Königsberg (ship, 1924)
 The Königsberg
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The second Königsberg of Norddeutscher Lloyd (NDL) was one of the shipping company's first motor cargo ships. In addition to the Königsberg , the shipping company had two very similar cargo ships powered by a triple expansion engine. The motor ship was used on several of the shipping company's freight lines. Shortly before the start of the war, the ship left Canada. After the outbreak of World War II , the ship finally sought refuge in Brazil. Equipped as a supply ship, the ship left Belem on May 28, 1940 . It met the auxiliary cruiser Aries in the Atlantic .
On June 16, 1940, the Königsberg was landed off Vigo by a French auxiliary cruiser and then sank herself at 41 ° 36 ′ 0 ″ N , 10 ° 37 ′ 0 ″ W .
History of the ship
The Königsberg was the second motor cargo ship operated by the Bremen-based shipping company Norddeutscher Lloyd. The Königsberg under construction number 333 at the AG Weser was launched on June 13, 1924 and was delivered to the NDL on September 6, 1924. It was 137.25 meters long and 17.2 meters wide. It was powered by two six-cylinder four-stroke diesel engines of the MAN type of 1600 hp that were built at the shipyard and could be reversed directly. Their auxiliary machines were operated electrically and three smaller diesel gensets were available to generate electricity. The propulsion system enabled a speed of 13 knots (kn) with two screws . The motor ship was measured with 6,466 GRT and had a carrying capacity of 9,320 tdw and was used with a crew of 44 men.
The NDL owned similar cargo ships with the Aachen and Elberfeld built near Tecklenborg , which were powered by a steam engine. They entered service in May and August 1923 and were first deployed to East Asia. However, they had conventional pole masts with loading booms in contrast to the gate-like loading gear of the Königsberg .
Mission history of the Königsberg
The Konigsberg was used after her delivery on 6 September 1924 various freight lines of the NDL.
The Königsberg left Quebec on August 28, 1939 for Bremen. Due to the warnings and the outbreak of war, she changed her course on the North Atlantic several times. Finally, on September 14th, the ship sought refuge in Pará , Brazil. At the end of April 1940 the Königsberg was requisitioned from the Kriegsmarine leg in Brazil. It should be used to supply the Lützow expected on the Atlantic as well as the auxiliary cruisers Orion and Widder .
The end of the Königsberg
On May 28, 1940, the Königsberg left Belem with 1280 tons of diesel and fresh food. On June 5, she met the auxiliary cruiser Widder in the sea area around 26 ° N / 46 ° W and handed over food and 675 t of diesel oil to the auxiliary cruiser. Since the Widder had been well supplied by the Nordmark and the further supply of the auxiliary cruisers seemed to be secured by German tankers from the Canary Islands, the commander of the Widder , Ruckteschell , released Captain Seegert with the motor ship Königsberg to Europe on June 7, 1940 .
Before Vigo , the Königsberg was discovered by the French auxiliary cruiser President Houduce (1178 GRT) at 41 ° 36´N / 10 ° 37´W. In order to avoid a feared capture by the French ship, the Germans sank their ship themselves on June 16, 1940.
Fate of the half-sisters of Tecklenborg
| Surname | Launch | in service | GRT | tdw | Lg.ü.A. | Whereabouts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Aachen after renovation |
03/20/1923 . |
May 8, 1923 . |
6274 6388 |
9215 9600 |
137.44 140.14 |
Sunk April 14, 1940 in Narvik, lifted 1951, sunk on overpass to the shipyard |
| Elberfeld | June 3, 1923 | 08/02/1923 | 6272 | 9215 | 137.44 | On November 21, 1927, stranded northwest of Cap Trafalgar while leaving for Vladivostok |
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Klaus-Peter Kiedel: Steam or Diesel? Sources on the transition from steam to motorized shipping 1910-1939 ( Memento of the original from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Kludas: Die Seeschiffe des Norddeutscher Lloyd , p. 14
- ↑ Kludas: Seeschiffe NDL , p. 12
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↑ President Houduce , 1930, 1178 BRT, 65.7 × 10.6 × 5.5 m, 925 hp, 10 kn; 3x1-100 / 45, 2x1-37 / 50
previously motor-driven fish steamer for catching cod between Iceland / Greenland / Newfoundland
Web links
- Klaus-Peter Kiedel: Steam or Diesel? Sources on the transition from steam to motor shipping 1910-1939 (PDF; 2.5 MB)
- The Königsberg submerged itself
- Journeys on the Königsberg (September 27, 1930 Mollendo / Valparaiso, February 7, 1931 Valparaiso / Arica, June 12, 1935 Amapala, Honduras, October 22, 1938 New Orleans)
- Émile Houduce (Fishing company, France)
- FFS President Houduce
literature
- Arnold Kludas : The ships of the North German Lloyd 1920 to 1970 . Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft, 1992, ISBN 3-7822-0534-0 .
- Arnold Kludas: The History of German Passenger Shipping . Volume 4: Annihilation and Rebirth 1914 to 1930 . Ernst Kabel Verlag, Hamburg 1988, writings of the German Maritime Museum Volume 21.
- Arnold Kludas: The History of German Passenger Shipping . Volume 5: An era comes to an end from 1930 to 1990 . Writings of the German Maritime Museum, Volume 22.
- Reinhardt Schmelzkopf: German merchant shipping 1919–1939 . Verlag Gerhard Stalling, Oldenburg, ISBN 3-7979-1847-X .