Finow class

Finow class

Olm (2013 on the Elbe-Havel Canal)

Ship data Ship type Push boat Shipyard * VEB Yachtwerft Berlin VEB shipyard Genthin VEB Shipyard Zehdenick Construction period 1961 to 1989 Units built 110 Cruising areas Inland waterways

Ship dimensions and crew length 10.50–11.00 m ( Lüa ) width 5.10-5.30 m Side height 1.50 m Draft Max. 1.15 m displacement 39.4 t   crew 2

Machine system machine 1 × SKL 6VD 14.5 / 12-1 / 2 SRW Machine performance 79 kW (project 1367) 103 kW (project 1369) Top speed 6.5 kn (12 km / h) propeller 1 × rudder propeller

Remarks Bollard pull 11.8 kN

The Finow-Class is a push boat type of the GDR - inland waterways , considered Finow slipcase (Project 1367) and Finowbugsierer developed (Project 1369), has been constructed. The majority of the 110 boats built are still in use today.

Design and construction

The hull is made in the shape of a pontoon and divided into three watertight compartments by two bulkheads : engine room , crew room and forepeak . The deck structure is in place.

The push boats are powered by a marine diesel engine of the type SKL 6 VD14.5 / 12-1 with 73 kW (project 1367) or the type 6 VD14.5 / 12-2 with 103 kW (project 1369), each of which has a rudder propeller ( GDR technical language : Z-drive ) works. The speed reached is 9  km / h in overrun mode and 12 km / h when driving alone. Some of the boats still in service have been equipped with new engines.

The push boats were built at the shipyards in Zehdenick (3 boats in the period 1961–1965), Genthin (9 boats in the period 1962–1988) and at VEB Yachtwerft Berlin (98 boats in the period 1970–1989).

commitment

The push boats were used by VEB Binnenreederei Berlin, VEB Wasserstraßenbau, the waterway authorities and other state- owned companies and institutions for maneuvering and pushing vehicles without their own drive .

Eleven units were exported: in 1974 five boats to Vietnam , 1987 one boat to West Berlin and 1989 five boats to Czechoslovakia .

Since the reunification of Germany , the push boats have been used as tugboats by shipping companies , hydraulic engineering companies and the waterways and shipping authorities .

technology

Z-drive disengaged

The drive system, known in the GDR as the Z-drive , was developed in 1956 by the Göbel and Preller company from Dresden. The engine power is transmitted to the propeller in the Kort nozzle via cardan shafts and helical bevel gears . The Kort nozzle can be rotated 360 degrees.

See also

• List of ships of the waterways and shipping authorities

literature

• Hans-Wilhelm Dünner, Horst-Christian Knoll: 50 years of the German inland shipping company. ISBN 3-7822-0757-2 .

Web links

Commons : Finow class  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Commons : Sterndrive (Inland Shipping)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• GDR inland shipping - history and whereabouts

Individual evidence

1. ↑ General plan. Retrieved November 15, 2016 . 
2. ↑ Building description. Retrieved November 15, 2016 . 
3. ^ Hans-Wilhelm Dünner, Horst-Christian Knoll: 50 years of the German inland shipping company. Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft , 1999, p. 66.