Freya (ship, 1905)
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The steamship Freya is a steel side wheel steamer built in 1905 with tall wooden superstructures left in natural colors, which was originally at home on the Scheldt and is now mainly used as a passenger ship on tours of the Kiel Canal. Kiel has been his new home port since 2005.
history
On April 21, 1905, the Freya with hull number 514 was launched under the name Westerschelde at the J. & K. Smid shipyard in Kinderdijk for the Provincial Stoomboot services . Their areas of operation were the Scheldt and there the traffic to the islands of Zeeland . From 1907 the ship was used as a royal yacht for Queen Wilhelmina (1890-1948) on the Dutch inland waters.
In November 1933 it was sold to the F. De Clerk shipyard in Terneuzen , which passed it on to PJ Zwaans in 1935. The new owner used the ship as a diesel bunker ship under the name De Zwaan . From 1965 the De Zwaan served the new owners, the Schless brothers, as a floating shop and petrol station for boatmen until it was sold to Clemens Key in Rotterdam in 1988 for scrapping. But that didn't happen, De Zwaan was renamed De Nederlander in 1990 and renovated. After the renovation, the ship was used for exclusive charter trips in the port of Rotterdam .
In 1999 the shipping company Sven Paulsen , Westerland , bought the paddle steamer and gave the ship its current name. The new name of the ship should be reminiscent of the former steam ships Freya and Frisia , which supplied the island of Sylt until 1927 until the Hindenburg dam was built. The home port was initially List on Sylt . From November 2000 the Freya was stationed in Kiel and used for tours. On the occasion of the hundredth birthday on April 21, 2005, Kiel became the new home port. From here she is used as a passenger ship for day trips, mostly on the Kiel Canal .
Accidents
- On May 2, 1907, the ship ran up as the Westerschelde with passengers on board in the fog. There were no injuries, but the ship cannot be towed free until four days later.
- Part of the stern was damaged in 1930.
particularities
During the Second World War , De Zwaan also served as a hiding place for Jews in hiding in 1944 .
technical description
What is striking about today's appearance are the largely wooden superstructures, the one and a half closed decks and a gold-plated bow ornament.
The chimney located amidships has blue-white-red rings, including the Kiel coat of arms. The ship's name is located in the center of the wheel arches with nine radial cutouts and eight windows. The Freya is powered by a 2-cylinder compound steam engine that can accelerate the ship to 8.5 knots with an output of 140 PSi . Alternatively, the ship can also be powered by a 400 HP diesel engine via a propeller.
A salon is located inside the ship for entertaining the guests, the specialty of which is a so-called "buffet lift ": The buffet and the staff are brought up from the galley on the lower deck.
