Krischan (ship, 1934)
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The Krischan , the "air traffic control ship KI", was the first air traffic control ship built for the German Air Force before the Second World War .
context
With the expansion of the Air Force after the beginning of the National Socialist rule in Germany, the establishment of an efficient Air Force Sea Emergency Service began, which had to be equipped with appropriately equipped boats and ships. The first so-called air traffic control ship built for this purpose was the Krischan , a small motor ship of 196 tons similar to a tugboat . The Krischan was followed by two more ships of a similar type in 1935, each considerably larger than the previous one, the 375 t Gunther Plüschow and the 880 t Bernhard von Tschirschky ; the two were initially also referred to as Krischan II and Krischan III and, although they were not sister ships, considered together with their predecessor as generally belonging to the Krischan class. The 985 t Hans Rolshoven that followed in 1937 was also built very similarly. The ships had a long, flat working deck aft , at the front end of which there was an aircraft lifting crane (the Krischan had two loading booms instead ) so that aircraft could be taken on deck and serviced or transported there.
Construction and technical data
The Krischan expired on 11 March 1934 at the Norderwerft Köser & Meyer in Hamburg from the stack and was on 23 March 1934 by the German Pilot School , a front organization , asked the Air Force in service and first in List on Sylt stationed. It was initially called Krischan I , then from August 13, 1936 just simply Krischan . The test drives were completed on July 1, 1934. The ship was 38.15 meters long (37 m in the waterline ) and 6.7 m wide, had a draft of 2.5 m, was measured at 133 GRT and displaced 196 tons . His two 6-cylinder Deutz - diesel engines with a total of 750 hp enabled him two waves a top speed of 15 knots . The ship had two booms with a lifting force of 4 t each. It could take an aircraft up to the size of an Arado Ar 196 on board with winches via a slipway at the stern . On the aft deck there was space for a Heinkel He 60 , Heinkel He 114 or Ar 196 aircraft. The ship was armed with a 3.7 cm gun and had a crew of 19 men.
Career and whereabouts
The ship served from July 1, 1934 to June 30, 1937 at Luftkreiskommando VI (sea), then successively at the sea emergency district offices Bug (in Warnemünde , until August 1938), Dievenow (until March 1939), Nest (in Kolberg, until March 1940), Helgoland (until August 1940) and Emden (until August 1941). During this time it was used from November 3, 1940 on the French Channel coast ( Calais , later Fécamp ). On August 2, 1941, the Krischan von Fécamp went back to the Baltic Sea, where she was subordinated to Sea Emergency Service Leader 1 (SNDF 1) and stationed in Kiel-Holtenau .
During a British bombing raid on Kiel on January 4, 1944, the ship was sunk by aerial bombs .
literature
- Volkmar Kühn (di Franz Kurowski ): The sea emergency service of the German Air Force 1939–1945. Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3879435642 , ISBN 978-3879435647 .
- Dieter Jung, Berndt Wenzel, Arno Abendroth: Ships and boats of the German sea pilots 1912-1976. 1st edition, Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 1977, ISBN 3-87943-469-7 .
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Footnotes
- ↑ Not to be confused with the flak carrier Krischan the Great, which was commissioned by the Luftwaffe in 1942 .