Johanna (ship, 1903)
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| Ship data | ||
| Ship type: | Steel freighter | |
| Home port: | Hamburg | |
| Construction year: | 1903 | |
| Builder: | Johannes Thormählen, Elmshorn | |
| Owner: | Hamburg Maritime Foundation | |
| Technical specifications | ||
| Measurement: | 35 GRT | |
| Length: | 18.62 m | |
| Width: | 4.76 m | |
| Max. Draft: | 1.25 m | |
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| Drive: | MODAG | |
| Machine power: | 50 hp | |
| Rigging and rigging | ||
| Rigging: | Gaff ketch | |
| Masts: | 2 | |
| Number of sails: | 7th | |
| Sail area: | 165 m² | |
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| Number of crew: | 4th | |
The Johanna is a former freighter with a steel hull and two masts. The ship was built in Elmshorn in 1903 as Hertha and continued to transport goods on the Elbe and its backwaters until 1962 .
In 1973–1978 the Ewer was restored and from then on used on sailing trips on the Elbe and Baltic Sea . In 2002 the ship was taken over by the Hamburg Maritime Foundation . The well-preserved and little changed mizzen-ewer represents the fleet of small cargo sailors that still carried out the transport of goods on the Elbe between Hamburg and the marshes on the Lower Elbe in the first decades of the 20th century . The Johanna is classified as a traditional ship and is used for charter trips. The ship is operated by the registered association “Friends of Besan-Ewers Johanna e. V. ". The Johanna belongs, according to the Hamburg Maritime Foundation to the best-kept and restored Ewern that are still preserved.
history
The Besan-Ewer was built in 1903 as Hertha at Johannes Thormählen's shipyard in Elmshorn. Little is known about the use of the ship in the first few years. At the end of the 1920s, the Hertha was converted from a sailing ship to a motor ship. She received a hot-bulb motor and the masts were removed. After further modifications, only the shape of the hull was reminiscent of a ewer. In the 1930s or 1940s, the ship was renamed Ingeborg . The company became more and more uneconomical over the years.
During the storm surge in 1962 , the Ingeborg fell on a pole in Elmshorn harbor and was badly damaged on the underwater hull. The owner parted with the ship, which was then used as a working period in Glückstadt harbor . In 1973, the publisher Egon Heinemann bought launched Ingeborg , she left to 1978 at the shipyard Allermöhe (former Jastram shipyard restoration) and renamed it Johanna order.
In 1983 a new owner took over the Besan-Ewer and converted it for group trips. In the following 18 years the Johanna was mainly used on sailing trips with groups of children on the Elbe and the Baltic Sea. The new owner also founded the association “Sailing Museum Ships Hamburg e. V. ”, from which the company association“ Friends of Besan-Ewers Johanna e. V. ”emerged.
In the 1980s, the Ewer played a role in the television series " The Riddle of the Sandbank ", a film adaptation of the novel of the same name by the Irish writer Robert Erskine Childers , "Finkenwerder Stories" and the documentary "Junge Liebe zur alten Johanna" published by Norddeutscher Rundfunk .
The Hamburg Maritime Foundation took over Johanna in November 2002. The ship was berthed in the Finkenwerder Kutterhafen for many years . From May 2009 it was in the traditional ship port in Sandtorhafen - now in Hamburg-Finkenwerder. The ship is used for day trips and trips lasting several days.
Ship description
The Johanna is 18.62 meters long, 4.76 meters wide, has a draft of 1.25 meters and is measured at 35 GRT . The hull is made of riveted steel, the flat bottom of the ship was originally made of softwood . The ewer has two foldable masts , the rigging corresponds to a gaff-tipped ketch . The sail area of 165 square meters is distributed over seven sails. To spite of the flat bottom sailing close to the wind to the boat's outboard with two folding side swords equipped. The shallow draft, the foldable masts and the flat bottom made it possible for the freighter to travel far up into the tributaries of the Elbe.
The sailing ship is equipped with a diesel engine with two cylinders and an output of 50 HP from Motorenfabrik Darmstadt GmbH (MODAG). The first motorization took place in 1928, at that time the Ewer was given a hot-head motor with an output of 28 hp.
Ships of this type used to be sailed by a crew of two: the skipper, who was mostly owner and captain at the same time, and a servant or boy who was responsible for the simple activities. The Johanna has a crew of four. It can take up to sixteen guests on day trips and six on tours lasting several days.
Web links
supporting documents
Much of the information in this article comes from
- Friends of the Besan-Ewer Johanna e. V. (Ed.): Ship history. Status: May 2008. Accessed June 12, 2009.
- Hamburg Maritim Foundation (ed.): Ships in motion: Johanna . Retrieved June 12, 2009.
- Historic ships. Hamburg Maritime Foundation, Hamburg 2004, pp. 10, 11 ( PDF ; 526 kB).
In addition, the following individual references are cited:
- ↑ Pilot protector renovated. Hamburger Abendblatt April 28, 2009. Accessed June 12, 2009.