Ærøsund II

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Ærøsund II
The Ærøsund II in 2002
The Ærøsund II in 2002
Ship data
flag DenmarkDenmark Denmark
other ship names
  • Ærøsund (1960-2005)
Ship type Ferry
Callsign OWIE
Owner Aktieselskabet Dampskibsselskabet Ærø (1960–2000)
Danartist ApS (2000–2005)
Svendborg Shipping Management ApS (2005–2009)
Tonny Madsen A / S (from 2009)
Shipyard Husum shipyard , Germany
Build number 1118
Commissioning May 28, 1960
Decommissioning August 15, 1999
Whereabouts Sunk off Funen on October 5th, 2014
Ship dimensions and crew
length
55.75 m ( Lüa )
width 9.88 m
Draft Max. 3.28 m
Machine system
machine 2 × MaK - diesel engine (MAU 423)
Machine
performanceTemplate: Infobox ship / maintenance / service format 		800 PS (588 kW)
Service
speed 		13 kn (24 km / h)
Machine system from 1990
machine 2 × MWM diesel engine (TBD 440-6)
Machine
performanceTemplate: Infobox ship / maintenance / service format 		1,060 hp (780 kW)
Transport capacities
Load capacity 165 dw
running track meters 54.75 m
Permitted number of passengers 400
Vehicle capacity a track for six freight cars or seven to eight trucks or eight cars
Others
Registration
numbers 		IMO no. 7034713

The Ærøsund II was a Danish combined Ro-Ro and railway ferry that operated from 1960 to 1999 under the name Ærøsund between Ærøskøbing and Svendborg . In 1970 Søby Motorfabrik & Stålskibsværft on Ærø saw the first conversion , during which the forecastle was covered.

The ship was the largest private rail ferry in Denmark. On January 1, 1995, when Det Ærøske Færgetrafikselskab A / S took over the ferry service, the transfer of railway wagons to the island of Ærø ended .

Decommissioning

In 1999 it was replaced by the Ærøskøbing ferry and sold to the artist agency Danartist APS . The ship was used for cultural events from 2001 to 2005 from the new berth in Odense .

The ferry was included in the list of ships worth preserving ( Bevaringsværdige skibe ) in 2000 . From 2005 to 2009 the ship belonged to Svendborg Shipping Management ApS and at that time was still largely in its original condition and well maintained in Svendborg.

Further usage plans

In 2012, the company Naturturisme I / S developed plans to sink the ferry at a location off Funen that has yet to be determined . There it is supposed to form an artificial reef to attract marine life and scuba divers.

The Danish Environment Minister Kirsten Brosbøl initially rejected the dumping because the coastal authority ( Danish Kystdirektoratet ) and the Ministry of Transport, as the competent judicial authorities, had decided against the project. A little later, the decision was revised and the ship sunk on October 5, 2014 off Funen near Svendborg .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ærøsund II on shipspotting.com. Retrieved January 19, 2013 .
  2. ↑ Michael Thorbjørnsen: Gammelt Fœrge shall give nytt liv til Det Sydfynske Øhav Ugeavisen Svendborg, February 15, 2012, p. 24
  3. ↑ Kristian Bay Klausen: Skulle tiltrække dykkere: Nu Skal omdiskuteret færge hugges op Fyens.dk, March 20, 2014
  4. ↑ Henrik Nguyen: Endelig: Nu ryger Ærøsundfærgen til bunds Fyens.dk, July 1, 2014
  5. ↑ Kieler Nachrichten: http://www.kn-online.de/In-Ausland/Panorama/Tourismus-Aerosund-vor-Fuenen-versenken
  6. ↑ Søren S. Nielsen: Ærøsunds sidste suk. Film of the sinking. In: youtube.com. October 5, 2014, accessed November 15, 2016 (Danish).