Emden type
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The "Emden" type , also known as the Emden class , was a general cargo ship type of the Emden Nordseewerke that could be used universally . It was built in over 20 units between 1951 and 1957.
history
In the 1950s, the rapidly growing German economy created an increasing demand for raw materials. This included, among other things, the supply of ore to the steel works in the Ruhr area. In the beginning , ore imports were mainly transported with multi-purpose general cargo ships, which were suitable for both exported general cargo transports and for the import of bulk goods such as ore. Before the war, the North Sea Works in Emden had gained experience in the construction of ore freighters, which enabled the shipyard to construct a suitable ship design and to commission a large series of such ships. On August 9, 1951, the Emden shipyard delivered the type ship Henriette Schulte to the Schulte & Bruns shipping company . It was taken over by the Bernhard Schulte shipping company in 1956 and sold to Taiwan in 1960 . The ships of the series were used partly as tramp ships in the timber and coke trade, partly on the Europe-Great Lakes routes or in the Mediterranean-India service. By December 1957, around 20 new buildings of the "Emden" type with a load capacity of 10,000 tons had been built, the data of which differed slightly in later versions.
The shipyard received the majority of the orders from German shipping companies, but inquiries about the type of ship also came from abroad. In 1955, the shipyard delivered the new Karen Reed building to a shipping company in Norway . The ship type was initially expanded to include a variant enlarged to 10,800 tdw. The design later formed the basis for the construction of a significantly larger type with a load capacity of 15,000 tons. Overall, the “Emden” type had a significant share in the previously unattained production output of the North Sea Works.
technology
The ships, around 144 meters long and 17.60 meters wide on frames, had five holds with a bulk cargo volume of 16,765 m 3 . The strength of the hull necessary for the ore journey was achieved by a heavy construction with full floor walls on each frame. In addition, high tanks were provided between the hatches to improve the sea characteristics. The ships had a tank capacity of 2179 tonnes for any ballast travel. Main engines with around 3500 hp allowed a speed of around 13 knots . The basic design of the ships with superstructures located amidships and the conventional loading gear did not differ fundamentally from contemporary liner freighters .
The sinking of Melanie Schulte
The most famous ship of the series was the Melanie Schulte of the Emden shipping company Schulte & Bruns . It sank in 1952 just a few weeks after its commissioning for unknown reasons in the North Atlantic, with all 35 crew members perishing. In its hearing, the Maritime Administration in Hamburg assumed an overload of the hull due to unbalanced loading and bad weather as the likely cause.
The ships
| Surname | Launched delivery |
Build number | Client | Renaming and whereabouts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henriette Schulte | 1951 08.1951 |
243 | Schulte & Bruns , Emden | 1960 Tai Chung, ran aground at Shimonoseki on November 27, 1972 , broken off in Kure in February 1973 |
| Reimar Edzard Fritzen | 1951 10/17/1951 |
244 | Johs. Fritzen & Sohn , Emden | 1963 Archon Michael , run aground at Nakskov on May 1, 1975 , June 25, 1975 arrival for demolition at Eisen & Metall in Hamburg |
| Carl Fisser | 06.1951 12.12.1951 |
245 | Fisser & van Doornum , Emden | 1968 Margoula AS , September 6, 1971 Arrival in Karachi for the demolition |
| Odin | - 04.1952 |
246 | Frigga shipping company , Hamburg | 1965 Marilena P , 1969 Sunday , 1975 Monday , May 30, 1979 arrived in Split for demolition |
| Baldur | - 05.1952 |
247 | Frigga shipping company, Hamburg | 1965 Belio , 1969 Camelia , 1978 Rix I , canceled in China in December 1978 |
| Herta Engeline Fritzen | 06/18/1952 09/04/1952 |
249 | Johs. Fritzen & Sohn, Emden | 1964 Eastern Meteor , 1977 New Man Fu , 1978 Char Cheng , demolished in spring 1981 in Kaohsiung |
| Francisca Hendrik Fisser | 08/28/1952 11/1952 |
250 | Fisser & van Doornum, Emden | 1968 Wild Rose , 1973 Breeze , 1973 Annrose , 1975 Nikolaos A. , 1982 Ionian Sea , arrived in Gadani Beach for demolition on February 21, 1984 |
| Melanie Schulte | 09.09.1952 11.1952 |
251 | Schulte & Bruns, Emden | Sunk in December 1952 on the voyage from Narvik to Mobile in the North Atlantic. |
| Württemberg | December 10, 1952 February 24, 1953 |
252 | “Brenntag” mineral oil, chemicals and shipping company, Mülheim | 1971 Pothiti , demolished in December 1979 by Fazal Sons in Gadani Beach. |
| Birte Hugo Stinnes | 25.03.1953 06.1953 |
253 | Hugo Stinnes Transozean Schiffahrt, Mülheim | 1972 Azalea , 1975 Viela , arrived in Kaohsiung for scrapping on August 1, 1979 |
| Transatlanta | 05/19/1953 08/11/1953 |
254 | Fisser & van Doornum, Emden | 1959 Rigi , 1968 Atticon , arrived in Kaohsiung on July 9, 1979 for scrapping |
| Adrian | 03.08.1953 10.1953 |
257 | Ernst Komrowski , Hamburg | 1974 Pacific Current , 1978 European Freedom , arrived in Kaohsiung on April 22, 1980 for demolition |
| Widar | 11/12/1953 11/1953 |
259 | Frigga shipping company, Hamburg | 1967 Nefeli , 1970 Probitas , 1973 President , 1974 Progressus , 1974 River Rose , 1976 Agios Gerassimos , 1982 Ionian Victory , arrived in Gadani Beach for demolition on February 7, 1984 |
| Use Schulte | December 3, 1953 January 30, 1954 |
260 | Alfred C. Toepfer , Hamburg | Carl Julius , 1977 Genova , 1978 Macchiavelli , 1978 Machiavelli , arrived in Savona on April 29, 1982 for demolition |
| Hendrik Okko Fisser | 05.10.1954 01.1955 |
275 | Fisser & van Doornum, Emden | 1959 monastery gate , 1971 Pelops , arrived on May 27, 1983 for demolition in Gadani Beach |
| Karen Reed | 04.12.1954 02.1955 |
273 | Ibis & Albert Harloffs Rederi A / S, Bergen | 1968 Primrose , 1973 Splendor , 1976 Aghios Nectarios , 1980 AIS Giorgi , canceled in Lavrion in January 1983 |
| Schütting | 12/30/1954 03.1955 |
276 | Fisser & van Doornum, Emden | 1970 Potoi Chau , stranded on October 25, 1972 , arrived in Kaohsiung for demolition on May 30, 1973 |
| Geert Howaldt | 02/19/1955 04/1955 |
277 | Bernhard Howaldt, Hamburg | 1972 Gemar , arrived in Kaohsiung on April 30, 1984 for demolition |
| Millerntor | 04/25/1955 06/1955 |
278 | Porta Reederei, Hamburg | 1964 Altair , 1970 Vasil Aprilov , arrived in Bombay on March 14, 1994 for demolition , scrapping began on September 12, 1994 |
| Aegir | 09/30/1955 12/1955 |
288 | Frigga shipping company, Hamburg | 1965 Sun Duek , 1978 Nam Yang Dragon , 1980 Three Ocean , arrived in Busan on March 15, 1984 for demolition , scrapping began on July 23, 1984 |
| Brage | 11/01/1956 12/1956 |
295 | Frigga shipping company, Hamburg | 1965 Jin Duek , sunk to position 15.54N, 95.40W on June 15, 1971 on the way from Houston to Busan near Salina Cruz |
literature
- Freight motor ship "Henriette Schulte" - a new building by Nordseewerke Emden. In: Hansa . No. 37/38 of September 15, 1951, pp. 1403-1406.
- Gert Uwe Detlefsen, Hans Jürgen Abert: The history and fate of German series freighters . tape 1 : The development, German series after 1945 The fate of the Hansa-A-Freighter . Verlag Gert Uwe Detlefsen, Bad Zwischenahn 1998, ISBN 3-928473-41-7 .
- Gert Uwe Detlefsen, Hans Jürgen Abert: The history and fate of German series freighters . tape 2 : The fates and résumés of the Hansa B and C freighters, the German multi-purpose freighters, type '36 / 36 L ', Trampko, type' Rendsburg ', BV 16/1800, RW 39/49 and Eco-Box . Verlag Gert Uwe Detlefsen, Bad Zwischenahn 1998, ISBN 3-928473-42-5 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rigi at swiss-ships.ch , accessed on September 28, 2019.
- ↑ Karen Reed at skipshistorie.net , accessed on September 28, 2019.