{{Infobox ship |section1={{Infobox ship/image | image=Hjejlen.jpg | image_caption=''Hjejlen'' in Silkeborg, 2005 }}
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'''SS ''Hjejlen''''' (Danish for ''The Golden Plover'') is the world's oldest coal burning operational paddle steamer,<ref name="hjejlen">{{cite web|title=Hjejlen|url=http://www.hjejlen.com/?ulang=2|publisher=Hjejlen society|accessdate=4 September 2011}}</ref> built in 1861 by Baumgarten & Burmeister, commissioned by a group of citizens headed by paper manufacturer Michael Drewsen.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hjejlen fylder 150 år|url=http://www.hjejlen150.dk/index.asp?side=hjejlen|publisher=Hjejlen committee|accessdate=4 September 2011|language=Danish}}</ref> She is used to carry tourists between Silkeborg and Himmelbjerget, but in 1932 she also became a public mail boat.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |encyclopedia=Den Store Danske Encyklopædi |title=Hjejlen |url=http://www.denstoredanske.dk/Bil,_b%C3%A5d,_fly_m.m./S%C3%B8fart/Motordrevne_skibe/Hjejlen |accessdate=4 September 2011 |language=Danish }}</ref>
==Engine== ''Hjejlen'''s steam engine has two cylinders, each with a bore of {{convert|10|cm|in|abbr=on}} and a stroke of {{convert|42|cm|in|abbr=on}}. The engine yields {{convert|40|hp}} and propels the vessel at up to {{convert|8|kn}}.<ref>{{cite web|title=EMC Agreement Caps Hjejlen's 150th Jubilee|url=http://www.corporate.man.eu/en/press-and-media/presscenter/EMC-Agreement-Caps-Hjejlen_s-150th-Jubilee-46528.html|publisher=MAN Diesel & Turbo|accessdate=5 September 2011}}</ref>
==''Hjejlen'''s 150th anniversary== In 2011 ''Hjejlen'' celebrated her 150th anniversary with Queen Margrethe II in attendance.<ref>{{cite news|title=Dronningen fejrer Hjejlens 150 årsdag|url=http://www.dr.dk/Nyheder/Indland/2011/06/24/084249.htm|accessdate=5 September 2011|newspaper=DR|date=25 June 2011|language=Danish}}</ref> A commemorative coin was issued by the National Bank of Denmark.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hjejlen|url=http://www.nationalbanken.dk/en/pressroom/Documents/2011/06/2011_20E_Hjejlen.pdf|publisher=National Bank of Denmark|accessdate=5 September 2011|date=7 June 2011}}</ref>
==See also== * Hjejleselskabet
== References== {{Reflist}} {{Commons category|Hjejlen (ship, 1861)|Hjejlen}}
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