Hörnum (ship, 1919)

The Hörnum was originally built as a minesweeper type minesweeper in 1916 by the German Imperial Navy , but was no longer completed as such. After the end of the First World War, it was completed as a passenger ship and used in the East Prussian sea service .

Construction and technical data

The ship was laid down for the Imperial Navy at the Joh. C. Tecklenborg shipyard in Geestemünde ( Bremerhaven ) during the First World War in 1918 and was given the number M 140 . It was not completed until the end of the war in November 1918, but since construction was already very advanced, it was allowed to continue building. The launch took place on May 15, 1919. The ship was 59.60 m long (over all) and 7.30 m wide and had a draft of 2.15 m . It displaced 533 tons. Two 3-cylinder triple expansion steam engines with a total of 1850 HP and two screws enabled a top speed of 16.0 knots .

history

In June 1919, the still unfinished ship was sold to HAPAG , which had it completed as a passenger ferry and renamed it Hörnum . After its completion, the Hörnum began its service on January 30, 1920 as the first ship of the East Prussian Sea Service with a voyage from Swinoujscie to Pillau . She was soon followed by her sister ship Helgoland , which had also been laid down as a minesweeper M 139 at Joh. C. Tecklenborg in Geestemünde in 1918 .

However, both ships turned out to be unsuitable for the long journey of 15 hours between Swinoujscie and Pillau. They were too small and not very comfortable and could not be used for night trips due to the lack of sleeping cabins. In 1922 the Hörnum was therefore sold to the Liverpool & North Wales Steam Ship Co. in Liverpool , which renamed it St. Elian and used it in coastal traffic on the west coast of England and Wales. In 1928 there was another sale, this time to the Società Anonima Partenopea di Navigazione in Naples , founded in 1925 , which renamed the ship Partenope and used it in traffic to and between the Pontine Islands . After complete renovation and conversion to oil firing, the ship was used from December 5, 1949, under the new name Ischia , between Naples, Procida and Ischia .

In 1972 the very outdated ship was sold to Carmine Luri from Salerno , who converted it into a floating restaurant under the new name Bucaneer . As such, it was in operation until at least 1994.

Web links

Minesweeper 1916, at www.german-navy.de (English)

literature

Erich Gröner: All German warships from 1815 to 1945. (Historische Schiffahrt, Volume 164). Salzwasser Verlag, Bremen 2010, ISBN 978-3-86195-391-3 , p. 132.
Kurt Gerdau : Sea Service East Prussia. Koehler, Herford, 1990

Notes and individual references

↑ The naval service was East Prussia in January 1920 by the Ministry of Transport of the Weimar Republic set up after the First World War to the exclave become province of East Prussia through the Baltic Sea to link to the heartland of the German Reich.
↑ The Helgoland was sold the same year to Norway, where she served as Tönsberg I drove.
↑ ^a ^b ^c S.PA N. Società Partenopea Anonima di Navigazione di Napoli (1925 - 1975) - Ca.Re.Mar. Campania Regionale Marittima (1975). on: naviearmatori.net (ital.)

[1] The naval service was East Prussia in January 1920 by the Ministry of Transport of the Weimar Republic set up after the First World War to the exclave become province of East Prussia through the Baltic Sea to link to the heartland of the German Reich.

[2] The Helgoland was sold the same year to Norway, where she served as Tönsberg I drove.

[parte-3] S.PA N. Società Partenopea Anonima di Navigazione di Napoli (1925 - 1975) - Ca.Re.Mar. Campania Regionale Marittima (1975). on: naviearmatori.net (ital.)