Compagnie Générale de Navigation sur le lac Léman
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Compagnie Générale de Navigation sur le lac Léman (commonly abbreviated to CGN) is a public Swiss
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

 company operating boats on Lake Geneva
Lake Geneva
Lake Geneva or Lake Léman is a lake in Switzerland and France. It is one of the largest lakes in Western Europe. 59.53 % of it comes under the jurisdiction of Switzerland , and 40.47 % under France...

 connecting towns in both France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 and Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

 including Geneva
Geneva
Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...

, Vevey
Vevey
Vevey is a town in Switzerland in the canton Vaud, on the north shore of Lake Geneva, near Lausanne.It was the seat of the district of the same name until 2006, and is now part of the Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut District...

, Montreux
Montreux
Montreux is a municipality in the district of Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.It is located on Lake Geneva at the foot of the Alps and has a population, , of and nearly 90,000 in the agglomeration.- History :...

, Évian-les-Bains
Évian-les-Bains
Évian-les-Bains or Évian is a commune in the northern part of the Haute-Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France...

 and Lausanne
Lausanne
Lausanne is a city in Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland, and is the capital of the canton of Vaud. The seat of the district of Lausanne, the city is situated on the shores of Lake Geneva . It faces the French town of Évian-les-Bains, with the Jura mountains to its north-west...

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Fleet

Vessel Type Year of construction Length Power Passenger capacity Source
La Suisse Paddle steamer
Paddle steamer
A paddle steamer is a steamship or riverboat, powered by a steam engine, using paddle wheels to propel it through the water. In antiquity, Paddle wheelers followed the development of poles, oars and sails, where the first uses were wheelers driven by animals or humans...

1910 78 m 1030 kW 1200 http://www.cgn.ch/var/plain_site/storage/original/application/4dfb7b85440d5a9511ff638acf301eda.pdf
Simplon Paddle steamer 1920 78 m 1030 kW 1200 http://www.cgn.ch/var/plain_site/storage/original/application/f0487586494232adb7f0e2f8a607bbb8.pdf
Montreux Paddle steamer 1904 67.8 m 650 kW 800 http://www.cgn.ch/var/plain_site/storage/original/application/50a151c051b09ac92b0e410b7e437548.pdf
Savoie Paddle steamer 1914 67.8 m 660 kW 800 http://www.cgn.ch/var/plain_site/storage/original/application/3269a05e249dfe6d76d4ba26c433e8fc.pdf
Rhone Paddle steamer 1927 67.8 m 625 kW 825 http://www.cgn.ch/var/plain_site/storage/original/application/5a76c4b25394cdb211b2099b57737540.pdf
Helvétie Diesel electric paddle wheel 1926 78.5 m 1400 http://www.cgn.ch/eng/flotte
Vevey Diesel electric paddle wheel 1907 65.5 m 515 kW 750 http://www.cgn.ch/var/plain_site/storage/original/application/451110de53bd3406569952c8807bc1f3.pdf
Italie Diesel electric paddle wheel 1908 65.5 m 515 kW 800 http://www.cgn.ch/var/plain_site/storage/original/application/10d218715581333c81b51abd8d31dd0a.pdf
Lausanne Modern diesel powered 1991 78.8 m 2 × 870 kW 1500 http://www.cgn.ch/var/plain_site/storage/original/application/6804ed922f72c5ad65dca0fae978c90e.pdf
Henry-Dunant Modern diesel powered 1963 50.2 m 2 × 365 kW 700 http://www.cgn.ch/var/plain_site/storage/original/application/beb4046fc3ac1a0b64e8d36c25aa61ea.pdf
Général-Guisan Modern diesel powered 1964 50.2 m 2 × 365 kW 700 http://www.cgn.ch/var/plain_site/storage/original/application/d81633f281fa84176ea493a7e6f7e907.pdf
Chablais Modern diesel powered 1974 46.1 m 2 × 325 kW 560 http://www.cgn.ch/var/plain_site/storage/original/application/9c7f990d5595de736b34ab345405d438.pdf
Ville-de-Genève Modern diesel powered 1978 47.2 m 2 × 400 kW 560 http://www.cgn.ch/var/plain_site/storage/original/application/bfa111d9f74f78a4e832c5344777e11d.pdf
Léman Modern diesel powered 1990 49.6 m 2 × 520 kW 850 http://www.cgn.ch/eng/flotte
Valais Modern diesel powered 2008 30.8 m 2 × 720 kW 200 http://www.cgn.ch/var/plain_site/storage/original/application/7b7ca0b3404ea0fcaaba30ab9f783641.pdf
Morges & Lavaux Modern diesel powered 2006 30.8 m 2 × 720 kW 200 http://www.cgn.ch/var/plain_site/storage/original/application/4d162f0291c8893acffcc50edc0b2504.pdf
Coppet & Genève Modern diesel powered 2007 24.8 m 2 × 1045 kW 120 http://www.cgn.ch/var/plain_site/storage/original/application/e5a9ddba7182c7cdc1fe023f9749d516.pdf
Col-Vert Modern diesel powered 1960 28.3 m 294 kW 130 http://www.cgn.ch/var/plain_site/storage/original/application/597f946d7aeedafaec5ad7fdb0b94fd7.pdf

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