Arkona (ship, 2004)

Arkona

Ship data flag  Germany Ship type Multipurpose ship Callsign DBBU home port Stralsund Owner Stralsund Waterways and Shipping Office Shipyard Peene shipyard , Wolgast Build number 510 building-costs 44 million euros Keel laying October 15, 2003 Launch June 18, 2004 Commissioning April 2, 2005

Ship dimensions and crew length 69.20 m ( Lüa ) width 15 m Draft Max. 4.5 m measurement 2,056 GT / 616 NRZ   crew 16 people

Machine system machine 4 × V12 biturbo diesel generators Machine performance 4,860 kW (6,608 hp) Top speed 13.1 kn (24 km / h) propeller 4 propellers (2 per POD)

Transport capacities Load capacity 895 dw

Others Classifications Lloyd's Register IMO no. 9285811

Arkona is the name of a multi-purpose ship with home port Stralsund , which is used by the Stralsund waterways and shipping authority on the Baltic Sea .

history

The Arkona was built as a pollution control ship (SUBS) on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Transport, Building and Urban Development (BMVBS) at the Peene shipyard in Wolgast . The cost was 44 million euros. The shipping company is the Stralsund Waterways and Shipping Authority.

The keel of the ship was laid on October 15, 2003, and the ship was launched on June 18, 2004. The ship, which was completed on 25 November 2004, was at its home port on April 2, 2005 Stralsund asked Stralsund at the service of the then Water and Shipping Office and replaced the previously active icebreaker Stephan Jantzen from.

Germanischer Lloyd discovered defects on the ship just one year after commissioning . In January 2008, his classification was revoked. At that time, the ship was in the Stralsund Volkswerft to repair the POD drives . The ship has been in service again since February 2008. On October 26, 2017, the ship was re-classified by Lloyd's Register and on December 21, 2017 the class run at DNV GL , which was still valid until November 30, 2019, was prematurely terminated.

commitment

The ship serves several purposes:

• Pollution accident control,
• Emergency towing ,
• Ice breaking (up to 50 cm of fixed ice ),
• Fire fighting,
• Perception schiffahrt police tasks and
• Editing of floating marks .

drive

The ship is powered by diesel-electric technology . The ship has two pods with electric motors (Schottel SEP 2) with an output of 1850  kW each .

equipment

• Working crane 22 m, 125  kN
• two fire-fighting monitors of 600 m³ per hour, throwing distance 100 meters, throwing height 25 meters
• a water / foam agent extinguishing monitor (400 m³ per hour)
• Tow winch system, holding force 1,000 kN, 500 m rope
• Oil collection tank (35 m³)
• three cargo tanks (400 m³)
• two separation plants of 320 m³ per hour

communication

• Search and Rescue Radar Transponder (SART)
• NAVTEX receiver
• Inmarsat C
• Sailor Iridium satellite phone
• GMDSS radio system (border / short wave) with a max. 500 watt power
• Digital Selective Calling radio system
• VHF radio
• BOS radio
• Aeronautical radio system
• D-Netz mobile radio system Vodafone (D2)
• Wireless LAN

photos

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  The Arkona on the day of its commissioning in Stralsund

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  The Arkona from starboard

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  Multipurpose ship Arkona : bridge superstructures

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  Multipurpose ship Arkona : bow view

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  Arkona in the BREDO repair yard in Bremerhaven (May 2015)

See also

• Mellum
• Neuwerk
• Scharhorn

Web links

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

• Arkona, Stralsund Waterways and Shipping Office
• Arkona, Havariekommando ( Memento from April 2, 2012 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Peer Schmidt-Walther: Ice breaking and more. Arkona against the cold splendor. In: ders .: Freighter trips. As a passenger on board. Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft, 2nd revised edition, Hamburg 2010, pp. 177–179, ISBN 978-3-7822-1016-4 . Status: 2005/2006.
2. ^ "Arkona" is on the chain in Stralsund harbor ( memento from February 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), wasserprafta via localxxl.com (excerpt), January 15, 2008.
3. ↑ equasis Equasis, accessed October 4, 2018