Belvedere (ship, 2005)

Belvedere

The Belvedere near Vienna

Ship data flag  Malta other ship names Avalon Poetry (2005-2011) Ship type Cabin passenger ship (inland) Callsign 9HTW8 home port Valletta , Malta Owner Premicon AG Shipping company KD Cruise Services Ltd. Shipyard Nobiskrug , Rendsburg Build number 763 building-costs 15,000,000 euros takeover March 2005 Commissioning April 23, 2005 Whereabouts in motion

Ship dimensions and crew length 126.60 m ( Lüa ) width 11.40 m Draft Max. 2.05 m   crew 40

Machine system machine 2 × MTU 16V 2000 M60 with 800 kW each Machine performance 1,600 kW (2,175 hp) Top speed 13 kn (24 km / h) propeller 2 × Schottel rudder propellers 1 bow thruster

Transport capacities Permitted number of passengers 176

Others Registration numbers * ENI no. : 09948010 to 2009: ENI no. 04803720

The Belvedere is a 2004/05 built cabin Passenger ship Premicon AG , which under the ship management of KD Cruise Services Ltd. and is used in the time charter of the Bremen tour operator Transocean Kreuzfahrten on the Danube .

history

Avalon Poetry at the Miltenberg pier

The ship is the last of a total of six almost identical river cruise ships to be built, which was commissioned as an investment project by Premicon AG from Nobiskrug shipyard in Rendsburg . The limited partnership was around 8 million euros - the investment of investors was around 7 million euros . The shipyard handed over the completed ship to the client in March 2005. On April 23, 2005, the solemn baptism of the name Avalon Poetry took place in Volendam . The Premicon Flussreisen GmbH registered the ship under the ENI no. 04803720 with the home port Cologne. The ship management was transferred to KD Cruise Services Ltd. on January 1, 2010. in Cyprus, a subsidiary of Cologne-Düsseldorfer , at the same time the ship was registered in Valletta on Malta and received the ENI-NR. 09948010. Since the owner of the ship concluded a long-term charter contract with Avalon Waterways from the time the ship was delivered to the shipyard, the Avalon Poetry was delivered in the blue and white color design typical of the organizers. After Avalon Waterways did not renew the charter contract after the 2011 season, Premicon signed a contract with the Bremen tour operator Transocean Kreuzfahrten in 2012 . Since then, the ship has been used under the name Belvedere on various routes between Frankfurt and the Danube Delta .

Average

After an unsuccessful turning maneuver, the Belvedere grazed the underside of the Luitpold Bridge in Passau on April 26, 2013 . The wheelhouse was completely destroyed, so that the ship was unable to maneuver. Below the mouth of the Ilz , the Belvedere ran aground and leaked. The 96 passengers and 41 crew members were uninjured in the accident . The property damage was estimated at around 200,000 euros.

Furnishing

The Belvedere on the Danube near Greifenstein

The Belvedere is a four-deck cabin ship of the 4-star category with 84 double cabins of 16 m² and four suites of 22 m². The cabins, which are separated from each other by double walls for noise insulation, are air-conditioned and each equipped with radio, satellite TV, minibar, safe and telephone. The cabins on the main and upper decks have a French balcony; the windows on the lower deck cannot be opened for safety reasons. The decks were named after rivers. The lower deck was called the Moselle deck , the main deck was called the Rhine deck and the upper deck was called the Danube deck .

Behind the bow thruster room on the Moselle deck are 28 passenger cabins, which are followed in the rear by 24 crew cabins and supply and storage rooms. The Rhine deck has an open deck at the bow, which is used as a resting area by the guests of the wellness area behind . This is followed by 44 cabins, which are separated by the entrance hall into areas of 12 and 32 units. On the prow of the Danube deck there is a viewing lounge with a bar and library. The 180-seat restaurant is located in the central nave, followed by the kitchen, 12 standard cabins and four suites aft. On the sun deck that begins behind the driver's cab, deckchairs and seating groups are available to passengers. The interior is designed in various shades of brown. The ship has no elevators or stair lifts and is therefore not suitable for disabled passengers.

technology

The ship is powered by two 16-cylinder diesel engines of 800 kW each of the type MTU -16V 2000 M60 via two Schottel rudder propellers, and it also has a bow thruster. The ship is 126.60 m long and 11.40 m wide. The draft is given as 1.50 m at normal load and 2.05 m at full load.

Web links

Belvedere at the Freudenau lock near Vienna

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

• Description of the ship on the website of the shipowner (pdf .; 4.8 MB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} page about Avalon Poetry on the Premicon AG website ( memento of the original from May 11, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed April 29, 2013  
2. ↑ Individual financial statements according to HGB 2010 of the Cologne-Düsseldorfer Deutsche Rheinschiffahrt AG  ( page can no longer be accessed , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 192 kB), accessed on April 29, 2013  
3. ↑ Ship accident - approx. 200,000 euros property damage. Press release. Police headquarters in Lower Bavaria, April 26, 2013, accessed on February 6, 2014 . 
4. ^ Ship accident in Passau - correction. Press release. Police headquarters in Lower Bavaria, April 27, 2013, accessed on February 6, 2014 .