Stadt Zürich (ship, 1855) a few minutes. Thirteen men and eleven head of cattle died in this accident, making the sinking of the "Ludwig" by the "Stadt Zürich" the most serious shipping accident known at that time that had happened on Lake Constance. One consequence of the investigations into the disaster was an improvement in the signal regulations: in addition to the white bow light a green starboard and a red port light had to be carried. After the Bavarian ship, the "Ludwig" had sunk, the "Jura" was bought as a replacement, a ship which hitherto had worked on Lake Neuchâtel. She was dismantled,
Mistral-class amphibious assault ship scaled-down versions of the BIP-19 design and with a common beam of : BIP-13 (13,000 tonnes, ), BIP-10 (10,000 tonnes, ), and BIP-8 (8,000 tonnes, ). BIP-8 incorporated features of the Italian amphibious transports, but included a helicopter hangar. At the design stage, the NTCD concept featured an aircraft lift on the port side (like the U.S. ), another on the starboard side, one in the centre of the flight deck, and one forward of the island superstructure. These were later reduced in number and relocated: a main lift towards the aft of the ship was originally located to starboard