The German side-wheel steamer Bavaria in the port of Lindau, Lake Constance.

The saloon-steamer Bavaria (displ. 312 ts) was launched on June 21st, 1912 by J. A. Maffei, Munich and commissioned on Aug. 1st, 1912 for the Royal Bavarian Railways. Dimensions: 181¾ ft x 44¼ x 5 ft. Driven by a steam engine with a power output of 590 H.P., allowing for a service speed of 27 km/h.
After WW 1 and the disbanding of the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1918 the steamer Bavaria was taken over in 1920 by the German Railways and rebuilt in 1932, increasing the passengers numbers to 750.
In late April 1945 retreating SS-troops planned to sunk the Bavaria as a blockship to block the harbour of Lindau. Bavaria was on stocks during that time. She was secretly launched by local deckhands in the night of April 25/26th, 1945 and towed by the steamer Bludenz (247 ts/1887) to Rorschach/Switzerland, returning on May 17th, 1945.
In the post-war years taken over by German Federal Railway and operated on the Obersee and on the run to the Island of Mainau.
Bavaria was decommissioned on April 1st, 1959 and transferred to Konstanz in June 1960. Used there as a training object for the local firefighting station. In 1961 Bavaria was broken up by the Konstanz yard.