Three island ship

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Three-island ship Pamir
Three island ship Prussia ; the central white stripe is the midship bridge

As Three Inselschiff a ship is known, the configurations of board to board on a raised deck own without lateral Passiermöglichkeit on the foredeck ( baking ), amidships ( bridge ) and at the stern ( poop ) has. These structures dip at sea after chimney or masts first on the horizon ( horizon ), while the hull is not yet in sight because of the curvature of the earth.

The term found its way into technical jargon for tall ships as early as the 19th century. The type of ship preferred at the time was the smooth decker . The shipping company F. Laeisz , famous for reliable and fast sailing ships , preferred three-island ships. For example, the Placilla , Potosí , Prussia , Pamir and the Passat were built as three-island ships.

Tall ships of the three-island ship type had the advantage of the oar wheel on the bridge instead of near the stern . In addition, the raised superstructures provide a little more protection from the overcoming sea, at least at these points on the deck during storms and rough seas. At F. Laeisz, the accommodations were on the midship island. In rare cases there were four-masted sailors without a back or poop deck, but with a midship island, which were referred to as two-island ships. Particularly large back and poop decks can be found on training sailing ships.

Since mainly Liverpool shipowners tall ships (four-masted ships) gave a three-island ships in order, were due to the first-time and frequent appearance on Liverpool ships this type of medium, ranging from board to board deck structure (midship island bridge) Liverpool House called ( "Liverpool house").

literature

  • Jochen Brennecke: Windjammer . The great report on the development, travels and fate of the "Queens of the Seven Seas". Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft, Herford 1984 (3rd edition); Cape. XXII - The largest of the sailing ships in the world, p. 294; ISBN 3-7822-0009-8
  • Hans Jörg Furrer: The four- and five-mast square sailors in the world . Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft, Herford 1984, ISBN 3-7822-0341-0
  • Horst Hamecher: five-masted full ship »PREUSSEN«, Queen of the Sea. The life path of a deep water sailor . Hamecher self-published, Kassel 1993; ISBN 3-920307-46-1 , p. 64 ff

References

  1. ^ Maritime Lexicon
  2. ↑ Jochen Brennecke: Windjammer . Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft, Herford 1984 (3rd edition); Cape. XXII - The largest of the sailing ships in the world, p. 294