Friedrich August (ship, 1846)

Friedrich August

Ship data flag  Saxony Ship type Paddle steamer home port Dresden Owner United Saxon-Bohemian Steamship Shipyard Machine factory Buckau of the United Magdeburg Shipping Compagnie Launch 1846 Commissioning 1846 Whereabouts cancellation

Ship dimensions and crew length 42.52 m ( Lüa ) width 4.72 m Draft Max. 0.56 m

Machine system machine Flame tube suitcase boiler 2-cylinder twin machine Machine performance 120 hp (88 kW) propeller 2 side wheels

Transport capacities Permitted number of passengers maximum 500

The paddle steamer Friedrich August was built in the Buckau machine factory in Magdeburg in 1846 . The ship was laid with the hull number 22 on the keel . It was named after King Friedrich August II of Saxony .

The time until 1854

After commissioning as a smooth-deck steamer in June 1846, the wooden ship sailed for the Royal Privileged Saxon Steamship Company , which was converted into the United Saxon-Bohemian Steamship in April 1849 . It was used on the Dresden- Leitmeritz line .

After only 8 years in service, the ship was scrapped in the fall of 1854. The successor ship Friedrich August (II) received the steam engine .

The steam engine

The steam engine, like the flame tube suitcase boiler, comes from the Buckau machine factory. The machine was a low-pressure, two-cylinder, twin-cylinder, oscillating steam engine with injection condensation.

literature

• Hans Rindt: The Weisse Flotte Dresden . Deutsches Schiffahrtsarchiv 3, pp. 69–114.

Web links

• List of paddle steamers of the Saxon-Bohemian Steamship Company