Diesbar (ship, 1884)
 Paddle steamer Diesbar in Johannstadt
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The paddle steamer Diesbar was built in 1883 in the Blasewitz shipyard. He was named Pillnitz , as a second ship with this name, with the hull number 18 to set keel . On May 15, 1884, the ship was put into service. In 1927 it was named Diesbar as the second ship . The diesbar has been running again on the Upper Elbe since 1993 after extensive repairs and overhauls . Today she is the only ship of Sächsische Dampfschiffahrts GmbH & Co. Conti Elbschiffahrts KG that is fired with coal.
history
The time after commissioning until 1945
The Pillnitz , named after the town with a castle of the same name upstream near Dresden , ran after its commissioning as a smooth-deck steamer until 1923 for the Saxon-Bohemian Steamship Company (SBDG). After the cessation of business operations, the ship sailed for the Saxon-Bohemian Steamship Company (SBDA), which was newly founded in 1923 . The white painting of the ships, which was customary from 1926, earned it the name White Fleet . In 1927 there was a name exchange with the Pillnitz . From this point on, the ship sailed under the name Diesbar , after the Elbe wine village downstream . The reasons for the renaming are unknown.
The ship was completely modernized in the winter of 1926/27. It received electrical lighting and the wheel arches were removed to make room for the installation of toilets. The ship received a navigating bridge with a wheelhouse and a hand control. In 1927/28 the ship received a steam steering engine . It was built by Dresdner Maschinenbau und Schiffswerft Uebigau AG , with factory no. 1829.
The ship was painted white in the winter of 1928/29.
In the summer of 1943 the diesbar , like all steamers, was given a camouflage finish. Nothing is known about their use in World War II .
After the air raids on Dresden and the destruction of the Elbe bridges in 1945, it was used as a ferry between Dresden's Neustadt and Johannstadt .
The time after 1945
The ship was launched in 1946 and only started up again in 1949 after an overhaul. During the overhaul of the ship, the wooden paddle blades were replaced by steel blades.
The SBDA was transferred to public ownership on February 1, 1947 and was given the name VEB Elbeschiffahrt Sachsen . From 1950 to 1957 it belonged to the VEB Deutsche Schiffahrts- und Umschlagszentrale (DSU). After its dissolution, the VEB Fahrgastschiffahrt und Reparaturwerft Dresden was established in 1957 and from 1967 the VEB Fahrgastschiffahrt Dresden .
On May 6, 1958, the diesbar collided with the friendship at the Laubegaster shipyard . The wheel arch of friendship was damaged in the process. In October 1959 the old suitcase boiler was replaced by an identical, fully welded boiler from VEB Dampfkesselbau Hohenthurm with construction no. 842 replaced. In 1962/63 the electrical system was renewed.
In 1972 the ship was launched. In the period from July 8 to September 30, 1972, it was briefly back in service and then launched again. In 1976/77 the ship was rented to ČSPLO . It was in use from April 30 to September 6, 1976 and temporarily in 1977 in the Czechoslovak Republic on the Elbe route Děčín - Hřensko .
In September 1977 the ship served as a film set for a co-production by the GDR and the USSR in the 7-part film "Karl Marx - The Young Years". The ship was decorated as a Rhine steamer under the name Loreley in use.
The major repairs of ship and engine, which began in 1977/78, were canceled for economic reasons and the ship was parked in Neustädter Hafen in Dresden in 1978 .
In 1983 the diesel bar's steam engine was listed as a historical monument. On April 8th of that year, enthusiasts founded the specialist group "Elbeschiffahrt" in the GDR Cultural Association . Their goal was to reconstruct the ship.
In 1984 it celebrated its 100th anniversary of service as the fourth ship.
In 1985 the entire ship was elevated to a technical monument and thus escaped dismantling.
On July 1, 1985 the ship called at the dock in Laubegast. In the period up to June 28, 1986, a partial reconstruction was carried out with the help of the specialist group. During this period, the members volunteered 3500 hours to assemble the ship. From June 28th to July 6th 1986 the ship was on the terrace bank for inspection on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the shipping company . Then the interior of the salons and the reconstruction of the machine began at the Laubegaster shipyard . On October 7, 1989, the 40th anniversary of the GDR , the ship was put back into service after the reconstruction in accordance with the listed building in the appearance of 1928.
The time with the Saxon steamship
On December 7, 1992, the diesbar was taken ashore in the Laubegaster shipyard. Here a general overhaul and modifications for extensive modernization of the ship took place. On June 15, 1993 the ship was put back into service. In 2001/2002 the steam engine was overhauled in the Roßlauer Werft . In 2010/2011 extensive repairs were necessary again. The steam engine was overhauled and the steam boiler was reconstructed at HSI Turbinenstahlbau Dresden-Übigau GmbH . It is the last operational suitcase boiler.
Today the ship is mainly used for special trips, such as port tours to Alberthafen and trips to Pillnitz under the motto “Technology for Kids”.
On September 8, 2016, a fire broke out on board the ship in the early hours of the morning. A company employee discovered the fire at 6:31 a.m. and alerted the fire brigade. 8.30 the fire was extinguished. The fire broke out in the ship's coal bunker. This is reminiscent of the fire in the Pirna coal bunker on October 7, 1972. The fire did not cause any major damage. After extensive cleaning of the ship and engine, it will be back in use from September 25, 2016.
The steam engine
The steam engine is an oscillating, low-pressure two-cylinder twin steam engine with injection condensation with an output of 110 hp. It was built by John Penn and Sons in Greenwich for the paddle steamer Pillnitz built in 1857 . The machine was overhauled before being installed in the new ship. The middle part of the shaft was exchanged and replaced by a new one with the inscription Krupp bei Essen, Gußstahl, 10-year guarantee, 1853 . The origin of this spare part is unknown. The boiler of the Pillnitz I , also built by John Penn in 1857 , was not taken over. A two-flame tube suitcase boiler with construction number 402 with 2 bar steam pressure from the Saxon Steamship and Mechanical Engineering Institute of the Austrian Northwest Steamship Company in Dresden was installed.
With this steam engine, the ship reaches a maximum speed of approx. 12 km / h upstream and approx. 14 km / h downstream.
Captains of the ship
- Heinrich Ehregott Müller 1884
- Carl August Russmann 1885–1889
- Friedrich August Streidt 1890–1897
- Ernst Heinrich Oskar Höhle 1898–1902
- Friedrich Julius Berger 1903–1920
Movie
- Rüdiger Lorenz: The steam engine operator on the Elbe. 1993, Germany, 30 min, BR. Documentation. In the series “The last of his stand?” In the film, the function of the machine during the maneuvers of uphill travel and turning is shown in detail. Pictures of the entire ship too.
literature
- Dieter Schubert: German inland passenger ships. Illustrated register of ships . Uwe-Welz-Verlag, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-933177-10-3 , pp. 132 and 133
- Heinz Trost: traditional paddle steamer Diesbar . Lauenburg booklets on the history of inland navigation, Lauenburg 2nd edition 1990
- Address and business manual of the royal capital and residence city of Dresden 1884
- Shipping calendar for the Elbe area from 1885 to 1914
- Shipping calendar for the Elbe area and the Märkische Wasserstrassen from 1915 to 1920
Footnotes
- ↑ Matthias Kernstock: Fire on the steamer Diesbar on the Terrassenufer ( Memento of the original from September 9, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . mopo24.de , Dresden, September 8, 2016. Accessed September 8, 2016.
- ↑ Paddle steamer “Diesbar”. Sächsische Dampfschiffahrts GmbH & Co.Conti Elbschiffahrts KG, accessed on April 27, 2020 .
Web links
- Passenger steamer Diesbar , Sächsische Dampfschiffahrts GmbH & Co. Conti Elbschiffahrts KG
- ASME The steam engine of Diesbar
- Personal steamer Diesbar - data sheet
- Passenger steamer Diesbar - steam engine
- Personal steamer Diesbar - steam control machine
- List of paddle steamers of the Saxon-Bohemian Steamship Company