Bremen (ship, 1842)
Bremen (center) and Hamburg on a painting by Lüder Arenhold
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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 .
See also
literature
- Erich Gröner , Dieter Jung and Martin Maass: The German Warships 1815–1945 Volume 1 . Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Munich 1982, ISBN 3-7637-4800-8 .