Heinrich Heine (ship, 1991)

**Heinrich Heine**
	The Heinrich Heine in front of Cologne-Deutz
Ship data
flag	Bulgaria
other ship names	Ursula III (until 1993);
Ship type	Cabin passenger ship
Callsign	LZG2223
home port	Rousse
Owner	Giljam River Cruises
Shipping company	WT Cruises
Shipyard	A. Baars AZN, Sliedrecht
Build number	732
building-costs	15 million CHF
Keel laying	March 1, 1990
Launch	November 1, 1990
takeover	April 6, 1991
Commissioning	April 6, 1991
Ship dimensions and crew
length	106.38 m ( Lüa )
width	11.11 m
Draft	Max. 1.47 m
displacement	1221 t
Machine system
machine	3 × Caterpillar 3412 DI-TA, each 463 kW
Machine ; performance	1,489 kW (2,024 hp)
propeller	3 × Aquamaster 49601 ; 1 × Jastram ( bow thruster )
Transport capacities
Permitted number of passengers	110
Others
Registration ; numbers	* Europe no .: 7001564 (1991-2006) ENI 08948008;

The Heinrich Heine is a river cruise ship built in 1990/91 by Giljam River Cruises in Rousse , Bulgaria , which is on the time charter of WT Cruises , Rotterdam via the Stuttgart river tour operator Nicko Tours on Danube , Main . Moselle , Saar and Rhine is used. The ship was from 1991 to 1993 with the name Ursula III for the Triton Reisen AG in Basel and from 1994 to 2007 with the current name for the Cologne-Düsseldorfer and Viking River Cruises .

history

The Heinrich Heine in the Netherlands on the move

The hull of the cabin ship was manufactured in 1990 in two parts at the Baars shipyard in Sliedrecht . The P&A Ruitenberg shipyard in Raamsdonksveer on the Wilhelminakanal welded the fore and aft section together. The hull was then prefabricated again at the Baars shipyard . The keel was laid on March 1st, 1990, the launch on November 1st of the same year. After the completed hull was transferred to the Beatrixhaven in Werkendam by tug , the installation of the propulsion system and the final construction were carried out by the Hoogeendorn company. On March 16, 1991, the ceremonial baptism in the name of Ursula III took place there. The godmother was Birgit Mohler, the wife of the director of a Swiss travel agency. From April 6th to 11th the ship went on maiden voyage from Amsterdam to Basel . In the following years Triton used the Ursula III on the Rhine, Main, Moselle and the Scheldt-Rhine Canal.

In the summer of 1993 Triton-Reisen AG was taken over by the Cologne-Düsseldorf Deutsche Rheinschiffahrt and renamed KD Triton AG . As a result, the ownership of all cabin passenger ships from the parent company was transferred to the new company. With the takeover, the Ursula III's operational area expanded to include the Main and Danube. It received a new coat of paint in KD colors in the winter of 1993/94 and was renamed Heinrich Heine . Ownership of the ship was transferred to the newly founded KD Deutsche Flusskreuzfahrten GmbH in Cologne on March 29, 1996 . When Premicon AG became the main shareholder of Köln-Düsseldorfer on March 9, 2000 , Viking River Cruises took over the company's river cruise business, including all ships used there. Until 2006, the new owner used the Heinrich Heine , which was suitable for the passage of the Main-Danube Canal due to its small dimensions , primarily on the Main and Danube. In 2007 Viking River Cruises sold through the commissioning of more modern ships from the Heinrich Heine , the Alemannia and the Britannia . The Heinrich Heine took over the Bulgarian shipping company Giljam River Cruises . She was subsequently repainted and marketed together with the other two ships by the Stuttgart river tour operator Nicko Tours . The ship management is carried out by the Dutch company WT Cruises . Since then it has been used mainly on the Rhine, Moselle and Saar.

Equipment and technology

Rear view

The Heinrich Heine is a three-deck cabin ship of the 3-star category with 54 double cabins of 12 m² and a comfort cabin with a floor area of 17 m². The cabins are air-conditioned and each equipped with a shower, telephone and TV set. The cabins for the 30-person crew are located in the rear area of the main deck. On the bow side, the galley and the adjoining restaurant were set up on the main deck, and the lounge with integrated bar on the upper deck. In the entrance area on the upper deck there is the reception, an on-board shop, a lounge area and the office of the cruise line. A swimming pool and a wellness area are available to passengers on the lower deck below. The sun deck amidships behind the wheelhouse was furnished with deck chairs and partially covered seating areas. The two lower decks are connected by an elevator.

The ship is propelled by three 12-cylinder diesel engines of the type Caterpillar 3412 DI-TA á 463 kW via three rudder propellers of the type Aquamaster 49601. The bow thruster produced by Jastram has a 200 kW diesel-electric drive of the Caterpillar 3406 type. The ship is 106.38 m long and 11.11 m wide. The maximum draft is given as 1.47 m.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Georg Fischbach: The ships of the Cologne-Düsseldorf 1826-2004 , self-published, Cologne 2004, p 861ff
^ Page of the tour operator Nicko Tours about Heinrich Heine , accessed on May 25, 2011

literature

Georg Fischbach: The ships of the Cologne-Düsseldorfer 1826-2004 , self-published, Marienhausen 2004, ISBN 3-00-016046-9
Stephan Nuding: 175 years of Cologne-Düsseldorf Deutsche Rheinschiffahrt AG , Schardt Oldenburg 2001, ISBN 978-3-8984-1035-9

Web links

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