Holland-America Lijn K series
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The “K” series , “K” class , or “K” -dijken were a series of cargo ships of the Holland-America Lijn (HAL). The ship class consisted of six ships of the same type of ship that were built by three different shipyards .
technology
The basic design of the ships with superstructures amidships and the conventional loading gear made of 5/10 tonne light cargo booms and a 40 tonne heavy lift boom did not differ fundamentally from contemporary liner freighters . The ships, around 140 meters long and 18.80 meters wide, had five cargo holds with an intermediate deck. The upper part of hold 3 directly in front of the deckhouse was designed as a refrigerated and freezer hold. The lower part of cargo hold 4 could also be used as a sweet oil tank. The first two ships were given passenger chambers for twelve passengers, the following ships only had the owner's chamber, in which two passengers could be carried. The built-in Werkspoor-Lught KEBS 689/125 nine-cylinder two-stroke main engines with turbochargers developed 7200 hp and allowed a speed of around 16 knots . Two of the ships, whose Werkspoor-Lught were considered to be very maintenance-intensive, were re-motorized in 1968 with Sulzer engines of the RD series. The last ship in the series, the Katsedyk , differed in some details from the rest of the series. Some of the dimensions were a few centimeters larger than the stems, the front edge of their wheelhouse protruded slightly in the area of the loading posts and their heavy lift boom at 60 tons had a higher capacity than the stems. In addition, the ship received a Stork-Hotlo main engine, which also had 7200 hp.
The ships (selection)
| HAL “K” series | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Building name | Shipyard / construction number |
IMO number | delivery | Later names and whereabouts | |
| Kinderdyk | De Schelde / 280 |
5187360 | March 2, 1956 | 1970 Borovnica , delivered to Brodopas in Split on December 30, 1982 for demolition | |
| Kloosterdyk | J. Smit / - |
5190197 | March 5, 1957 | 1970 Brezice , 1982 Mazoa VII , in January 1983 at position 30 ° 13.30 'N; 088 ° 58.30 'W stranded and floated again, 1983 Utila Princess , arrived at Goldwils in Brownsville on January 25, 1986 for demolition | |
| Kerkedyk | Flender / 486 |
5185726 | April 9, 1958 | Fog collision on October 28, 1966 on the Delaware River with the tanker Johs Stove , 1970 Branik , arrival for demolition on December 30, 1982 at Brodopas in Split | |
| Kamperdyk | Flender / 499 |
5180879 | March 26, 1959 | 1968 at De Schelde with a new six-cylinder Sulzer engine, 1972 Volta Peace , 1977 Adom , 1980 Remco , arrived in Santander on April 27, 1986 for demolition | |
| Korendyk | Flender / 508 |
5193735 | October 22, 1959 | 1968 De Schelde reengineered with six-cylinder Sulzer, 1972 Volta Wisdom , 1977 Odupon , 1980 Ferial , delivered to Gijón on July 4, 1986 for scrapping | |
| Katsedyk | Gusto / 210 |
5183871 | December 1961 | 1973 Tjonger , 1980 Maria J. Lemos , 1981 Alexander's Mind , caught fire on November 25, 1981 in Drapetsona and put on the beach in Perama, canceled from June 2, 1982 in Eleusis | |
| Data: Lloyd's Register of Shipping | |||||
literature
- The Holland-America Liner "Kinderdyk" - First of three 16-knot 7,200-ton dw cargo liners with 7,200-bhp Turbocharged Werkspoor-Lugt Machinery. In: The Motor Ship . Vol. 37, No. 434 . Temple Press, London July 1956, pp. 140-142 .
- Zuidhoek, Arne: Onze mooiste Koopvaardijschepen 1945-1970 . Uitgeverij de Alk, Alkmaar 1991, ISBN 90-6013-986-0 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lloyd's Register of Shipping, London (various years)