Pyroscaphe
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Pyroscaphe was an early experimental steamship built by Marquis de Jouffroy d'Abbans
Claude-François-Dorothée, marquis de Jouffroy d'Abbans
Claude-François-Dorothée, marquis de Jouffrey d'Abbans is claimed to be the first inventor of the steamboat.In 1773, Jouffroy d'Abbans met with the Perier brothers and studied in their workshop the , which had been used as a motive force for the hydraulic machine developed by Chaillot, in order...

 in 1783. The first demonstration took place on 15 July 1783 on the river Saône
Saône
The Saône is a river of eastern France. It is a right tributary of the River Rhône. Rising at Vioménil in the Vosges department, it joins the Rhône in Lyon....

 in 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...

. It was not really successful, since the machinery of the ship failed after fifteen minutes of work.

The Pyroscaphe was propelled by a double-acting steam machine and sidewheels, and was therefore a 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...

.

Specifications:
  • Length: 45,2 m/148 ft 6 in
  • Beam: 4,5 m/14 ft 10 in
  • Displacement: 163t
  • Complement: 3
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