Koenigstein (ship, 1889)

**Koenigstein**
	Paddle steamer Koenigstein in front of the Carolabrücke
Ship data
flag	German Empire
other ship names	Minister from 1919;
Ship type	Paddle steamer
home port	Dresden
Owner	Saxon-Bohemian Steamship Company
Shipyard	Shipyard Blasewitz
Launch	1889
Commissioning	1889
Whereabouts	unknown
Ship dimensions and crew
length	52.59 m ( Lüa )
width	4.92 m ; above wheel arches: 9.72 m
Machine system
machine	2-flame tube suitcase boiler ; 2-cylinder twin machine
Machine ; performance	110 hp (81 kW)
propeller	2 patented side gears ⌀ 3.66
Transport capacities
Permitted number of passengers	maximum 609

The paddle steamer Koenigstein was built in the Blasewitz shipyard in 1889 . The ship was laid with hull number 26 on the keel . In 1919 the name was changed to Minister .

The time until 1919

Paddle steamer Koenigstein in Bodenbach

After commissioning as a smooth deck steamer , the ship drove for the Saxon-Bohemian Steamship Company (SBDG). In 1899 there was a serious accident. The ship missed the passage of the Albert Bridge and lay across the bridge piers. The passengers had to be rescued on the bridge using fire ladders.

In 1919, due to difficult economic conditions after the end of the First World War , the ship was launched and sold on May 26, 1919 for 75,000 marks to the Gustav Stahlberg shipping company in Magdeburg . Here, under the name of Minister, came into action.

The time after the sale

The ship was sold to Bernhard Krause in Stettin as early as 1920 . Nothing is known about the further whereabouts.

The steam engine

The steam engine was an oscillating low-pressure two-cylinder twin steam engine with injection condensation with an output of 110 hp. Like the two-flame tube suitcase boiler , it was built by the Saxon Steamship and Mechanical Engineering Institute of the Austrian Northwest Steamship Company in Dresden .

Captains of the ship

Carl Friedrich Klemm 1890–1893
Friedrich Franz Kunze 1894–1897
Gustav Hermann Protze 1898–1899
Carl Ferdinand Wolf 1900–1911
Gustav Eduard Fischer 1912–1918

literature

Hans Rindt: The Weisse Flotte Dresden . Deutsches Schiffahrtsarchiv 3, Oceanum-Verlag, Wiefelstede 1980, ISBN 978-3-7979-1523-8 , pages 69–114.
Shipping calendar for the Elbe area from 1890 to 1914
Shipping calendar for the Elbe area and the Märkische Wasserstrassen from 1915 to 1920

Web links

Commons : Koenigstein - Collection of images, videos and audio files