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DEPV Italie                                                                                                    Operating Area : Lake Geneva, Switzerland
Above : Italie leaves Montreux on 17th July 2019
Built 1908 by Sulzer Brothers at Winterthur, Switzerland
Engines: Compound Diagonal by Sulzer replaced by an 8 cylinder Sulzer diesel / BBC electric unit in 1956-1958. Reengined 2015-16
Length : 61.5 metres
Reengined 1956-58
Laid up after a final cruise on December 4th, 2005.
A full restoration, including new engines, commenced in 2015
Returned to service in November 2016
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Above : At Geneva in September 2005 as she was prior to her 2015-16 restoration
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Above : DEPV Italie lies at Bellerive dockyard, stripped down as she awaits better times. Photo taken on 27th July 2012 by kind courtesy of Enrico Crosti
Above : Italie leaving Montreux on 17th July 2019, showing her from the aft three-quarters angle and illustrating her new enclosed upper deck, providing all modern comforts but visually coming as close to her original look as possible

LAKE GENEVA PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION

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In 1988 and still with the "modern" funnel given to her when she was "dieselised"
 

By 2000, seen at Rolle, she was very much once again a "traditional" steamer in profile
 

The main deck restaurant aft, seen in 2005, her last year of service before medium-term lay-up.

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Above : Italie at Rolle in 2000

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