Bremen (ship, 1842)

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Bremen
Bremen (center) and Hamburg on a painting by Lüder Arenhold
Bremen (center) and Hamburg on a painting by Lüder Arenhold
Ship data
flag HamburgHamburg Hamburg German Federation United Kingdom
German ConfederationGerman Confederation (war flag) 
United KingdomUnited Kingdom (trade flag) 
other ship names

Leeds (1842)
Hanover (1853)

Ship type Paddle steamer
Shipyard Johann Marbs , St. Pauli
building-costs 95,000 thalers
Launch June 22, 1842
takeover October 15, 1848
Whereabouts From 1868 used up as a coal hulk
Ship dimensions and crew
length
55.77 m ( Lüa )
49.35 m ( KWL )
width 6.77 m
over wheel arches: 12.7 m
Draft Max. 2.89 m
displacement Construction: 350 t
 
crew 100 men
Machine system
machine 2 suitcase boiler
2 1-Zyl- steam engines
1 Rowing
Machine
performance 		700 hp (515 kW)
Top
speed 		8.0 kn (15 km / h)
propeller 2 paddle wheels ⌀ 6.1 m
Rigging and rigging
Rigging Schoonerbrigg
Number of masts 2
Armament from 1848
  • 1 × 36 pounder
  • 1 × 32 pounder
  • 2 × 18 pounders

The Radkorvette Bremen was a ship of the Reichsflotte , which she had in service from 1848.

It was at the shipyard of Johann Marbs in Altona - St. Pauli as a cargo ship Leeds built for the Hanseatische Steamship Company, Hamburg 1842, from the June 23, 1848 Hamburg Admiralty for Hamburg flotilla purchased and on 15 October 1848 in the Reichsflotte with the name Bremen taken over.

The hull was a cross- frame - Kraweelbau and consisted of oak and yellow pine wood. The horizontally mounted, oscillating steam engines were supplied by the British company Fawcett, Preston & Co. from Liverpool . The two steam boilers were also installed in the 14.32 m long engine room .

The 36-pounder was initially in front of the foremast , but was moved behind it. The 32-pounder was located on the roof of the aft deck saloon. The two 18-pounders could be moved between the sides of the ship and, one each in front of and behind the wheel arches, could fire through gun ports.

The Bremen was sold again in 1852 to General Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., London and from March 1853 sailed as a freighter Hanover until 1865. From February 1868 the ship was used as a coal hulk .

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