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Date	Lake	Subject
December 2022	Lake Geneva	PS Helvétie with a dirty funnel ten years after conversion from 'Coal-fired'
October 2022	possibly Lake Como or Lake Maggiore ?	An unidentified paddle steamer somewhere in Italy about 1880
March 2021	Lake Como	PS Concordia departs Bellagio towards Como
December 2020	Lake Luzern	five paddle steamers load at Luzern
June 2020	Lake Luzern	PS Germania arrives Luzern
May 2020	Lake Geneva	MPV Italie returns to service - autumn 2016
February 2020	Lake Geneva	PS General Dufour departs Geneva in 1953
December 2019	Lake Brienz	PS Jungfrau departs Iseltwald in 1912
October 2019	Lake Como	PS Concordia at Como on 15th August 1972
August 2019	Lake Brienz	PS Brienz calls at Bönigen in 1949
June 2019	Lake Brienz	PS Brienz approaching Giessbach (postcard dated 15th August 1906)
November 2017	Lake Geneva	PS Rhône stands at the dock in 1951
October 2017	Lake Geneva	A lightly loaded PS Genève approaches Evian-les-Bains (France) in 1951
November 2016	Lake Luzern	PS Gallia at Luzern pier no 2 as seen from the tower built specially in 1952
February 2014	Lake Garda	PS Baldo at an unidentified location Can you identify the location or the likely date ?
October 2011	Lake Brienz	PS Brienz ? near Ringgenberg (postcard dated 29th May 1939)
January 2010	Lake Brienz	PS Brienz ? near Interlaken probably between 1900 and 1915
September 2009	Lake Luzern	PS Stadt Luzern leaves Tellsplatte in 1956
July 2009	Lake Brienz	PS Brienz leaves Giessbach possibly shortly before her withdrawal from service
May 2009	Lake Brienz	PS Lötschberg approached Brienz
January 2009	Lake Brienz	PS Brienz reverses along the river away from Interlaken
November 2008	Lake Brienz	PS Oberland en-route between Giessbach and Brienz
August 2008	Lake Brienz	PS Oberland approaches Bönigen pier
July 2008	Lake Thun	An unidentified paddle steamer departs from Beatenbucht pier
June 2008	Lake Geneva	PS La Suisse near Vevey in 1982
April 2008	Lake Geneva	PS Général Dufour awaits her fate in September 1969
March 2008	Lake Luzern	PS Gallia moored at Luzern in 1976
February 2008	Lake Geneva	PS Major Davel awaits her fate in September 1969
January 2008	Lake Brienz	An unidentified paddle steamer calls at Brienz Dorf pier on Lake Brienz
December 2007	Lake Thun	An unidentified paddle steamer crosses Lake Thun
November 2007	Lake Zurich	PS Stadt Zürich sets off into the lake
October 2007	Lake Luzern	PS Schiller takes part in her 100th Birthday Parade
September 2007	Lake Como	Four unidentified paddle steamers moored at Como
August 2007	Lake Geneva	PS Genève ? (built 1896) in the Upper Lake
July 2007	Lake Maggiore	PS Lombardia on Lake Maggiore
June 2007	Lake Thun	PS Beatus approaches Interlaken betwen 1897 and 1900
May 2007	Lake Luzern	An unidentified paddle steamer approaches Treib
April 2007	Lake Como	ex-PS mv Milano calls at Dervio whilst celebrating her 100th birthday in 2004
March 2007	Lake Geneva	PS Simplon covered in "spots" leaves Evian-les-Bains in 1996
February 2007	Lake Neuchâtel	PS Neuchâtel in service in her early days
January 2007	Lake Como	An unidentified paddle steamer stands at Cadenabbia
December 2006	Lake Geneva	PS Lausanne at Geneva Jardin-Anglais pier - about 1931
November 2006	Lake Luzern	PS Uri in 1981 before being re-built
October 2006	Lake Geneva	PS France (1886) and PS Mouette at Geneva
September 2006	Lake Konstanz	Two unidentified paddle steamers stand at Bregenz
August 2006	Lake Maggiore	An unidentified paddle steamer approaches Cernobbio
July 2006	Lake Luzern	PS Wilhelm Tell in the CGN dock
June 2006	Lake Geneva	PS Savoie leads the final six* paddle steamer* parade
May 2006	Lake Luzern	The now withdrawn PS Italia calls at Seeburg pier
April 2006	Lake Geneva	MPV Italie near the end of her final season in service
March 2006	Lake Luzern	An unidentified padle steamer approaches Brunnen prior to the closure of the Brunnen-Morschach railway which ceased operation in 1969
February 2006	Lake Geneva	Three paddle steamers at Geneva piers
January 2006	Lake Luzern	PS Stadt Luzern II approaches Flüelen prior to 1925
December 2005	Lake Lugano	An unidentified paddle steamer in 1919
November 2005	Lake Geneva	A well loaded PS Simplon returns to service after major repairs following her explosion two years earlier
October 2005	Lake Thun	PS Blümlisalp at Interlarken
September 2005	Lake Geneva	Paddle steamers at the old Lausanne-Ouchy pier
August 2005	Lake Neuchâtel	PS Industriel was one of the earlierst paddle steamers on the lake
July 2005	Lake Geneva	PS La Suisse passes the Dents du Midi in the Upper Lake
June 2005	Lake Luzern	PS Uri near Luzern in the Summer of 1977
May 2005	Lake Geneva	The 3 large CGN paddle steamers at line up on the outer wall at Ouchy Harbour on Easter Sunday 27th March 2005
April 2005	Lake Luzern	PS Wilhelm Tell at Luzern Schweizerhofquai during the summer of 1977
March 2005	Lake Zurich	PS Stadt Zürich leaves Horgan during the summer of 1979
February 2005	Lake Luzern	PS Rigi at the Verkehrshaus Transport Museum shortly after her arrival in the late 1950s
January 2005	Lake Geneva	PS Général Dufour at Ouchy harbour - Lausanne (1st July 1977)
December 2004	Lake Luzern	PS Unterwalden at Luzern (30th March 1956)
November 2004	Lake Garda	PS Baldo at Salo (early 1900s)
October 2004	Lake Thun	PS Blümlisalp in service near the end of last Century (May 1998)
September 2004	Lake Como	PS Patria in service during the 1987 season
August 2004	Lake Luzern	A paddle steamer at Brunnen pier during the second World War
July 2004	Lake Brienz	PS Lötschberg nears the end of the 1983 season
June 2004	Lake Como	PS 28 Ottobre prior to renaming in 1943
May 2004	Lake Geneva	MPV Vevey at Geneva in September 1959
April 2004	Lake Neuchatel	A line-up of paddle steamers in 1953