SS ''Hjejlen'' (

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for ''The Golden Plover'') is one of the world's oldest operational

paddle steamer A paddle steamer is a steamship or steamboat powered by a steam engine that drives paddle wheels to propel the craft through the water. In antiquity, paddle wheelers followed the development of poles, oars and sails, where the first uses wer ...

s, built in 1861 by Baumgarten & Burmeister, commissioned by a group of citizens headed by paper manufacturer Michael Drewsen. She is used to carry tourists between

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, but in 1932 she also became a public

mail boat Mail boats or postal boats are a boat or ship used for the delivery of mail and sometimes transportation of goods, people and vehicles in communities where bodies of water commonly separate or separated settlements, towns or cities often where b ...

Engine

''Hjejlens

steam engine A steam engine is a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid. The steam engine uses the force produced by steam pressure to push a piston back and forth inside a cylinder. This pushing force can be ...

has two cylinders, each with a bore of and a stroke of . The engine yields and propels the vessel at up to .

''Hjejlens 150th anniversary

In 2011 ''Hjejlen'' celebrated her 150th anniversary with Queen

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in attendance. A commemorative coin was issued by the

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''Hjejlens 150th anniversary

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