Bernkastel (ship)

Bernkastel

Under the name Kelheim in the Danube Gorge near Weltenburg (2009)

Ship data flag  Germany Ship type Passenger ship home port Bernkastel-Kues Shipyard Lux shipyard , Mondorf Build number 72 Commissioning 1979

Ship dimensions and crew length 40.50 m ( Lüa ) width 6.22 m Side height 1.56 m Draft Max. 1.53 m displacement 94  t

Machine system machine 2 × Mercedes V10 Machine performance 440 hp (324 kW) propeller 2 × Schottel propellers

Transport capacities Permitted number of passengers 350

The Bernkastel is a day excursion boat of the Moselle passenger shipping with home port Bernkastel-Kues . It has been used in excursion traffic on the Moselle since 2016 .

technology

The ship is 40.50 meters long, 6.22 meters wide and has a draft of 0.80 meters. The main engines are two V10 engines from Mercedes, each with 220 hp . It is propelled by two Schottel rudder propellers . The ship is approved for 540 people, has a kitchen, bar and toilets on the closed main deck and a good 100 seats. Another 40 covered seats are located on the upper deck behind the steering position. There are open sunbathing areas on the middle deck and on the upper deck.

history

Under construction number 72, the ship was built as a new building for the Stadler passenger shipping company at the Lux shipyard in Niederkassel on the Rhine and put into service in 1979 under the name Kelheim and the home port Kelheim . Until 2015, the Kelheim was in use as a day excursion ship for Personenschiffahrt Stadler GmbH and was used in excursion traffic on the Danube and Main-Danube Canal . It was used to drive the Danube route between Kelheim and Weltenburg Abbey , the Danube Gorge , and in the Altmühl valley, the route from Kelheim to Riedenburg approved for up to 540 passengers. In 2015 the ship was sold to the Mosel Personenschifffahrt and sails there as Bernkastel on the Moselle .

Predecessor and successor to Kelheim 1979

The 1979 Kelheim was the second ship of the Personenschiffahrt Stadler GmbH with this name. Its predecessor was the Kelheim , built in 1958 by the shipyard Christof Ruthof in Regensburg , which was sold to Bodman on Lake Constance in 1979 and is now operating there as Raiffeisen . The new building Kelheim (2015) of the Lux-Werft with the hull number 208 is the third ship of the operator with this name.

Web links

Commons : Kelheim (ship, 1979)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Passenger shipping Stadler

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Moselle passenger shipping ship Bernkastel
2. ↑ Passenger ship “Kelheim” launched in Mondorf
3. ↑ Elfi Bachmeier-Fausten: 2015 maiden voyage of the new "Kelheim". Mittelbayerische Zeitung, April 2, 2015, accessed on May 7, 2015 .