As of 2026-10-12, Mainz (ship) tops the list with 1,790 seats.
- #1 Mainz (ship) — 1,790 seats
paddle steamer
Mainz is a side-wheel paddle steamer for the Lower and Middle Rhine built in 1928/1929 for the Steamship Company for the Lower and Middle Rhine (DGNM), which was used by the Cologne-Düsseldorfer German Rhine Shipping in scheduled service on the Rhine. She was the thousandth ship completed by the shipyard Christof Ruthof and also the last paddle steamer built for the Köln-Düsseldorfer. The Mainz survived World War II as the only ship of the shipping company that was able to sail, but was then... Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #2 Cecilie — 1,600 seats
ship built in 1910
source Wikidata - #3 Rupprecht (ship, 1891) — 700 seats
steamboat on Lake Constance
source Wikidata - #4 Cimbria — 678 seats
steamboat
The list of shipwrecks in January 1883 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during January 1883. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #5 Hohentwiel (ship, 1913) — 500 seats
steamboat
source Wikidata - #6 Kaiser Wilhelm — 350 seats
German steam-boat, build 1900
source Wikidata - #7 Dr. Ziegner-Gnüchtel — 240 seats
steamboat built in 1906
source Wikidata - #8 Kaiser Friedrich — 150 seats
steamboat in Berlin, Germany
source Wikidata - #9 Sachsenwald (ship, 1914) — 100 seats source Wikidata
- #10 ENI 04029460 — 58 seats source Wikidata