Excavator III
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The Bagger III was a self-propelled dredger of the Imperial Port Authority of Swakopmund in the colony of German South West Africa .
description
The excavator III was built in 1905 by the Stettiner Oderwerke in Stettin . What was remarkable about the dredger was its maneuverability due to the shape of the ship, the propulsion system with two propellers and its astonishingly high speed of 7.5 knots for such a ship .
The excavator was a grab excavator, a Priestmann chain grab, with a drive power of 25 HP . The excavator could excavate 37.5 m³ from a depth of 7.5 m per hour or 25 m³ from a depth of 13 m per hour.
use
The protected area of German South West Africa did not have a natural harbor and, for political and economic reasons, they did not want to use the port of the British Walvis Bay , which was an exclave on the coastline of the German colony. Swakopmund was the next cheapest port and a pier was built there in 1899 and a little later a pier for the handling of goods. The excavator III was purchased for the dredging work .
The whereabouts of Bagger III is unknown.
literature
- Erich Gröner , Dieter Jung, Martin Maass: The German warships 1815-1945. Vol. 7: Landing associations II: Landing vehicles in the narrow sense (Part 2), landing ferries, landing support vehicles, transporters; Ships and boats of the army, ships and boats of the sea pilots / air force, colonial vehicles. Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Koblenz 1990, p. 218.