-Gingolph | |
| Summer 1999 | Transferred to the
two-day roster alternating with
MPV Vevey instead of
day one - 1000 Lausanne to Geneva via St-Gingolph day two - 1030 Geneva to Lausanne via St-Gingolph | |
| 17th April 1962 | A violent storm on the night of 17th-18th April caused
serious damage to the paddle steamer whilst moored at Ouchy
and she was withdrawn from service at the end of the season It was not until 1966 that she was able to return to service | |
| 23rd May 1914 | The inaugural voyage took place on 23rd May | |
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