Indic (ship type)

Type Indic series Karl Marx / Vishva Aditya

The Karl Marx in the Rostock overseas port

Ship data Ship type Fast freighter draft VEB Warnowwerft, Warnemünde Shipyard VEB Warnowwerft, Warnemünde Construction period 1971 to 1975 Units built 8th

Ship dimensions and crew length 166.40 m ( Lüa ) 156.67 m / 156.00 m ( Lpp ) width 23.00 m Draft Max. 9.57 m (8.67 m) m measurement 11.023 BRT / 6453 NRT - full deck (7606 BRT / 4319 NRT - free deck )   crew 28 (More on the ships for India)

Machine system machine 1 × Sulzer 7 RND 90 diesel engine on 1 × fixed propeller Machine performance 14,391 kW (19,566 hp) Top speed 22.0 kn (41 km / h)

Transport capacities Load capacity 12,640 tonnes (10,320 t) dwt

The Quick freighter -series Indian Ocean , even series Karl Marx / Vishva Aditya called, is a multi-purpose cargo vessel type of Warnow Werft .

history

The series was produced in eight units from 1971 to 1975. The ships were intended primarily for the combined transport of general cargo and containers, heavy cargo and industrial equipment, refrigerated cargo, sweet oil, but also bulk cargo.

The first two units were built for the Deutsche Seereederei .

• The first ship and namesake of the series was the Karl Marx with hull number 131 , which was handed over on October 28, 1971. The Karl Marx was operated by DSR until 1990 and was demolished in Bombay on August 8, 1990 .
• The second ship of the series was the Friedrich Engels, handed over on October 28, 1971, with hull number 132. The Friedrich Engels was operated by DSR until 1990 and was demolished in Bombay on January 8, 1991 .

The other six ships in the series were delivered to the Shipping Corporation of India .

• The first ship for India was the Vishva Aditya launched on April 30, 1973 with hull number 431 . The ship was operated by the Shipping Corporation of India until 1990 and was abandoned in Alang on January 9, 1990 .
• The second ship for India was the Vishva Amitabh launched on September 13, 1973 with hull number 432 . The ship was operated by the Shipping Corporation of India until 1989 and was abandoned in Alang on December 15, 1989 .
• The third ship for India was the Vishva Apurva, launched on May 10, 1974 with hull number 433 . The vessel was operated until 1987 by the Shipping Corporation of India and dropped on August 6, 1987, after a collision in the position 23 ° 30 '  N , 36 ° 39'  O .
• The fourth ship for India was the Vishva Anurag with hull number 434 on November 4, 1974 . The ship was operated until 1987 by the Shipping Corporation of India and sank on 14 January 1987 at the position 31 ° 39 '30 "  N , 130 ° 7' 2"  O .
• The fifth ship for India was the Vishva Ambar launched on January 31, 1975 with hull number 435 . The ship was operated by the Shipping Corporation of India until 1992 and suffered total economic loss when it ran aground on November 26, 1992 off Aino Shima , Shimonoseki . It was then taken to Shanghai and scrapped on June 30, 1993.
• The last ship of the series was the Vishva Ajay launched on April 30, 1975 with hull number 436 . The ship was handed over to the Shipping Corporation of India on September 23, 1975 and operated by them until 1994. On December 2, 1994, the scrapping of the Vishva Ajay began in Bombay .

What was noticeable for all ships of the Indic series that were not lost in marine casualties was the short service life of sometimes well under twenty years. This relatively short operating time was also observed in the majority of other types of fast freighters from the same era.

technology

The ships, until then the fastest newbuildings in a GDR shipyard, were propelled by a 14,931 kW 7-cylinder two-stroke diesel engine of the type 7 RND 90 from the manufacturer Sulzer , which acted directly on a fixed propeller. Due to the increased speed, the travel time from Rostock to East Asia was shortened by one week. The range of action was 16,000 nautical miles . The automated machinery was set up for 24-hour guard-free and remote-controlled operation from the bridge. The ships were equipped with a bow thruster .

The hulls with a bulbous bow and transom were joined together in a sectional construction.

The six cargo holds with a volume of 19,363 m³ grain space and 17,513 m³ bale space had two intermediate decks. The 22 m long hold IV was set up for large packages such as locomotives and industrial plants. Cargo holds III and IV had side loading ports on starboard. 260 containers (also in two layers on the upper deck), 399 m³ of refrigerated cargo and 306 m³ of sweet oil could be transported.

The loading gear consisted of an 8-tonne single crane, two 8-tonne double cranes, two 5-tonne loading cranes ( luffing cranes ) and a swiveling 120-tonne heavy lift boom . Automatic mooring winches were used on deck. The ships of the Shipping Corporation of India received conventional cargo booms instead of cranes.

See also

• Serial ship
• List of ship types

literature

• Manfred Neumann, Dietrich Strobel: From the cutter to the container ship . Ships from GDR shipyards in text and images. 1st edition. VEB Verlag Technik, Berlin 1981.
• Author collective: German shipping companies Volume 23 . VEB German shipping company Rostock. Gert Uwe Detlefsen, ISBN 3-928473-81-6 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Karl Marx on Miramar Ship Index (English)  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ The Friedrich Engels on Miramar Ship Index (English)  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ The Vishva Aditya on Miramar Ship Index (English)  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ The Vishva Amitabh on Miramar Ship Index (English)  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ The Vishva Apurva on Miramar Ship Index (English)  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ↑ The Vishva Anurag on Miramar Ship Index (English)  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
7. ↑ The Vishva Ambar on Miramar Ship Index (English)  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
8. ↑ The Vishva Ajay on Miramar Ship Index (English)  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.