Christoph (ship)
Michael Zeno Diemer , Christoph returning to Friedrichshafen
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The steamship Christoph was a paddle wheel steamer from Württemberg on Lake Constance .
history
The Christoph was the first full saloon ship of the Württemberg State Railway , and after the Kaiser Wilhelm the second full saloon ship ever on Lake Constance. In addition, the Christoph was the first ship that had a closed wheelhouse from the start - on many other ground-sea steamships of the time, the steering position was initially in the open, and was encased during modernizations or conversions. The home port of Christoph was Friedrichshafen .
The steamship built by Escher, Wyss & Cie replaced the old smooth-deck steamer Queen of Württemberg from 1847, and took over the ship's name from the former Swiss Hohenklingen , which was renamed Mömpelgard . The superstructure of the ship did not fit under the Konstanz Rhine Bridge and could therefore only be used on the Obersee and Überlinger See .
In 1897 the steam engine was converted and the entire drive was renewed. Instead of wooden shovels, the new paddle wheels were each equipped with twelve iron shovels.
After 36 successful years of service, which the Christoph completed reliably and inconspicuously, the new Hohentwiel took over the Christoph lines , which were then only used in occasional traffic. When, after the end of the First World War, the Länderbahnen with their ground steam ships were taken over by the newly founded Deutsche Reichsbahn , the Christoph was one of the older ships that were decommissioned in this context. In 1920 the Christoph was scrapped; her ship's bell is now on the motor ship Stuttgart .
Full saloon steamers like the Christoph remained a rarity on Lake Constance. Only the Kaiser Wilhelm , City of Bregenz and City of Überlingen were also executed in this construction method. Because of their lower susceptibility to crosswinds and better center of gravity, semi-saloon steamships were more common.
Technical specifications
- Overall length: 55.00 m
- Length of CWL: 53.17 m
- Width overall: 11.76 m
- Width of the main rib: 6.10 m
- Draft: 1.28 / 1.60 m (empty / loaded)
- Displacement: 195.3 / 225.0 t (empty / loaded)
- Capacity: 400 people
- Power: 350 PSi (from 1897: 400 PSi)
- Speed: 23 km / h (25 km / h)
literature
- Klaus von Rudolff, Claude Jeanmaire: Shipping on Lake Constance. Volume 2. The heyday of steam shipping: Contribution to the history of Lake Constance, history of the individual ships and registers . ed. from the interest group Bodensee-Schiffahrt, Verlag Eisenbahn, Villigen AG 1981. ISBN 3-85649-071-X