Vltava has been in operation since 1940 when the Prague Steamboat Company decided to renovate its fleet.

[1][2] After World War II there were 17 steamboats altogether but as time went by they decayed and most of them were set aside.

It had to be shorter and narrower in order to be able to sail easily and safely through the very busy locks on the route from Prague to Štěchovice for which it had originally been built.

It was made in the PRAGA shipyard in Prague under the supervision of the chief constructor Mr Benbenek.

Originally Vltava was used for connecting Prague and Štěchovice, later its route was extended to Slapy.