Gustav Prym (ship)

Gustav Prym

Ship data flag  Germany Ship type Passenger ship Launch 1916

Ship dimensions and crew length 12.5 m ( Lüa ) width 3.16 m Draft Max. 0.9 m displacement 11  t

Machine system machine 3-cylinder compound machine Machine performance 25 HP (18 kW) Top speed 7 kn (13 km / h) propeller 1

Transport capacities Permitted number of passengers 12

The steam boat Gustav Prym is a small saloon passenger ship in charter and excursion traffic on Lake Constance.

history

Advertising for the Theodor Hitzler shipyard in Hamburg

The motorboat , approved for 50 passengers , was built in 1916 for the motorboat operation of the Technischen Werke Konstanz . The riveted steel plate fuselage was manufactured in Hamburg at the Theodor Hitzler shipyard . The expansion took place in Bodman . The boat was named after Gustav Prym, a Stolberg industrialist and partner of William Prym GmbH & Co. KG , shortly before his death in December 1916. The city of Konstanz owed him a generous donation for the construction of the Bismarck Tower .

Used in the motorboat operations of the city of Constance

The Gustav Prym was used as a ferry boat to cross the Seerhein in Constance between the powder tower and the indoor swimming pool. Furthermore, it was for trips to the island of Reichenau , Mainau and after Meersburg used. It was used militarily in World War II . Until the end of 1962, it operated regular services in the Bay of Constance from the port of Constance to the Jakob lido. In 1965 it was converted into a fire boat by the Konstanz volunteer fire brigade and instead of the 29 hp petrol engine, it was given a 140 hp diesel engine.

Decommissioning and renovation 1985 to 1997

In 1985 the fireboat was decommissioned. In 1986 the Gustav Prym was saved from scrapping by a community of owners and was completely rebuilt as an excursion boat for 12 people plus crew by 1997. The diesel engine was replaced by a 3-cylinder compound steam engine from 1906 and a newly manufactured water tube boiler with heating oil was installed.

Re-commissioning as a saloon steamship

Gustav Prym at the marina on Seestrasse in Bodman

In 1999 Gustav Prym was granted Lake Constance approval for passenger ships. Since that is Gustav Prym , interrupted by a brief stint in 2004 on Lake Murten , in charters, excursions and traveling, and include not only the Hohentwiel and the first Bodensee-car ferry Konstanz to the popular fleet of classic Bodensee-passenger ships. In 2019 the ship was sold to the Association for the Promotion of Yachtsport Überlingen, in whose glass cellar yard it has been berthed ever since.

See also

• Screw steamer on Lake Constance

Web links

Commons : Gustav Prym (ship, 1916)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Floating history - press release of the city of Konstanz from August 22, 2016 on the 100th anniversary
• The Gustav Prym at Dampfboot.de
• Fact Sheet at olagomio.ch (PDF file, 258 kB)
• The Gustav Prym at Bodenseeschifffahrt.de

Individual evidence

1. ^ Friedrich W. Strub: Captain looks after his oldtimer. In: Südkurier of August 29, 2015, p. 23.
2. ^ Friedrich W. Strub: Captain looks after his oldtimer. In: Südkurier of August 29, 2015, p. 23.
3. ↑ The steamship Gustav Prym leaves Bodman. In: Südkurier. July 30, 2019, accessed February 28, 2020 .