F-class (DDG Hansa)
 The Trautenfels , 1977 on the Weser
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The F-Class , also Concord-Class, was a ship class of the shipping company DDG "Hansa" .
history
In 1974/75 the DDG "Hansa" acquired six identical ships from the Greek shipping company Michael A. Karageorgis. The ships built at the Japanese shipyards Mitsui Shipbuilding & Engineering in Osaka and Nipponkai Heavy Industries in Toyama were of the Mitsui Concord 18 type , a simple Liberty replacement ship type . The units originally designed for use as trampers received various modifications after they were taken over by the DDG "Hansa". Two ships, the Aristogenis and Aristokleidis , were converted by Blohm + Voss into the heavy-lift ships Trifels and Trautenfels by installing two Stülcken heavy lift masts each . The Trautenfels received 300-ton masts, while the Trifels installed slightly more powerful 320 -ton harnesses , which made the Trifels the most powerful heavy lift ship in the world after the conversion . The heavy lift units were used in liner operations to the Persian Gulf and other typical Hansa shipping areas.
The remaining four ships initially only received an additional 50-tonne heavy lift boom before they were put into service by DDG "Hansa". A few years later, in 1978/79, these units were extended by 21.75 m by the Jurong Shipyard in Singapore and converted into a 924 TEU full container ship. The Hansa Line between the United States and Europe became her route.
After the Deutsche Dampfschifffahrts-Gesellschaft “Hansa” filed for bankruptcy on August 18, 1980, all six ships were sold, some of which remained in liquidation for a short time for DDG Hansa until they were sold . The four container ships were acquired by Hapag-Lloyd International in Singapore and integrated into the Hapag-Lloyd route network ; the two heavy lift ships went to Greek owners.
technology
The main propulsion of the ships consisted of a seven-cylinder Mitsui / B&W diesel engine of the type 7 K 62 EF with a speed of 144 revolutions per minute each, which acted directly on a fixed propeller. There was no bow thruster .
The ships
| DDG "Hansa" F-Class | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Building name | Shipyard / construction number |
IMO number | Commissioning takeover by DDG |
Renaming and whereabouts | |
|
Aristarchus |
Mitsui / 910 | 7121671 | January 18, 1972 September 9, 1974 |
1974 Freienfels , 1978/9 conversion to a semi-container ship, 1980 Neckar Express , 1984 Lizard , 1985 Leeward , 1996 Heung-A Carmen , 1998 ZIM Odessa I , 2004 Good Hope I , 2004 MSC Arabia , demolition from 3rd July 2010 in Alang | |
| Aristandros | Mitsui / 921 | 7206433 | May 25, 1972 February 18, 1974 |
1974 Frankenfels , 1978/9 conversion to a semi-container ship, 1980 Fulda Express , 1984 Biscay , 1986 Carmen Carina , 1995 Heung-A Grace , 1998 Grace , 1998 ZIM Constantza I , 2004 Good Luck , 2004 MSC Sharjah , demolition from November 16, 2008 in Alang | |
| Aristipus | Nipponkai / 169 | 7326829 | November 20, 1973 May 15, 1974 |
1974 Frauenfels , 1978/9 conversion to a semi-container ship, 1980 Ibn Al Suwaidi , 1982 Isar Express , 1986 Norasia Karsten , 1987 Carmen Alba , 1987 Ocean Express , 1993 Barbican Succes , 1998 Pangani , 1998 Tabora , demolished in 1999 in Alang | |
| Aristogenis | Nipponkai / 170 Mitsui / 992 |
7355325 | February 22, 1974 April 25, 1975 |
1975 Trifels , 1975 conversion to a heavy lift ship, 1980 Tribels , demolition in 2002 in Alang | |
| Aristocleidis | Mitsui / 981 | 7374101 | April 30, 1974 January 20, 1975 |
1975 Trautenfels , 1975 conversion to a heavy lift ship, 1980 Trautenbels , demolition from April 5, 2000 in Alang | |
| Aristotelis | Mitsui / 990 | 7374113 | July 25, 1974 March 26, 1975 |
1975 Freudenfels , 1978/9 conversion to a semi-container ship, 1980 Werra Express , 1984 Werra , 1984 Windward , 2003 Pelayo , 2005 Windward , demolition from November 26, 2008 in Alang | |
literature
- Concord for DDG Hansa . In: Nautilus . Vol. 2, No. 5 , September 1974, p. 255 .
- Prager, Hans Georg: DDG Hansa - From liner service to special shipping . Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft, Herford 1976, ISBN 3-7822-0105-1 .
- Peter Kiehlmann, Holger Patzer: The cargo ships of the DDG Hansa . HM Hauschild, Bremen 2000, ISBN 3-931785-02-5 .