There are two types of steamships, Cargo and Passenger.
Cargo steamships operate identically to Locomotives except for being much slower and more costly. They can carry Cargo from a water-based Coal Mine, Stone quarry, Farm, Ore mine or Sphene mine.
Passenger steamships must have an available Residential District in each of the cities they are travelling between.
Unlike Routes by Rail, Water Routes cannot be upgraded.
Crafting Costs[]
| Steamship | Level Required | Craft | Cargo | Capacity | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fitch Cargo Steamship | 4 |  60  2  2
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|
100% | 
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| Fulton Passenger Steamship | 10 | 150  4  3
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100% | 
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| Archimedes Cargo Steamship | 17 | 150  1  1
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130% | 
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| Skibladner Passenger Steamship | 19 |  250 1  1
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140% | 
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| Livingston Turbine Steamer | 5? |  300
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200% | 
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| Stevens Passenger Turbine Steamer | 5? | 300
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200% | 
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Properties[]
The following is a comparison between Basic Steamships as they come from the factory and those fully-Upgraded through Research.
Capacity 
, Efficiency 
& Speed 
are derived from actual Contract data. The rating value of the Speed is the ratio to the default speed, while the Efficiency corresponds to the revenue, that's basically the Capacity, divided by the costs of a contract in relation to the default Steamship.
The data of the default Steamship was found by moving all available Steamships into Reserve before attempting to initiate Contracts. A long-term contract taken by a default cargo steamship costs 1,200 
, takes 4 hours and yields 600 , in case of a Coal Mine 
contract. A cruiser class contract taken by a default passenger steamship costs 225 , takes 12:40:00 and yields 4,000 .
The Chance to obtain Items 
are approximations based upon taken from the in-game bars graphs (0-100). A Steamship's Maximum Reliability 
will determine how often Repairs must be made. Preventative Maintenance may be performed prior to breakdown to Restore a ship's current Reliability (which is reduced through normal usage in fulfilling Contracts), up to its Maximum. Some Steamships will never break down nor require Maintenance and are indicated with '∞'.
Comparsion Cargo Ships[]
| Ship | Status |
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Revenue
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Costs
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fitch Cargo Steamship |
basic | 100% | 83% | 150 | 100% | 10% | 600 | 1,440 |
| upgraded | 120% | 120% | 300 | 118% | 10% | 720 | 1,200 | |
| Archimedes Cargo Steamship |
basic | 130% | 118% | 200 | 100% | 10% | 780 | 1,320 |
| upgraded | 170% | 155% | 450 | 100% | 27% | 1,020 | 1,320 | |
| Livingston Turbine Steamer |
basic | 200% | 167% | ∞ | 100% | 10% | 1,200 | 1,440 |
| upgraded | 200% | 333% | ∞ | 118% | 36% | 1,200 | 720 |
Comparsion Passenger Ships[]
| Ship | Status |
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Revenue
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Costs
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fulton Passenger Steamship |
basic | 100% | 83% | 160 | 100% | 10% | 4,000 | 270 |
| upgraded | 120% | 120% | 220 | 125% | 10% | 4,800 | 225 | |
| Skibladner Passenger Steamship |
basic | 140% | 117% | 170 | 100% | 10% | 5,600 | 270 |
| upgraded | 170% | 170% | 300 | 100% | 36% | 6,800 | 225 | |
| Stevens Passenger Turbine Steamer |
basic | 200% | 167% | ∞ | 100% | 10% | 8,000 | 270 |
| upgraded | 260% | 260% | ∞ | 125% | 10% | 10,400 | 225 |