Germania III
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The Germania III is the third of six sailing yachts that were built for the Krupp family .
History of Germania III
The yacht was built in 1935 based on a design by Henry Rasmussen at the Abeking & Rasmussen shipyard in Lemwerder on the Weser near Bremen as an 8mR racing yacht (construction number 2974). The designation "8mR" means 8 meters and says nothing about the length of the boat, but rather describes the boat class (also as a class symbol in the mainsail ). 8mR yachts are a construction class . In order to remain comparable, the boats are built in a certain meter class to be adhered to, within which - unlike the standard classes - the most varied of constructions are possible.
Olympic Games 1936
The Germania III represented Germany at the sailing competitions of the 1936 Summer Olympics in Kiel and ersegelte with her team consisting of Hans Howaldt ( helmsman ), Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach , Felix Scheder-Bieschin , Eduard Mohr , Otto wax and Fritz Bischoff bronze . The competition during the Olympic sailing competitions in the 8mR class was tough and even exasperated. The races were marked by many protests by the teams against each other and by referees who paid more attention to the formalities of the submission of protests than to insisting on the fairness of the facts. The confidence of the sailors in the impartiality of the referees was badly shaken.
| nation | Yacht name | Construction year | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4th | 5. | 6th | 7th | total |
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 Italy
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Italia | 1935 | 9 | 6th | 5 | 10 | 8th | 8th | 8th | 55 |
 Norway
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Silja | 1931 | 8th | 10 | 9 | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 53 |
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Germania III | 1935 | 5 | 9 | 7th | 7th | 10 | 10 | 5 | 53 |
 Sweden
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Ilderim | 1936 | 10 | 8th | 10 | 8th | 5 | 0 | 10 | 51 |
 Finland
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Cheerio | 1929 | 6th | 5 | 8th | 4th | 7th | 0 | 7th | 37 |
 United Kingdom
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Saskia | 1931 | 7th | 7th | 6th | 6th | 2 | 6th | 2 | 36 |
 Argentina
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Matrero II | 1935 | 3 | 4th | 4th | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4th | 25th |
 Denmark
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Anitra | 1930 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 22nd |
 France
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Ea II | 1936 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4th | 9 | 3 | 21st |
 United States
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Angelita | 1930 | 4th | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6th | 20th |
Germania III and the Norwegian Silja , designed by Johan Anker , were tied in second place after seven races and had to compete for the jump-off. Silja won the jump-off and the silver medal.
Remaining after 1936
The Germania III was sold by Krupp in 1940 for 15,000 marks to the Berlin sailor Miethe, who sold the yacht to Hamburg after a year . Here she sailed under the name Jamo owned by the sailmakers Janssen and Mordhorst and survived the bombing raids on Hamburg during the Second World War . After the war, Jonny Wegener, senior manager of the Wegener shipyard in Altenwerder, bought the yacht and gave it the old name Germania III . This naming was not right for Krupp, but could not be prevented by him. In 1949 and 1951 the yacht successfully took part in the regattas for the “Blue Ribbon of the Lower Elbe ”. The next owner was the Hamburg sailor Kurt Wagner, who carried the name cult with the ship so far that one only drank Germania beer on board . Then it came into the hands of the Frankfurt lawyer Heinz Wagener. After his death in 1965, it was on Lake Constance , where it was discovered by the Duisburg entrepreneur and passionate classic car sailor Bernhard Kolbe, who meticulously restored it. In 1990 it was restored to its original condition at the Wegener shipyard in Wedel / Holstein. Today, the Germania III, converted into a touring ship, sails on the Kiel Fjord and lies in the old Olympic harbor of the sailing competitions of 1936, in which the Germania VI is also berthed.
In 1998 Germania III became world champion in the 8mR class.
Yachts with the name Germania
- Germania , 1908, Krupp Germania shipyard
- Germania II , 1934, A&R , 8mR yacht hull number 2856
- Germania III , 1935, A&R, 8mR yacht hull number 2974
- Germania IV , 1939, A&R, 8mR yacht hull number 3340
- Germania V , 1955, A&R, 13 KR-Yacht hull number 5025
- Germania VI , 1963, A&R, 16 KR-Yacht hull number 5895
literature
- Svante Domizlaff, Alexander Rost: Germania - The yachts of the house of Krupp . Delius-Klasing, 2007, ISBN 978-3-7688-1840-7
- Hella Peperkorn: Germania IV - The sailing legend awakes from a long slumber . In: Klassiker Heft 1, 2007, pp. 10–16.
- Alexander Rost: Under the red griffin . In: Die Zeit , No. 32/1967
Web links
- Photo: Germania III (Photographer: Kai Greiser)
- Website 8mR Association (Engl.)
- Website A&R shipyard
Individual evidence
- ↑ yacht classic , issue 1, 2007, p. 78
- ^ Svante Domizlaff, Alexander Rost: Germania - The yachts of the house of Krupp . P. 188f
- ↑ formerly the German yacht Vaterland
- ↑ Svante Domizlaff, Alexander Rost: Germania - Die Yachten des Haus Krupp , p. 191
- ↑ Svante Domizlaff, Alexander Rost: Germania - Die Yachten des Haus Krupp , p. 204ff
- ↑ What became of the "Germania" yachts . In: Hamburger Abendblatt , January 28, 2007
- ↑ Svante Domizlaff, Alexander Rost: Germania - Die Yachten des Haus Krupp , p. 205