Deneb (ship, 1962)

Deneb

Ship data flag  Germany other ship names Vega Ship type Survey ship Callsign DBBF Shipyard Schlichting shipyard , Lübeck-Travemünde Build number 1322

Ship dimensions and crew length 31.85 m ( Lüa ) 27.00 m ( Lpp ) width 6.84 m Draft Max. 2.25 m displacement 148.58 measurement 156.93 GRT   crew 10

Machine system machine 1 × Deutz diesel engine (type: SF 12 M 716) Machine performance 206 kW (280 PS) Top speed 10.5 kn (19 km / h) propeller 1 × controllable pitch propeller

Others Registration numbers IMO no. 5387257

The Deneb was a surveying and wreck search ship of the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency .

history

The ship was built under construction number 1322 at the Schlichting shipyard in Lübeck-Travemünde and put into service in 1962 as Wega by the then German Hydrographic Institute. It had a wooden hull with aluminum superstructures.

In 1991 the ship was stationed in Rostock under its new name Deneb . The ship was used in the German Bight and the western Baltic Sea and examined around 2500 wrecks and other underwater obstacles. It covered around 150,000  nautical miles in the process.

Technical specifications

The ship was powered by a Deutz diesel engine with an output of 206  kW . The engine worked via a gearbox on a controllable pitch propeller . The ship reached a speed of up to 10.5  kn .

Several generators were installed for the power supply on board .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Construction list Schlichting-Werft , Schlichting-Werft. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Technical data , buesummaritim.de. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
3. ↑ Surveying and wreck search ship "Deneb" , buesummaritim.de. Retrieved July 6, 2015.