Captain Meyer

Captain Meyer

Captain Meyer and lightship Weser as trailers in Wilhelmshaven commercial port

Ship data flag  Germany Ship type Buoy laying machine Owner City of Wilhelmshaven Shipyard Schichau Seebeck , Bremerhaven Commissioning 1950 Decommissioning 1983

Ship dimensions and crew length 52.1 m ( Lüa ) width 9.08 m Draft Max. 3.5 m measurement 555 GT

Machine system machine Water tube boiler WAHODAG / MAN 2 compound machines Top speed 12.0 kn (22 km / h) propeller 2

The Kapitän Meyer is a former buoy laying ship in Wilhelmshaven .

The steamship was built in 1949/50 at the Seebeck shipyard in Bremerhaven as a replacement for the Triton II and Wik buoy layers, which were lost in February 1944 after being hit by mines , and was the first new buoy laying boat to be built at a German shipyard after the Second World War . The ship was named after the captain of the buoyage ship Wik, which sank in Lister Tief on February 22, 1944 .

The ship had been subordinate to the Tönning Waterways and Shipping Authority since November 26, 1950 and was used as a buoy laying vessel and supplier for the lightships stationed in the North Sea and the island of Helgoland until it was decommissioned in 1983 . It was initially operated with coal. In 1967 it was converted to oil firing.

After the ship was decommissioned in 1983, it was taken over on May 15, 1984 by the sailing comradeship Klaus Störtebeker in Wilhelmshaven and initially maintained as a museum ship . The ship was kept in a ready-to-sail condition and was also used for trips in the North and Baltic Seas.

From 2002 on, the Kapitän Meyer was used as a regatta escort for the JadeWeserPort-CUP , a regatta of traditional sailors on the Jade off Wilhelmshaven.

When the class was due to be renewed in 2010 , the money for necessary repairs was initially lacking. On April 11, 2011, the Wilhelmshaven city council decided on a subsidy for the renovation of 180,000 euros. The sailing comrade Klaus Störtebeker also wanted to raise a six-figure amount through sponsors. In July 2011, the captain Meyer came to the Neue Jadewerft in Wilhelmshaven to carry out the necessary work and was overhauled there by May 2014. Shortly before the weekend at Jade 2018, the ship was towed into the trading port and laid up next to the lightship Weser .

Web links

Commons : Captain Meyer  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Bucket layer "Kapitän Meyer" , sailing comradeship Klaus Störtebecker e. V.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Inga Hellwig: “Captain Meyer” will soon be broadcasting “SOS” , Wilhelmshavener Zeitung , September 25, 2016. Retrieved on October 7, 2019.
2. ↑ ^{a b} buoy laying "Triton" , WSA Tönning
3. ↑ "Captain Meyer" has to go to the dock immediately. In: Wilhelmshavener Zeitung. April 12, 2011, p. 3.
4. ↑ Ulrich Müller-Heinck: "Captain Meyer" back home. NWZ online , May 10, 2014, accessed May 13, 2018 .