Jürgensby (ship)

Juergensby

Ship data flag  Germany other ship names Borby seaside resort (1998-2010) Ship type Passenger ship Callsign DLWU home port Flensburg Shipping company Ketelsen shipping company, Flensburg Shipyard Akerboom's Scheeps- en Jachtwerft under license from the Husum shipyard , Husum Build number 1245 Launch September 25, 1966

Ship dimensions and crew length 35.72 m ( Lüa ) width 6.61 m Draft Max. 1.55 m measurement 214 GT / 79 NRZ   crew 3

Machine system machine 1 × diesel engine (MAN R8V 16/18 TL) Machine performance 474 kW (644 hp) Top speed 14 kn (26 km / h) propeller 1

Transport capacities Permitted number of passengers 200

Others Registration numbers IMO no. 6706864

The passenger motor ship Jürgensby is an excursion and butter ship operated by the Ketelsen shipping company in Flensburg. The ship is named after the district of Jürgensby and was used for trips on the Flensburg Fjord .

history

The ship was put into service in 1966 for Flensburg Passenger Shipping and was taken over by the Förde shipping company in 1971 . In 1996 the Flensburg-Ekensunder Dampfschiffs-Gesellschaft acquired it and in 1998 passed it on to the shipping company B / S Schiffahrtsgesellschaft in Eckernförde , which operated it under the name Seebad Borby until 2010 and then passed it on to the current owner.

At the Ketelsen shipping company, the ship was given the previous name Jürgensby , was used from the Flensburg harbor until 2011 and hung up after an engine failure . The ship has been in service again since July 2014.

The ship has been chartered for other shipping companies over the years . In 1971 it operated for the shipping company Union Eils & Co. ( shipping company Cassen Eils ) and in 1974 for the Centrumlinjen of Rederi AB Sundfart from Malmö, in which HADAG held a 50 percent stake. From April 1982 to November 1983 the Harle shipping company Warrings from Carolinensiel chartered the ship and in 1984 it was chartered for sea tourism from Flensburg. In 1991 a charter for the Flensburg Viking shipping company followed.

The Jürgensby after the fire

On July 4, 2017, the saloon on the lower deck burned at 3:15 a.m. The ship had been laid up at its berth in Flensburg harbor for a long time and offered for sale.

Technical specifications

The ship is propelled by an eight-cylinder diesel engine from MAN with an output of 474  kW . Two diesel generators with an output of 135 kW are available for the power supply .

Web links

Commons : Jürgensby  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• The Jürgensby at Fakta om fartyg (Swedish)
• Fire on the “Jürgensby”: reward for pointing out the perpetrator

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gernot Kühl: The last voyage of the MS “Seebad Borby”. In: Eckernförder Zeitung , June 1, 2010.
2. ↑ Holger Ohlsen: MS Jürgensby: Comeback for a butter steamer. In: Flensburger Tageblatt , June 30, 2014.
3. ↑ Jürgensby , Faergelejet.dk - billeder af færger fra Danmark og omegn (Danish).
4. ↑ Sebastian Iwersen: Fire in the Flensburg harbor: With video: Fördeschiff in flames - fire on board the "Jürgensby". In: Flensburger Tageblatt . July 4, 2017. Retrieved July 4, 2017 .