Queen Juliana (ship)
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The Koningin Juliana was a double-ended ferry of the Dutch shipping company Provinciale Stoombootdiensten in Zeeland, which used the ship in ferry traffic on the Scheldt .
history
The ship was built at the De Schelde shipyard in Vlissingen , which also designed it. The keel was laid on August 11, 1947, the launch on March 4, 1949. The handover to the shipping company took place on May 5, 1949. It was the shipping company's first new building after the end of the Second World War . The ship was named after Queen Juliana of the Netherlands .
The ferry was used between Vlissingen and Breskens . After the commissioning of the Prinses Irene as the second princess class ferry , the Koningin Juliana was used between Kruiningen and Perkpolder and also served as a replacement ship for the route between Vlissingen and Breskens.
In 1964 the ferry, like its sister ship Prins Bernhard , was rebuilt and lengthened by around 13 meters. The two wheelhouses were retained and were put back on the new deck superstructure. The ferry was then used again between Kruiningen and Perkpolder and, if necessary, between Vlissingen and Breskens.
Between February and May 1985 the Koningin Juliana was deployed together with the Prins Bernhard again between Vlissingen and Breskens. During this time, the infrastructure in the ports was adapted for new ferries with two car decks. During the renovations, the ferries previously used on the route could not be used. The lower capacity of the two ferries compared to the ferries normally used on the route led to considerable delays.
Technical data and equipment
The ship was a two-stroke - nine cylinder - diesel engine the manufacturer Sulzer : driven (type 9 TS 48). The engine, which was built by De Schelde, worked via gears on a controllable pitch propeller at both ends of the ferry. Three diesel generator sets were available to generate electricity. The generators were driven by a four-stroke four - cylinder diesel engine from the manufacturer Sulzer (type: 4 DDH 22) and two three-cylinder diesel engines from the manufacturer Deutz (PMD 325). The Sulzer engine, like the main engine, was built by De Schelde. The Deutz diesel generators, which were primarily used as a reserve, were previously installed on the Prinses Juliana , which was lost in World War II.
The ferry was equipped with a continuous vehicle deck of 500 m². Four lanes were available on the vehicle deck, two together 6 m wide lanes in the middle and one side lane on each side of the ferry. The wide, middle lane was about 1.5 m higher than the two side lanes. The clearance height was 3.5 m, the maximum axle load in the middle area of the ferry was 20 t. The vehicle deck was closed at both ends by roller doors to protect against the weather and water overflowing. The roller doors were opened and closed with electric motors. The renovation in 1964 increased the deck to 734 m². The ferry could now carry 48 cars.
Above the car deck was the deck with the lounge areas for passengers and side promenade decks, which were divided into first and second class . A total of around 400 seats were available here. The wheelhouses were located above this deck at both ends of the ferry. In addition to the engine room, rooms for the ship's crew were also housed under the car deck.
The ship was equipped with a lifeboat attached to a davit in the midship area on each side . The lifeboats could each hold 27 people. Life rafts and vests were available as life- saving equipment for the majority of the passengers .
Whereabouts of the ship
The ferry was sold in June 1986, but was initially launched . In 1987 the ship was sold to India . The ship, chartered to the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and renamed K. Juliana , was used here between Mumbai (then Bombay) and Nhava Sheva for the transport of ONGC trucks. Previously it had been equipped with ramps at both ends of the ship so that it could be used like a landing craft without port infrastructure. The charter contract was terminated by ONGC after a very short time. Since no new employment could be found for the ferry, it was scrapped in Alang in mid-1989 .
literature
- J. Blokland Visser, A. de Vos: Motorveerboten “Prins Bernhard” a “Koningin Juliana” from the Provinciale Stoombootdienst op de Wester-Schelde. In: Schip en Werf , Volume 17, No. 14, July 7, 1950, pp. 303-310.
Web links
- Veerboot Koningin Juliana , website about the PSD ferries
Individual evidence
- ^ Koningin Juliana , Vereniging 'De Binnenvaart'. Retrieved October 8, 2019.