Saint Louis (hotel barge)
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![]() Hotel barge Saint Louis on the Canal de Garonne.
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Name | Saint Louis |
Owner | SARL Saint Louis Barge |
Operator | Owner operated |
Port of registry | Lyon |
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Builder | Gebr. Boot, Alphen a/d Rijn |
Launched | 1923 |
Status | in active service |
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Class and type | Commercial passenger vessel |
Tonnage | 127 |
Length | 29.2 m (96 ft) |
Beam | 5 m (16 ft) |
Height | 3.2 m (10 ft) |
Draught | 1.2 m (3.9 ft) |
Decks | 2 |
Installed power | 2 x generators – Lister Petter Diesel 380Volt 14 KVA and Honda 220Volt 4.5 KVA |
Propulsion | GM 6V72 diesel motor, 180 H.P |
Speed | Canal cruising speed 3 knots, Maximum speed 8 knots |
Capacity | 6 passengers |
Crew | 4 crew |
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Saint Louis (named for Louis IX of France, later canonised) is a Luxemotor hotel barge, on the Canal de Garonne in South West France.
History
[edit]Built in 1923 by Gebroeders Boot in Alphen aan den Rijn in the Netherlands, Saint Louis was a bulk carrier and served on the Dutch inland seas and waterways carrying cargoes of grain and gravel until around 1985. At that time she was converted for use as a supply vessel in the port of Amsterdam, using the name Supplier 2. In 1994 she was sold and then converted into a hotel barge.
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