Imperator (ship, 1886)

**Emperor**
	Imperator; oil painting by Basi Ivancovich (1888)
Ship data
flag	Austria-Hungary
Ship type	Passenger ship
home port	Trieste
Shipping company	Austrian Lloyd
Shipyard	Lloydarsenal (Trieste) ; Arsenale Lloyd (Trieste, ital.)
Build number	40
Launch	September 27, 1886
Commissioning	1886
Whereabouts	Demolition in 1909, Trieste
Ship dimensions and crew
length	117 m ( Lüa )
width	13 m
Draft	Max. 7.3 m
displacement	4140 t
crew	120
Machine system
machine	Four cylinder triple expansion steam engine
Machine ; performance	4,000 PS (2,942 kW)
Top ; speed	15 kn (28 km / h)
Transport capacities
Permitted number of passengers	113

Dates of the "Imperator" ( Almanacco di personale di cuccina e camere ) del'Lloyd (1898), p. 38

The Imperator was a passenger ship of Austrian Lloyd put into service in 1886 for the transport of passengers and cargo on the East Asia route . In 1909 the ship was scrapped . Its sister ship was the Imperatrix, put into service in 1888 and stranded in 1907 .

Construction and commissioning at Österreichischer Lloyd

Consisting of steel -built three-masted steamship Emperor , which after the title of Austrian Emperor with his consent baptized had expired on September 27, 1886 on the company's own shipyard, Lloyd Arsenal in Trieste, from the stack . The launch turned out to be a folk festival and was the prelude to the celebrations on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Steamship Company, the 2nd section of the Austrian Lloyd. After the launch, a ceremony took place in the atrium of the Lloyd Palace, at which the company's oldest official, the ship's designer JB von Tonello, read the deed of dedication in the presence of the administrative director, Baron Mopurgo. The ship was registered in the Lloyd's Register of Shipping (1889-1890) under the number "I-53". It was named after the paddle steamer Imperatore , launched in 1843 at Lloyd, with only 160 hp.

Technical data and equipment

machinery

The Imperator , measured at 4,140 GRT , was the first Lloyd ship to have a four-cylinder steam engine with triple expansion . With its engine output of 4,000 hp , the ship was able to reach a speed of 15 knots instead of the 11 to 14 knots that were common at the time. The boiler room and engine room were located amidships above the keel between the holds .

The ship was modernly equipped, u. a. were on board: "a machine for making ice , several steam pumps, a steam distillator, four steam cranes, a steam spill , system Emerson & Walker, for lifting the anchor and an automatic stowage apparatus system Baxtler" as well as electrical lighting.

Rigging

The ship was a three-masted schooner rigged, with only the foremast over square sail and an additional Gaffelsegel disposal. Mainmast and mizzenmast were only manned with gaff sails and topsails .

Passenger accommodation

The Imperator had 89 beds in 1st class on the main deck . These cabins were aft and amidships . There were only 24 beds in 2nd class. These cabins were on the port and starboard sides between those of the 1st class and the forecastle . For the passengers, there were two dining rooms, separated by class, on the main deck and smoking rooms on the upper deck .

literature

Author collective: The Lloyd in Trieste yesterday - today - tomorrow. From Austrian Lloyd to Lloyd Triestino . Lloyd Triestino di Navigazione, Trieste 1987
Miroslav Hubert: Do světa s parníky Rakouského Lloydu . Mare-Czech, Praha 2010 ( Out into the world with steamers from Österreichischer Lloyd )
Lloyd triestino: Dall'Adriatico al mondo. mostro del centocinquantenario. Lloyd triestino di navigazione, Trieste 1986 (ital.)
Horst Friedrich Mayer, Dieter Winkler: Austria - the Austro-Hungarian merchant navy - was in all ports . Edition S, Verlag der Österreichische Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1987, ISBN 3-7046-0079-2
Publizistisches Bureau des Österreichischer Lloyd (ed.): Seventy-five Years of Austrian Lloyd 1836–1911 . Austrian Lloyd, Trieste 1911
Oskar Stark: A Sunken World: The History of Österreichischer Lloyd, voyages and the end of its 62 ships . RM Rohrer, Vienna and Wiesbaden 1959

Notes, individual references

↑ The painting is by an artist who painted larger sailing and steam ships and who lived in Trieste and Dubrovnik . Basi Ivancovich was not only a marine painter, but also a trained ship captain and was therefore able to bring his professional experience to the picture of ships. - After the Internet link Fine Art Emporium . See also the compilation of marine painters by Karsten Buchholz: Ship Portrait Artists . Buchholz Art Information Systems (BAIS), Hamburg 1997 (English). The illustration was taken from the book of Lloyd triestino Dall'Adriatico al mondo. mostro del centocinquantenario . Trieste 1986, p. 99.
↑ ^a ^b ^c Seventy-five years of Austrian Lloyd 1836–1911 . Österreichischer Lloyd, Triest 1911, p. 85 ff. With technical information, side elevation, longitudinal section and deck plan.
^ Entry on the website of the Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1889–1890 ( online ).
^ ^A ^b Almanacco per il Personale di Camera e Cucina addetto al servizio del Lloyd Austriaco , Tip. Morterra & C., Trieste 1898, p. 39 ( Flotta del Lloyd Austriaco )

[1] The painting is by an artist who painted larger sailing and steam ships and who lived in Trieste and Dubrovnik . Basi Ivancovich was not only a marine painter, but also a trained ship captain and was therefore able to bring his professional experience to the picture of ships. - After the Internet link Fine Art Emporium . See also the compilation of marine painters by Karsten Buchholz: Ship Portrait Artists . Buchholz Art Information Systems (BAIS), Hamburg 1997 (English). The illustration was taken from the book of Lloyd triestino Dall'Adriatico al mondo. mostro del centocinquantenario . Trieste 1986, p. 99.

[Fünfundsiebzig_Jahre_Lloyd-2] Seventy-five years of Austrian Lloyd 1836–1911 . Österreichischer Lloyd, Triest 1911, p. 85 ff. With technical information, side elevation, longitudinal section and deck plan.

[3] Entry on the website of the Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1889–1890 ( online ).

[Almanacco_1889-4] A ^b Almanacco per il Personale di Camera e Cucina addetto al servizio del Lloyd Austriaco , Tip. Morterra & C., Trieste 1898, p. 39 ( Flotta del Lloyd Austriaco )