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|Ship caption=''Showboat Branson Belle'' on [[Table Rock Lake]] in 2012
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|Ship owner=[[Herschend Family Entertainment Corporation]]
|Ship launched={{start date and age|1994|08|12|p=yes}}
|Ship christened={{start date and age|1995|04|13|p=yes}}
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|Ship type=[[Riverboat]]/[[showboat]]
|Ship length={{convert|278|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship beam={{convert|78|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship height={{convert|112|ft|m|abbr=on}} (to top of stacks)
|Ship tonnage=1250 tons
|Ship speed={{convert|14|kn}}
|Ship draught={{convert|7|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship capacity=700 passengers
|Ship power= 2 [[Detroit Diesel Series 92|Detroit Diesel 16V92]] (original)<ref>{{cite web|title=Showboat Branson Belle |url=http://www.dejongandlebet.com/416_BransonBelle.htm|publisher=DeJong and Lebet, Inc.|accessdate=4 April 2017}}</ref>
3 [[Caterpillar C32]] (repower)<ref>{{cite web|title=Caterpillar to Provide Power Solutions for the Showboat Branson Belle |url=http://boatdiesel.com/News/index.cfm?ID=201|publisher=Caterpillar|accessdate=4 April 2017}}</ref>
|Ship propulsion=2 twin electric driven rear paddle wheels, {{convert|16|ft|m|abbr=on}} wide, {{convert|24|ft|m|abbr=on}} in diameter<ref name=Official>{{cite web|title=Showboat Branson Belle Experience|url=http://www.silverdollarcity.com/showboat-branson/Experience|publisher=Showboat Branson Belle|accessdate=14 December 2013}}</ref> 
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'''''Showboat Branson Belle''''' is a [[riverboat]]—more specifically, a [[showboat]]—on [[Table Rock Lake]] near [[Branson, Missouri]]. The [[lake]] is landlocked by the [[Table Rock Dam]] on one side and the [[Beaver Lake (Arkansas)|Beaver Lake Dam]] on the other side. Being a showboat, it hosts lunch and dinner shows throughout the year.

==Construction and launch==  
<!-- Image with unknown copyright status removed: [[Image:Showboat-BB-14.jpg|thumb|left|This photo shows the Branson Belle's marquee located on Hwy 165 in Branson, Missouri."]] -->

The boat was constructed at its port at [[White River Landing]] and was launched on August 12, 1994. The boat was launched into Table Rock Lake at a speed of {{convert|14|kn}} on launching rails lubricated with two tons of [[bananas]]. The bananas were used for [[lubrication]] because they were [[biodegradable]] and would not have polluted Table Rock Lake as [[grease (lubricant)|grease]] would have. The boat is claimed by its owner to be the largest ship on a landlocked lake in the United States.<ref>{{cite web | last=Teicher | first=Stacy A. | title=Branson Boat Goes Bananas | publisher=The Christian Science Monitor | date=1994-10-13 | url=https://www.csmonitor.com/1994/1013/13203.html | accessdate = 2019-02-21}} </ref><!-- <<<commented out because it's irrelevant to the article>>>&nbsp;Because of modern-day technology, it was possible to design the boat as a riverboat, which incorporates the theater onto a self-powered boat. Most nineteenth-century showboats were designed as rectangular, flat-roofed structures with no power of their own, and were pushed along the river by boats misleadingly called towboats, also known as a pusher (boat). -->

==Incidents==
[[File:Branson Belle run aground on poverty point-12Dec2010.jpg|thumb|left|The ''Showboat Branson Belle'', aground at Poverty Point, [[Table Rock Lake]], December 12, 2010]]
On December 11, 2010, due to high winds that had come up suddenly, the ''Showboat Branson Belle'' ran aground while cruising on Table Rock Lake. The incident stranded 567 passengers and 76 crew members overnight.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/12/12/missouri.stranded.showboat/index.html |first=Rick |last=Martin |title=Passengers stranded on Missouri lake cruise boat |publisher=CNN |date=December 12, 2010 |accessdate= December 12, 2010}}</ref>

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==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Branson Belle (ship, 1995)}}
*[http://www.showboatbransonbelle.com/ Showboat Branson Belle's Homepage ]
*[http://www.hfecorp.com/ Herschend Family Entertainment Corporation ]
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[[Category:1994 ships]]
[[Category:Maritime incidents in 2010]]
[[Category:Missouri-related ships]]
[[Category:Passenger ships of the United States]]
[[Category:Showboats]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Stone County, Missouri]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Taney County, Missouri]]
[[Category:Herschend Family Entertainment]]
[[Category:Branson, Missouri]]

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