Friedrichshafen (ship, 1966)

Friedrichshafen

The Friedrichshafen on Lake Constance

Ship data flag  Germany other ship names Rorschach (until 1983) Ship type car ferry home port from 1983: Friedrichshafen , Baden-Württemberg 1966–1983: Romanshorn , Switzerland Owner from 1994: Bodensee-Schiffsbetriebe 1983–1994: Deutsche Bundesbahn (chartered) 1966–1983: Swiss Federal Railways Shipyard Bodan shipyard , Kressbronn on Lake Constance Order 1965 Commissioning 1966 Whereabouts in motion

Ship dimensions and crew length 55.50 m ( Lüa ) width 12.20 m Draft Max. 1.36 m displacement 420.80

Machine system machine 2 × diesel engines from MTU, each 440 kW (600 PS) Machine performance 880 kW (1,196 hp) Top speed 12.4 kn (23 km / h) propeller 2 × Voith-Schneider propellers

Transport capacities Permitted number of passengers 500 Vehicle capacity 44 cars

Car deck of the Lake Constance ferry MS Friedrichshafen

MF Friedrichshafen car deck

The Friedrichshafen motor ferry is a car ferry on the Friedrichshafen – Romanshorn ferry line on Lake Constance . The ship was put into service as Rorschach by the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) in 1966 and from 1983 chartered to the Deutsche Bundesbahn , which renamed the ferry in Friedrichshafen .

history

The Rorschach before the reconstruction of the rail transport, 1976.

The Rorschach was the second motorized ferry of the SBB after the Romanshorn and was commissioned in 1965 from the Bodan shipyard in Kressbronn on Lake Constance . Until the 1970s, it was used for both rail and car traffic.

In 1983, the ferry was first chartered to the German Federal Railroad as a replacement for the decommissioned Schussen , which renamed it Friedrichshafen on March 22, 1983 and relocated to Friedrichshafen on April 1, 1983.

The ferry was converted into a pure car ferry. With the privatization of Deutsche Bahn in 1994, Friedrichshafen became part of the Lake Constance shipping company . She is the largest ship in the BSB.

Nameplate.

In the winter of 2000/2001, the ship was extensively renovated at the shipyards in Fußach and Romanshorn , after the Euregia - in addition to the Romanshorn - was able to use a third ferry to maintain the schedule. Another renovation was carried out in spring 2006. The ferry was provided with a side boarding deck directly on the car deck, which served the increasing use as a passenger scheduled ship and event ship.

technical changes

As a result of the conversion, the displacement increased from 343 t to 420.80 t.

Web links

Commons : Friedrichshafen (Schiff, 1966)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• The MF Friedrichshafen on bodenseeschifffahrt.de
• The MF Friedrichshafen on the side of BSB Charter & Event

Individual evidence

1. ↑ According to other information, 12.24 meters