A. Köbis (ship, 1974)

A. Koebis

As Vineta in the summer of 2017 in Berlin-Spandau on the Havel

Ship data flag  German Democratic Republic of Germany   other ship names Bellevue Prussia Vineta Ship type Motor yacht home port Berlin Owner Private Shipyard VEB Yachtwerft Berlin , Koepenick Build number 1583-1 Launch 1974

Ship dimensions and crew length 35.57 m ( Lüa ) width 5.1 m Draft Max. 1.6 m displacement 200  t   crew 13

Machine system machine 2 × MAN marine diesel engines Machine performance 340 hp (250 kW) Top speed 10 kn (19 km / h) propeller 2 Schottel rudder propellers

Others Registration numbers DSRK / Skr - No. 40671

The A. Köbis , launched in 1974, is a German motor yacht and former state yacht of the GDR . It was named after the sailor Albin Köbis , who was executed for participating in a mutiny during the First World War .

Trip with a government delegation from Grenada 1982

history

The yacht replaced the GDR state yacht of the same name, also built in 1952 by order of Wilhelm Pieck at VEB Yachtwerft in Berlin-Köpenick . It was only approved for inland navigation and was designed for a maximum of 63 passengers. It was used in particular for tours by delegations from the diplomatic corps and for holding conferences. It was owned by the office of the Council of Ministers of the GDR . However, its occupation was provided by the Ministry of State Security . Compared to the predecessor ship built from precious wood, the successor building used by Erich Honecker is a "ugly, steel square box", at least that's how Uwe Giesler, an expert on GDR inland navigation vessels, judges it.

In 1990 she was taken over by the East Berlin White Fleet and in 1992 came into possession of Stern und Kreisschiffahrt , Berlin through a merger . Since 1994 it has belonged to the shipyard owner Detlef Hegemann under the name Vineta . As part of the bankruptcy estate of Stralsund P + S Werften , the ship was then up for sale. On December 7, 2014, the yacht was auctioned for 130,000 euros.

In 2017 the ship returned to Berlin. There it was initially in Spandau for a year . In 2018 it was transferred to the Spree in Berlin-Alt-Treptow by its new owner, the operator of a sailing school . There it is opposite Treptower Park and is used as a floating office and training location. With another name change, the owner gave A. Köbis back its first name.

literature

• Dieter Schubert: German inland passenger ships. Illustrated shipping register , Uwe Welz Verlag, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-933177-10-3 . P. 428

Footnotes

1. ^ N-tv: "Amtzimmer auf See" - GDR state yacht is for sale , accessed on June 9, 2014.
2. ^ Community of Interest - Ship History Berlin GDR - Inland Shipping , accessed on June 9, 2014.
3. ↑ ZEIT online: Former GDR state yacht is for sale ( Memento of the original from December 30, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed June 9, 2014. 
4. ^ Entrepreneur from the Berlin area buys the former GDR state yacht at auction , Die Welt, December 7, 2014, accessed on December 8, 2014.
5. ↑ tagesspiegel.de: The state yacht of the GDR returns from July 20, 2018