Hanseat (ship, 1899)
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The three-masted gaff schooner Hanseat was a Danish sailing ship which later sailed under the German flag. The sailing training ship Hanseat sailed for the Reichsverband Kraft durch Freude from autumn 1935 . Together with the sailing ships Edith and Jutta , they were the largest schooners in the fleet.
Name of the ship
The Hanseat had different names due to its past. The first name of the ship was Olga . Between 1899 and 1922 the ship was called Taucher I for some time . When the ship was in Hamburg's hands from 1922, it was renamed Nix , then it was called Edith for short , until it was christened Lütt in 1925 . After the ship was refurbished , it was called Jela IV in 1932 , until it was given its last name in 1936.
history
In 1899 the schooner was built near Svendborg in Denmark, in J. Ring-Andersen Skibsværft . Until the First World War , the ship served as a trade and transport ship between the Scandinavian ports and sailed under the Danish flag. During the First World War, the ship was picked up by a warship of the Imperial Navy . This was used by the future Hanseatic league as a diving vehicle and for teaching purposes. After the war, the ship, under changing names (see above), also belonged to changing owners, first from Hamburg, then from Stettin. In 1935 it was converted to the 3-masted gaff schooner Jela IV .
History 1936 to 1941
The Nazi organization “ Kraft durch Freude ” still needed sailors for trips to Denmark , Sweden or Norway . They bought the ship, equipped it with an auxiliary engine and used it under the name Hanseat for sailing trips that went as far as the Scandinavian countries. Under the guidance of the seafarers, the tourists had to carry out work on deck, hoist the sails and even keep the ship under control. The home port of the Hanseatic League was now Neustadt in Holstein . Together with the two sister ships Edith and Jutta , they formed the sailing fleet of the Reichsverband KDF.The Hanseat was the largest sailor in the entire fleet.
The trips were very popular until the outbreak of war. When the Second World War broke out in 1939 , it was quiet about the travel agency's vacation trips. Shortly before the start of the war, the Hanseat was chartered by the Reich Aviation Ministry , but a little later it was completely confiscated and used as a training ship. From now on it fulfilled training tasks for the air force.
loss
The last voyage of the Hanseat ended on September 15, 1941 before Binz . The schooner ran aground there when it got caught in a strong storm and was a total loss. When the storm subsided and the seas calmed down, the equipment was recovered and the wreck made available to the local service. In 1942 the masts were dismantled and the hull was blown up.
Wreckage
The wreck of the Hanseat is still in front of Binz today. The wreck, which had fallen into oblivion, was found through the “Baltic Sea Documentation Project” campaign by archaeomare eV and Greenpeace Germany. The remaining parts of the ship lie at a depth of one to two meters.
literature
- Müller / Kramer: "Sunk and Lost", Herford 1994
- Rügensche Zeitung: "With full sails into the fourth year", Putbus 1936.
- Ortschronik Binz
- Rügen newspaper