Alemannia (ship)

**Alemannia**
	The Alemannia near Cologne-Riehl
Ship data
flag	Switzerland
other ship names	Germany (until 2008);
Ship type	River cruise ship
Callsign	HE7060
home port	Basel
Owner	Breeze River Cruises
Shipyard	Shipyard ; Christof Ruthof
Build number	1483
building-costs	14.8 million DM
Launch	March 30, 1971
Commissioning	May 16, 1971
Ship dimensions and crew
length	110.00 m ( Lüa )
width	11.60 m
Draft	Max. 1.45 m
displacement	1358 t
crew	40
Machine system
machine	4 × Deutz FM716 , each 378 kW
Machine ; performance	1,512 kW (2,056 hp)
propeller	2 × VSP Gr. 24 E / 115 ; 1 × VSP Gr. 12 E / 75 ( bow thruster )
Transport capacities
Permitted number of passengers	202
Others
Registration ; numbers	* Europe no .: 4200170 (1971–1996) ENI 07001703;

The Alemannia is a river cruise ship built in 1970/71 by Breeze River Cruises GmbH in Basel . The ship was in use until 2007 under the name Deutschland for the Köln-Düsseldorfer and Viking River Cruises . She is the structurally identical sister ship of the Britannia , which is owned by the same shipping company.

history

The Alemannia on the Middle Rhine

The cabin ship was built in 1970 and 1971 by the shipyard Christof Ruthof in Mainz-Kastel under construction number 1483 for the Cologne-Düsseldorfers . The keel was laid in February 1970, the launch on March 30 of the following year. The construction costs amounted to 14.8 million DM . The festive christening in the name of Germany took place on May 12, 1971 by Gabrielle von Oppenheim in Bonn , in the presence of the then Minister of Transport Georg Leber . The following day she was used as a festival ship for the celebrations of the 100th anniversary of her shipyard. From May 16, 1971, the shipping company used the ship in scheduled service between Rotterdam and Basel.

When it was delivered to the shipyard, the ship had 108 double cabins, some of which had a third fold-out wall bed integrated so that 236 passengers could be accommodated. From November 1989 to February 1990 the ship received a general refurbishment at the De Biesbosch shipyard in Dordrecht . A previously existing grill room and a veranda were removed so that the dining room could be enlarged. In addition, the ship received a new bar and the number of cabins was reduced to 94 through conversions into staff accommodation. The total cost of the renovation was 7 million DM.

On December 22, 1995, West KD Schiffs-Invest AG , a subsidiary of West LB , took over the ship together with the river cruise ships Austria , Britannia and Italia . The purchase price for the four ships totaled DM 30 million. From January 1, 1996, West KD rented the ships to the newly founded KD Deutsche Flusskreuzfahrten GmbH . On January 1, 1997, the ownership of Germany was transferred to the Swiss subsidiary KD Triton AG , which managed the ship with its own staff. The Germany was registered in Basel and received the new European number 7,001,703th When the Premicon AG on 9 March 2000 the main shareholder of the Cologne-Düsseldorf was acquired Viking River Cruises , the river cruise business of the Company, including all vessels deployed there. The new owner used them on their regular route until the 2007 summer season. In 2008 the Germany was sold to the Swiss Breeze River Cruises GmbH . They renamed the ship Alemannia and chartered it to the river tour operator Nicko Tours in Stuttgart, who continued to use it on the Rhine and Moselle. The ship is now sailing for the tour operator DCS Touristik in Nagel .

Furnishing

The Alemannia in the port of Deutz

The Alemannia is a four-deck mid-range cabin ship. On the main deck there are 41 two-bed cabins in the middle between the crew and supply rooms. There are 51 two-bed cabins on the upper deck, the two largest of which are referred to as deluxe cabins. The standard cabins are each 12 m² in size and they are equipped with two separate beds, shower / toilet, telephone and satellite TV . The two 24 m² deluxe cabins each contain a double bed and an additional seating area and minibar . The panorama salon is located in the front panorama deck . The saloon, which is equipped with a bar, is glazed all around in the bow area . The restaurant and kitchen are connected in the middle part of the ship. The aft deck , which is open on three sides and equipped with groups of tables , is used for catering purposes. The central focal point of the sun deck is the swimming pool, to which two roof-top relaxation areas are connected on both sides. Within the aft lying free resting surface was a recreational chess field applied. The promenade deck can be reached from the entrance hall on the upper deck via a subsequently installed stair lift for wheelchair users.

technology

The Alemannia is powered by four 12-cylinder diesel engines of the type Deutz FM716 á 378 kW via two Voith-Schneider drives , type E / 115, size 24. The bow thruster type E / 75, size 12, also produced by Voith-Schneider, has a 190 kW electric drive. The ship is 110 m long, 11.60 m wide and 9.20 m high. The maximum draft is given as 1.45 m. By lowering the wheelhouse and chimney, as well as moving the railings and awnings, the height for trips on bodies of water with low bridges, such as the Moselle and Main-Danube Canal , can be reduced to about 7.00 m.

literature

Germany on a special mission in Cologne (2002)

Georg Fischbach: The ships of the Cologne-Düsseldorfer 1826-2004 , self-published, Marienhausen 2004, ISBN 3-00-016046-9
Stephan Nuding: 175 years of Cologne-Düsseldorf Deutsche Rheinschiffahrt AG , Schardt Oldenburg 2001, ISBN 978-3-89841-035-9

Web links

Commons : Alemannia - collection of images, videos and audio files

Ship information , Vereniging 'De Binnenvaart'

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Georg Fischbach: The ships of the Cologne-Düsseldorfer 1826-2004 , p. 767ff
^ DCS Alemannia , DCS Touristik.
↑ Description of the Alemannia at www.nicko-tours.de , accessed on November 3, 2010
↑ Entry on Alemannia in the Dutch inland waterway database at www.debinnenvaart.nl