Islandhopping - Our Ship Princess Diana (Dalmatia - E-Bike)

Princess Diana - From The Sketch To The Ready Built Boat

Building Princess Diana
Building Princess Diana

The decision to build another ship - next to the Kapetan Jure- was already made some time ago by Captain Anton. Contemporaneously external influences contributed to the specification of the boat - soon belonging to the Islandhopping fleet: The trend set by the Islandhoppers is a more comfortable boat and also the success of the FLYER E Bikes on the market. Due to the weight of these E Bikes a practical loading solution is needed as well as the solution for charging the batteries. Captain Antons plans perfectly fitted to those of Islandhopping: During the building process special attention will be paid to the guest comfort and also to the loading possibilites (to be achieved at port level). A special room is included for charging batteries during nights.

With the following pictures we would like to give an overview of different building levels of the ship- and also provide an insight into the ship building process in general.

April 2010 - Princess Diana in its components

Building Princess Diana
Building Princess Diana
Building Princess Diana

June 2010 - Moderate progress

Building Princess Diana
Building Princess Diana

Jacked up

The interior

End of July 2010 - Everything getting connected...

Building Princess Diana
Building Princess Diana

Freshly welded

Testing the parking deck

Oktober 2010 - Getting painted

Building Princess Diana
Building Princess Diana

Bow steel rudder

The future cabins

November 2010 - Freshly painted

Building Princess Diana

November 2010 - Launching: An important moment!

Launching ship Princess Diana
Launching ship Princess Diana
Launching ship Princess Diana
Launching ship Princess Diana
Launching ship Princess Diana
Launching ship Princess Diana

December 2010

ship Princess Diana