Aussig (ship, 1894)
 Paddle steamer Wettin in Meissen
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The paddle steamer Aussig was built in 1894 in the Blasewitz shipyard. The ship was under the name Wettin with the hull number 35 to set keel . In 1919 the name was changed to Aussig , 1946 to Roudnice , 1954 to Morava , 1963 to Ještěd and 1964 to Jiskra .
The time until 1945
After commissioning as a smooth deck steamer Whitsun 1894, the ship sailed for the Saxon-Bohemian Steamship Company (SBDG) until 1923 . After the cessation of business operations in 1923, the ship sailed for the Saxon-Bohemian Steamship Company (SBDA), which was newly founded in 1923 . The white painting of the ships, which was customary from 1926, earned it the name White Fleet . The ship was named after the Wettin family . In contrast to the three previously built ships Tetschen , Leitmeritz and Austria , there was no electrical lighting. Due to the 2 tonne alternator, the draft would have been too great for the planned use. It was used together with the Prinz Georg on the Hamburg - Prague route .
On May 25, 1919, like all ships bearing the name of a monarch or a monarchy, it was renamed and given the name Aussig , named after the town of Aussig . In the winter of 1926/27, a manual control winch was installed on the navigating bridge and it was equipped with electrical lighting. In the winter of 1928/29 a steam control engine was installed and in the winter of 1928/29 the ship was painted white.
On July 16, 1928, the Aussig leaked due to low water at Großpriesen .
In the summer of 1943 the Aussig, like all steamers, was given a camouflage finish. At the end of the Second World War , the ship was in the port of Prossen .
The time after 1945
On August 26, 1945 the Aussig was seized by the Czechoslovak Republic and towed to Děčín . Here it was incorporated into the inventory of Československou plavební akciovou společností labskou (ČPSL). The seizure of the ship must be seen in connection with the participation of the Bohemian Georgschicht AG as one of the main shareholders in the SBDA. The ship was renamed Roudnice (Raudnitz) in 1946 . On January 1, 1949, the ČPSL was renamed Československá plavba Labská (ČSPL) and on July 1, 1952 in Československá plavba labsko-oderská (ČSPLO). The ship's steam engine was in poor condition. That is why it was only used in Prague. In 1953/54 the ship underwent a general overhaul in the shipyard in the port of Libeň . The steam engine and the steam boiler were removed and replaced by the steam engine and the steam boiler from Štefánik , launched in 1952 . The ship was given a front deck saloon and the short chimney typical of Czech ships. Then it was used again in Prague under the name Morava . In 1961, passenger shipping in Czechoslovakia was restructured and the Morava was stationed in Děčín. Here she was on the route Usti - Herrnskretschen used. Occasionally she also went to the GDR. In 1963 the name was changed to Ještěd . A year later, in 1964, it was named Jiskra . In 1966, after the crankshaft broke, it was decommissioned and used as a home for sailors. In 1969 it was scrapped in the port of Rosawitz (Rozbělesy).
The steam engine
The steam engine was a low-pressure, two-cylinder, twin, oscillating steam engine with injection condensation. It was built by the Saxon Steamship and Mechanical Engineering Institute in Dresden, which is part of the Oesterreichische Nordwest Dampfschiffahrtsgesellschaft . The power was 120 PSi. The two-flame tube suitcase boiler was supplied by the Übigau shipyard to the Deutsche Elbschiffahrts-Gesellschaft, Ketten. In 1953/54 the steam engine was replaced by the oscillating high-pressure two-cylinder composite steam engine with injection condensation of the Štefánik built in 1895 . The power was 102 PSi. Like the steam boiler, also from Štefánik , it was built with a steam pressure of 10 bar by the above-mentioned Saxon Steamship and Engineering Company.
Captains of the ship
- Gustav Adolf Thieme 1895
- Gustav Eduard Hering 1896–1913
- Robert Ferdinand Leinweber 1914–1918
- Wilhelm Wirsam 1919
- Robert Ferdinand Leinweber 1920
literature
- Hans Rindt: The "White Fleet" Dresden. From the history of the Upper Elbe passenger shipping. Deutsches Schiffahrtsarchiv 3, 1980, pp. 69–114, especially p. 99 ( online as PDF ; 5.1 MB).
- Miroslav Hubert, Michael Bor: Osobní lodě na Vltavě 1865–1985 . Transport and Communication Publishing House, Prague, 1985.
- Shipping calendar for the Elbe area from 1895 to 1914
- Shipping calendar for the Elbe area and the Märkische Wasserstrassen from 1915 to 1920
Web links
- Information about the ship accessed on September 16, 2016
- Information on shipping accessed on September 16, 2016
- List of paddle steamers of the Saxon-Bohemian Steamship Company