Hermann Wattenberg (ship)

Hermann Wattenberg

Ship data flag  Germany other ship names South fall Ship type Research ship Shipyard Ernst Burmester, Swinoujscie Launch 1944 Whereabouts Stranded as Caribic in the Weser estuary on June 5, 2004 ; given up.

Ship dimensions and crew length 24.50 m ( Lüa ) 21.40 m ( Lpp ) width 6.40 m Draft Max. 2.55 m measurement 83 GRT   crew 4th

Machine system machine 1 × diesel engine Top speed 9 kn (17 km / h) propeller 1 × propeller

Transport capacities Permitted number of passengers 6 + 2 scientists

The Hermann Wattenberg was a research cutter from the University of Kiel .

history

In the foreground the Südfall . On the left the Kiel signal tower (1952), which was demolished in 1958.

The ship was built in 1944 at the Ernst Burmester shipyard in Swinoujscie as a war fishing cutter Südfall with the registration code KFK 491. It was placed under the command of the Navy and used as a sounding boat. In January 1946, the ship was assigned to the surveying association Kiel and Hamburg and initially subordinated to the German Hydrographic Institute (DHI). In the same year, the Howaldtswerke in Kiel converted it into a research ship and in August of that year it was transferred to the Institute for Oceanography (IfM) at the University of Kiel, which required a research vehicle. The ship was used by the Institute for Oceanography for research trips in the western Baltic Sea and the German Bight .

In May 1958 the ship was renamed in Hermann Wattenberg (after the former director of the Institute for Oceanography of the University of Kiel). From 1973 it was used by the Institute for Marine Biology at the University of Kiel.

Technical data and equipment

The vessel was of a Modag - diesel engine (type SRB 55) with 150  hp power driven. It reached a speed of 9.5  knots . The power supply was ensured by a two - cylinder four-stroke diesel engine from the manufacturer Deutz with 25 hp and a three-phase generator from Siemens-Schuckertwerke with 20.6  kVA apparent power . The main engine was later replaced by an eight-cylinder diesel engine from Deutz with an output of 170  kW .

The ship had four decks . In the lower deck there were various cargo and stowage spaces, the engine and steering room, as well as bunker and water tanks. The galley was located in the foredeck area , behind it there were two chambers for a total of three crew members . In the midship area were u. a. two chambers for a total of six scientists.

The deckhouse , which was newly built during a renovation in 1955, was located in the stern area . There was a 20 m² laboratory with six workstations on the main deck . There were also two sofa beds that could also be used by fellow scientists. Above the laboratory was the bridge deck with the wheelhouse and the captain's chamber, and above the wheelhouse was the observation deck . In front of the deckhouse was the open working deck on the main deck, on which a loading boom with a 1 t load capacity was available on a mast .

Whereabouts of the ship

In 1978 the ship was sold and came into private ownership. It was first used in the Mediterranean , later as a deep-sea fishing vessel in the North and Baltic Seas. Since 1989 the ship has been called Caribic .

On June 5, 2004, the ship ran aground in the Outer Weser south-east of the “ Roter Sand ” lighthouse and had to be abandoned.

The ship's successor at Kiel University was the Südfall .

literature

• The Institute for Oceanography of the University of Kiel after its reconstruction , In: G. Wüst (Ed.): Kieler Meeresforschungen , Volume XIII, Issue 2, 1956, pp. 142–147 ( PDF file; approx. 7 MB )
• Johannes Ulrich, Gerhard Kortum: The research cutter "Hermann Wattenberg" (ex "Südfall"): Basis of research and teaching at the Institute for Oceanography in Kiel 1946–1976 . In: Historisch-meereskundliches Jahrbuch , Volume 12, 2006. pp. 65–80
• Hans Ohl: FK "Hermann Wattenberg" ex "Südfall": memories of 30 years of work for Kiel marine research. Kiel, 1976

Web links

Commons : Hermann Wattenberg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Photo by Hermann Wattenberg

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} history ( memento of November 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive ), MS Caribic.
2. ^ Gerd Wegner: German research vessels and their names , Deutsches Seeschiffsarchiv 24, p. 229 (PDF, 3.9 MB). Retrieved April 16, 2018.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Johannes Ulrich, Gerhard Kortum: The research cutter “Hermann Wattenberg” (ex: “Südfall”) , German Maritime Museum , Historisch-meereskundliches Jahrbuch, Volume 12, 2006 (PDF, 64.3 kB). Retrieved April 16, 2018.
4. ↑ Technical data ( Memento from November 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive ), MS Caribic.
5. ↑ The end of a dream. ( Memento of April 9, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF, 147 kB).