Carona (ship)
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The motor ship Carona was a merchant ship sailing under the Swiss flag .
Technical
The Carona was built in 1948 at the William Gray & Co. Ltd. built in West Hartlepool , England, for Schweizerische Reederei AG in Basel . The 95 meter long ship with a measurement of 2,351 gross register tons was handed over to the owner on April 12, 1949. It had a Sulzer diesel engine of the type 5 TD 56, which delivered its output of 1,600 kW (2,150 hp) to a fixed propeller and gave the ship a speed of 12.5 knots (23 km / h). The loading gear on board consisted of eight loading winches and a heavy lift boom (jumbo) with 20 tonnes SWL (“Safe Working Load”), four loading booms with 7.5 tonnes each and four loading booms each with 4 tonnes SWL load capacity. The crew consisted of around 30 men, and there was space for twelve passengers. The ship was used as a liner in the area of Northern Europe-West India / Central America in joint service with Hamburg America Line (Hapag) .
Sinking on February 28, 1964
On February 28, 1964, the ship with a crew of 31 and two female passengers was on a journey from Bremen to Antwerp in thick fog . Among other things, it had loaded cars. The Carona was rammed by the Evaggelistria , a Liberty ship sailing under the Liberian flag, off the West Frisian island of Terschelling . The Evaggelistria drove on without reacting to the incident and a short time later rammed the German freighter Byblos . The Carona was so badly damaged in the collision that it sank within 30 minutes. During this time, the crew succeeded in lowering the only lifeboat that was still usable and already hanging freely from the starboard side into the water and manning it with all people on board. It was the only boat that could still be lowered into the water because of the ship's lean angle. In thick fog, the crew rowed to the lightship Terschellingerbank within two hours . There she could be saved.
Trivia
The lifeboat was brought to Rotterdam by the crew and finally transferred to Basel. The shipping company gave it to the sea scouts on Lake Zurich . Since the sea scouts wanted to give up the boat in 1988, it was taken over by the Seaman's Club of Switzerland , an association of Swiss people sailing at sea. He refurbished it on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Swiss high seas fleet and then donated it to the Swiss Museum of Transport . There it has found its place in the permanent exhibition.
Web links
Footnotes
- ↑ List of the last crew
- ↑ Description on the museum website of the Swiss Museum of Transport. ( Page no longer available , 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.
Coordinates: 53 ° 31 ′ 4 " N , 5 ° 10 ′ 25" E