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Neszmely (ex-Bakony) and Zoltan

Paddle tugs Neszmely (ex Bakony) and Zoltan are moored on the Danube as part of a small floating "museum"( internet : http://www.europahajo.hu/neszmely/site_e.php?content=hajoskanzen )  at Szent Ilona bay, at the village of Neszmely. Zoltan was built in 1869, Neszmely in 1957, the last example of this tye of ship built at Obuda shipyard. Zoltan served for over 100 years before becoming a boat-house at the power station at Szazhalombatta for a 30 year period. Neszmely now provides accommodation for up to 48 people as part of a "Forest School" operation, which is a popular one-week long "outward bound" course in the Hungarian education curriculum. Both paddle tugs have lost their paddle wheels.
Also at the museum is the vessel MV Kassa, the last Hungarian deep-sea going vessel and the former MAHART tug MV Sopron (1960), which is still operable and actually towed her two Zoltan and Neszmely to their present berths. A range of 4 to 19 day cruises are offered on Sopron. The longer trip reaches and cruises into the Black Sea!

For photos, please see Zsolt Szabo's 2009 collection on the Picasa site on this link
Neszmely : http://picasaweb.google.com/tehtube/GSNESZMELYPs#
Zoltan : http://picasaweb.google.com/tehtube/GSZOLTAN#