Cuxhaven-Brunsbüttel-Dampfer AG

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The Cuxhaven-Brunsbüttel Steamer AG was founded in 1907, shipping company based in Cuxhaven , which from 1908 to 1921 a ferry service between Cuxhaven and Brunsbüttel operational and was disbanded 1934th

history

prehistory

Even before the opening of the Kaiser Wilhelm Canal in 1895, there were considerations to set up a permanent connection to return the pilots from Brunsbüttel to Cuxhaven. Until the establishment of the first ferry line in 1904, pilots and passengers could only cross with the irregularly operating pilot boats. The connection established by the North German Steamship Company with the tugboat Seebär in 1904 had to cease operations and file for bankruptcy after just a few months.

Construction up to the First World War

Out of self-interest in a regular and reliable connection to and from Schleswig-Holstein , Cuxhaven pilots founded the shipping company Cuxhaven-Brunsbüttel-Dampfer AG on October 1, 1907, together with business people . About half a year later, on April 3, 1908, the company started operations.

Initially the former yacht Lensahn (II) of the Grand Duke of Oldenburg , which was named Seeschwalbe , was used. A new building was added in 1908: on August 5, 1908, the new sea ​​pilot , which was ordered from the shipyard and machine factory in Hamburg-Steinwärder and could carry 120 passengers, was added. In addition to the ferry connection, the shipping company also organized excursions. In order to expand this line of business, in April 1914 she received the passenger ship Seestern, which was ordered from the Meyer Werft in Papenburg and was twice as large . The steamer was designed for 450 passengers. Economically, the city of Hamburg subsidized the shipping company for transporting the Cuxhaven pilots from Brunsbüttel to Cuxhaven, as the city belonged to Hamburg until 1937. Income from passenger numbers also developed positively and the shipping company was able to pay dividends to shareholders.

During the First World War , the sea ​​pilot and starfish were drafted into the Imperial Navy , which they used as guard ships in the Elbe's Sperrfahrzeug division.

Development after the First World War

After the war, the shipping company tried to build on the successful times of 1914, but the difficult coal supply and the emerging inflation did not succeed. The sea ​​pilot was used in ferry traffic, the starfish was used in the Baltic Sea. But the ships only incurred losses. The shipping company had to stop ferry operations in 1921 and sell the two ships.

Parallel to the resumed ferry service, the shipping company acquired in 1919 two more ships to compensate by freight and towage losses: from the Navy bought it on July 15, 1919 Built in 1878 gunboat SMS hyena that it a three-masted schooner had it rebuilt and put into service under the name Sea Wolf . For this purpose, she also acquired the torpedo steamer SMS Ulan from the Navy on August 13, 1919, which was built in 1876 and kept her name. Little is known about the ships: the hyena sank on May 2, 1924 after a cargo fire in Dieppe and had to be scrapped after being recovered. The Ulan also put the shipping company in the Baltic Sea, and sold it in 1925 to the company M. Faber & Co. in Hamburg . A year later the ship was scrapped at W. Ritscher & Co. in Hamburg-Moorburg .

The shipping company was not formally dissolved until 1934.

Ships of the shipping company

Surname tonnage Construction year in the service of the shipping company Notes, whereabouts
Tern ,
ex Lensahn (II) 		99 GRT 1890 1908–? former yacht of the Grand Duke of Oldenburg , whereabouts unclear.
Sea pilot 150 GRT 1908 1908-1914, 1919-1921 New construction of the shipyard and machine factory (formerly Janssen & Schmilinsky ); 1922–1951 as Mayor Lafrenz on the Fehmarn Line, 1951–1966 as a Flamingo with Flensburg-Ekensunder Steamship Company ( Förde Reederei ); Wrecked in Lübeck in 1967 .
starfish 343 GRT 1914 1914-1914, 1918-1921 New building ordered from Meyer Werft ; 1919 renamed Seeschlepper , 1923 sold to Stinnes ; Remaining unclear.
Sea wolf ,
ex SMS Hyena 		295 GRT 1878 1920-1924 Sunk on May 2, 1924 after a cargo fire in Dieppe and scrapped after salvage.
Ulan ,
ex SMS Ulan 		222 GRT 1876 1919-1925 1925 to M. Faber & Co. (Hamburg), sold, 1926 to W. Ritscher & Co., (Hamburg-Moorburg), scrapped.

See also

literature

  • Karl B. Kühne : The history of the ship connections Cuxhaven with Schleswig-Holstein. In: Yearbook of the Men of the Morning Star. Volume 61, Bremerhaven 1982, pp. 413-424.
  • Peter Bussler: Historical city lexicon for Cuxhaven. (= Special publications of the Heimatbund der Männer vom Morgenstern. Volume 36). Cuxhaven 2002, ISBN 3-931771-36-9 .
  • Reinhart Schmelzkopf: Ships and Cuxhaven. Wilhelm Heidsiek Verlag, Cuxhaven 2012, ISBN 978-3-935459-23-5 .
  • Erich Gröner , Dieter Jung, Martin Maass: The German warships 1815-1945. Volume 1: Auxiliary Ships I: Armored ships, ships of the line, battleships, aircraft carriers, cruisers, gunboats. Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Bonn 1998, ISBN 3-7637-4800-8 .
  • Erich Gröner, Dieter Jung, Martin Maass: The German warships 1815-1945. Volume 3: Submarines, auxiliary cruisers, mine ships, net layers and barrier breakers. Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Koblenz 1985, ISBN 3-7637-4802-4 .
  • Erich Gröner, Dieter Jung, Martin Maass: The German warships 1815-1945. Volume 6: Port operations vehicles (II: excavators, rescue and diving vehicles, icebreakers, tugs, transport vehicles), yachts and notifications, landing units (I). Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Koblenz 1989, ISBN 3-7637-4805-9 .
  • Hans H. Hildebrand, Albert Röhr, Hans-Otto Steinmetz: The German warships. Biographies - a mirror of naval history from 1815 to the present. (10 volumes) Mundus Verlag 1999.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ P. Bussler: Historical city dictionary for Cuxhaven. 2002, p. 100.
  2. ↑ P. Bussler: Historical city dictionary for Cuxhaven. 2002, p. 72 f.
  3. ↑ Description of the ship In: Kanal-Zeitung. May 1914.
  4. ↑ KB Kühne: The history of the ship connections Cuxhaven with Schleswig-Holstein. 1982, p. 414.
  5. ^ General assembly of the shipping company In: Brunsbüttelkooger Zeitung. April 1921.
  6. ↑ E. Gröner et al. a .: The German warships 1815–1945. Volume 6, 1985, p. 201.
  7. ↑ a b E. Gröner u. a .: The German warships 1815–1945. Volume 3, 1985, pp. 225-227.
  8. ^ R. Schmelzkopf: Ships and Cuxhaven. 2012, p. 80.
  9. ↑ E. Gröner et al. a .: The German warships 1815–1945. Volume 1, 1985, p. 166. HH Hildebrand et al. a .: The German warships. Volume 4, 1999, p. 192.
  10. ↑ E. Gröner et al. a .: The German warships 1815–1945. Volume 3, 1985, p. 25. HH Hildebrand et al. a .: The German warships. Volume 7, 1999, p. 251.