Gustav Meyer (ship)

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Gustav Meyer
Gustav Meyer in the Emden outer harbor (2014)
Gustav Meyer in the Emden outer harbor (2014)
Ship data
flag GermanyGermany (official flag) Germany
Ship type Buoy laying ship and gas protection ship
Callsign DBPT
home port Emden
Owner BMVI
Shipyard Jadewerft , Wilhelmshaven
Build number 103
Launch August 1, 1966
Ship dimensions and crew
length
48.89 m ( Lüa )
45.25 m ( Lpp )
width 9.50 m
Draft Max. 3.58 m
measurement 494 GT 148 NRZ
 
crew 16
Machine system
machine 2 KHD SBA 8M528 diesel engines
Machine
performanceTemplate: Infobox ship / maintenance / service format 		1,104 kW (1,501 PS)
Top
speed 		14 kn (26 km / h)
propeller 1 variable pitch propeller
Furnishing
Maneuvering aids

Bow thruster , active rudder

Working crane

1 with 10 t SWL

Working deck

153 m²

Others
Classifications DNV GL
Registration
numbers 		IMO 6619425

The Gustav Meyer is a German buoy laying vessel that is designed as a gas protection ship and can therefore also operate in dangerous outside air. The ship is owned by the Federal Republic of Germany, represented by the Federal Ministry for Transport, Building and Urban Development (BMVBS). Bereedert is the Gustav Meyer from the fairway and Schifffahrtsamt Emden (WSA Emden).

The Gustav Meyer was built in 1966/67 at the Jadewerft in Wilhelmshaven ( hull number 103). The keel was laid on January 15, 1966, the launch in August 1966. The ship was completed in January 1967.

The ship is powered by two four-stroke diesel engines from Klöckner-Humboldt-Deutz AG, each with an output of 552 kW, which act on a controllable pitch propeller . The ship can reach a top speed of 14 knots. The ship also has a bow thruster with a controllable pitch propeller and an active rudder.

The Gustav Meyer is used as a buoy laying boat for laying out and retrieving floating sea marks. In addition, it performs surveillance and shipping police tasks. After the ship was rebuilt in 1992 at the Schichau Seebeck shipyard in Bremerhaven and equipped with a fire extinguishing system and an NBC- compatible protective air system, the ship can also be used in fires and as a gas protection ship to combat pollutants.

The Gustav Meyer is deployed on the Ems and its estuary. The ship's berth is in the Emden outer harbor.

Namesake of the ship

Gustav Meyer was born in Bremervörde in 1868 . After completing his training, he initially worked for the then hydraulic engineering authorities in Emden, Husum and Geestemünde for several years before he was entrusted with the construction of the new locks as part of the first expansion of the Kiel Canal from 1907 to 1914 . After graduating, he was transferred to Berlin in 1914, where he took over the management of the navigation system as a consultant. During his time in Berlin he was appointed a secret senior building officer and later a ministerial advisor. Even after his retirement in 1933, he was still active as an expert in international committees and in 1934 received the title of Dr.-Ing. honorary. At the age of 85, shortly before his death, he became an honorary citizen of Brunsbüttelkoog in recognition of his achievements in building the new locks on the Kiel Canal.

Sister ships

Three more buoy layers of this type were built at the Jadewerft and Norderwerft :

Web links

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