Cap-San Class (1961)
 The Cap San Diego at the Überseebrücke
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As Cap San class or "The white swans of the South Atlantic" a series of six identical is general cargo - Quick freighters called, the early 1960s by the shipping company South American Hamburg steamship company was put into operation.
Shipyards and deliveries of the Cap San class
The ships were built at the Deutsche Werft in Hamburg as well as the Howaldtswerke in Kiel and the Howaldtswerke Hamburg and operated on a liner service between Hamburg and Brazil and Argentina . The series was called the Cap San class as each ship's name began with Cap San . They got their nickname because of their shape and the fact that they operated on the route Europe - South America and thus in the South Atlantic.
description
The length of the ships was 159.40 meters, the width 21.40 meters, their maximum speed 20 knots . The ships owed their appearance to the Hamburg architect Caesar Pinnau . The silhouette almost resembled a yacht , even more than that of a typical cargo ship at the time . Particularly noteworthy were the projecting forward stem , the continuously curved, positive deck jump and the lack of a chimney: At the rear end of the deckhouse there were two narrow pole masts into which the exhaust pipes were integrated. The ships had a passenger deck with eight luxurious passenger cabins (four single and four double cabins), so that twelve guests could take part in the Atlantic voyage. The ships were identical in construction right down to the last detail: even the interior fittings, also designed by Pinnau, of the dining room, salon and bar were not only arranged in the same way, but were also identical on all ships, right down to the fabric covering of the upholstery.
Machine system
The ships received a low - speed two - stroke engine with exhaust gas turbocharging from MAN type K9Z 78/140 D with 9 cylinders and 8,569 kW (11,650 hp) at 118 rpm. The ship ran 20 knots. Heavy oil was used as fuel, two separators and steam-heated separator preheaters were available in the separator room for heavy oil cleaning. The end preheater controlled by the viscosity regulator was located on the fuel pump station directly in front of the main engine.
The exhaust gases from the main engine were routed through the three exhaust gas turbochargers and the exhaust gas boiler. In the turbine part of the exhaust gas turbocharger, they were used to drive the turbocompressors, which compressed the intake air, which was used to supercharge and thus increase the performance of the main engines. In the exhaust gas boiler with a heating surface of 160 m², saturated steam of seven bar was generated, which was used to preheat fuel, generate hot water and, if required, to heat living space and fresh oil. In the port, an oil-heated auxiliary boiler with a heating surface of 52 m² generated the necessary steam.
The four auxiliary diesels from Klöckner-Humboldt-Deutz V8M 536 (four-stroke engines) for driving the generators were not charged, they had a nominal output of 368 kW (500 hp) at 514 rpm. The three-phase generators delivered an output of 310 kW at a voltage of 440 V and a frequency of 60 Hz.
The cargo cooling system consisted of five reciprocating compressors and the condensers in the engine room as well as the expansion valves, evaporators and cargo space fans in the cargo holds.
The Cap San Marco marks the paradigm shift in this trade area
On the Cap San Antonio broke in 1973 on the high seas from a fire that cost six lives and destroyed the superstructure. After initially considering scrapping the ship in the accident, the shipping company finally decided to equip it with new superstructures, but not to set up any passenger traffic for this ship. In the course of operation, the easier-to-load container ships became serious competition for these classic general cargo carriers . After the 135th voyage of Cap San Marco , she marked the end of this era with a guest trip on the Elbe on April 26, 1985. The reefer container service with porthole technology began for Hamburg-Süd in this trade area. Porthole containers do not have their own refrigeration units; they are connected to cooling rods fixed to the ship via couplings.
The Cap San Diego , launched in 1961 as the last ship in this series, lived a life as a liner until 1982, after which it was operated as a tramp ship under the name Sangria until 1986 and has been in dire straits over the past four years. It was saved from scrapping at the last minute and bought by the city of Hamburg. Today it is owned by the Hamburg Admiralty Foundation and is located in the center of the Hamburg harbor , at the Überseebrücke . She can be viewed there as a still navigable museum ship and is a living testimony to the completion and the end of classic cargo shipping.
The ships
| Cap-San class | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Building name | Shipyard / construction number |
IMO number | delivery | Renaming and whereabouts | |
| Cap San Nicolas | Howaldtswerke, Hamburg / |
5060823 | September 16, 1961 | 1981 Nicola , scrapped from April 1, 1982 at Ahmed Investment in Gadani Beach | |
| Cap San Marco | Howaldtswerke, Kiel / 1143 |
5060811 | September 22, 1961 | 1985 Marco Polo , scrapped in Qingdao from July 16, 1985 | |
| Cap San Lorenzo | German shipyard, Hamburg / 784 |
5060809 | November 7, 1961 | 1981 Lorenz , from February 23, 1982 scrapped at Ahmed Investment in Gadani Beach | |
| Cap San Augustin | Howaldtswerke, Kiel / 1144 |
5060782 | November 11, 1961 | 1983 Coolhaven , 1984 Haven , arrived at Saleh Marine in Chittagong for demolition on September 3, 1984 and scrapped there by Zarina Fishing & Dairy | |
| Cap San Antonio | Howaldtswerke, Hamburg / |
5060770 | 17th January 1962 | 1982 San Antonio , 1986 San Miguel , scrapped from October 16, 1986 in Huangpu | |
| Cap San Diego | German shipyard, Hamburg / 785 |
5060794 | March 27, 1962 | 1982 San Diego , 1986 Sangria , 1986 Cap San Diego , since October 31, 1986 as a museum ship in Hamburg | |
| Data: Equasis, large tonnage | |||||
photos
Cap San Diego, top view of the main engine
Main engine, exhaust gas turbocharger and exhaust pipe
One of the four auxiliary diesel engines for generating electricity
Compressor of the cargo cooling system
Bridge with steering position, radar and engine telegraph
literature
- Friedrich Böer: Everything about a ship. A little ship customer . 4th edition Herder, Freiburg i. Br. 1962. (Book for young people that describes a seagoing ship using the example of Cap San Marco )
- Kurt Flechsenhar: Cap San Diego. A ship and its crew . Koehler, Herford 1994, ISBN 3-7822-0609-6
- Kurt Gerdau: Cap San Diego. From the fast freighter to the museum ship . Koehler, Herford 1987, ISBN 3-7822-0417-4
- Matthias Gretzschel , Michael Zapf: Cap San Diego. The last "white swan". Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft, Hamburg 2016, ISBN 978-3-7822-1260-1 .
swell
- ↑ Source: Archives Hamburg Süd and Cap San Diego
- ↑ Equasis homepage (English)
- ↑ grosstonnage homepage (English)