August the Strong (ship)

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August the Strong
August the Strong Elbe Dresden 03.jpg
Ship data
flag GermanyGermany Germany
Ship type Saloon ship
home port Dresden
Owner Saxon steamship
Shipyard SET Schiffbau- u. Development company Tangermünde
Ship dimensions and crew
length
75.03 m ( Lüa )
width 10.60 m
Draft Max. 0.95 m
 
crew 3
Machine system
machine 2 × MAN diesel engines
Machine
performanceTemplate: Infobox ship / maintenance / service format 		680 kW (925 PS)
Others
Registration
numbers 		ENI no. 05803220

The August the Strong is a saloon ship built in 1994 for the Saxon Steamship Company in Dresden . It is named after the Saxon Elector and King of Poland, Augustus the Strong .

The ship was built as a replacement for August der Starke (ex. Ernst Thälmann ) built in 1963 by SET Schiffbau- u. Development company Tangermünde built. The ship was christened on May 19, 1994.

The ship of two driven MAN diesel engines each with 340  kW power . Upstream it reaches a speed of about 6 - 9  km / h , downstream about 12 - 20 km / h.

Others

The sister ship is the Countess Cosel , which also replaced a previous building of the same name ( Countess Cosel ex. Karl Marx ).

literature

  • Dieter Schubert: German inland passenger ships. Illustrated register of ships . Uwe-Welz-Verlag, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-933177-10-3 . Pages 130 and 134

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