Friedrichshafen (ship, 1909)
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The Friedrichshafen was a German steamship that operated on Lake Constance from 1909 to 1944 .
history
It was put into service on July 2, 1909 and is considered the sister ship of the Hohentwiel . The builder was the Zurich machine works Escher Wyss & Cie. The ship was designed by the engineers Schätti and Kretzschmar.
The semi-salon construction standardized on Lake Constance was retained, but the Friedrichshafen was designed more modern than the earlier “royal ships”. The chimney was covered with a white jacket and had a cylindrical smoke seal. The wheel arches were adorned with an artistic bronze relief with the initials of the Württemberg royal family on a red background, which was made by the artist Pelargus.
The salon furnishings are entirely in keeping with the German Werkbund concept and were furnished in a functional Art Nouveau style by Professors Bernhard Pankok , Paul Haustein and Rudolf Rochga .
Because of the port conditions in Friedrichshafen , the Royal Württemberg State Railways had not for a long time exceeded a total length of 53 meters for their ships. For the first time, the Friedrichshafen was 55.96 m long. Before the machine was commissioned, the original valve control was replaced by a valve control newly developed by Escher Wyss. With an engine output of 775 hp, the ship reached a speed of 27.5 km / h. In the winter of 1933/34, the Friedrichshafen was converted into a contemporary saloon steamer.
In March 1944, the ship was pulled to the shipyard for an overhaul, which was long overdue, which was the fate of the steamer in the morning hours of April 28th. Between 2.09 a.m. and 2.50 a.m., over 300 four-engine bombers of the Royal Air Force laid the city center of Friedrichshafen to rubble and ashes. The port and the shipyard were also hit. The shipyard and the Friedrichshafen were completely burned down by incendiary bombs . In the front port basin, the steamer Württemberg sank from a close hit on a level keel. After removing all usable parts, the hull of Friedrichshafen was poured with concrete and sunk in suspension in front of the mouth of the Argen .
literature
- Hans-Georg Brunner-Schwer, Karl F. Fritz: History of the large Lake Constance ships. Bodensee-Magazin-Verlag, Konstanz 2000, ISBN 3-935169-00-0 .
- Interest group Bodensee-Schiffahrt: Shipping on Lake Constance. Volume 2: The heyday of steam shipping. Verlag Eisenbahn, Villingen CH 1981, ISBN 3-85649-071-X .