Bell Vanguard

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Bell Vanguard
Bell Vanguard Sjöhistoriska museet Fo209059.jpg
Ship data
flag GermanyGermany Germany
other ship names

Fall Wind (1977–1988)

Ship type Container coaster
home port Hamburg
Owner J. Breuer, Hamburg
Shipyard JJ Sietas, Hamburg / Neuenfelde
Launch March 24, 1966
Whereabouts sunk on March 5, 1988
Ship dimensions and crew
length
74.64 m ( Lüa )
67.00 m ( Lpp )
width 12.52 m
Side height 6.40 m
Draft Max. 4.07 m
measurement 499 GRT
Machine system
machine 1 × KHD diesel engine
Machine
performance
1,320 hp (971 kW)
Top
speed
12.5 kn (23 km / h)
propeller 1
Transport capacities
Load capacity 1,204 dw
Container 67 TEU
Others
IMO 6611772

The Bell Vanguard was the first German container ship .

history

The ship was built with hull number 588 at the Sietas shipyard in Hamburg-Neuenfelde and was launched on March 24, 1966 as the only built unit of the Sietas type 49 with the name Hans Hinrich . The delivery took place on April 26, 1966 with the name Bell Vanguard .

The owner at the time of commissioning was the Hamburg shipping company Jürgen Heinrich Breuer, which had chartered the ship to the Irish Bell Lines on a long-term basis . The first container service between Ireland started in 1966 with the Type 54 ships Bell Venture ( laid down as Anke ) of the Winter shipping company in Hamburg and Bell Valiant ( laid down as Bernd Becker ) of the Becker shipping company in Jork and mainland Europe.

After the end of the Bell charter, the Bell Vanguard was sold to the Karl-Heinz Baase shipping company in Hörsten on April 1, 1977 and renamed Fallwind . For a short-term charter, she was given the name Bell Vanguard again in the same year , which was changed back to Fallwind in 1978 . She drove under this name for another ten years. The downdraft was on a trip from Kristinehamn (Sweden) to Goole (England) on March 5, 1988 increasing list . The loaded with timber ship finally dropped around 60 nautical miles west-southwest of Thyborøn (Denmark) at position 56 ° 28 '  N , 6 ° 24'  O .

literature

  • Witthöft, Hans Jürgen: Container . A box makes a revolution. Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft, Hamburg 2000, ISBN 3-7822-0777-7 .
  • Detlefsen, Gert Uwe: From the Ewer to the container ship . The development of the German coasters. Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft, Herford 1983, ISBN 3-7822-0321-6 .
  • Association of German Shipowners (Ed.): Freight traffic over sea . Stern Verlag, Lüneburg 1993, ISBN 3-923603-00-2 .

Web links

Coordinates: 56 ° 28 ′ 0 ″  N , 6 ° 24 ′ 0 ″  E