Rathen health resort (ship, 1896)
 Paddle steamer Kurort Rathen at the Waldschlösschenbrücke
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The paddle steamer Kurort Rathen was built in 1896 in the Blasewitz shipyard. The ship was named bastion with the hull number 38 to set keel . In 1956 it was named Kurort Rathen as the third ship . It has been part of the Saxon Steamship Company since 1992 and operates on the Upper Elbe . Your berths are the berths on the Terrassenufer in Dresden .
history
The time after commissioning until 1945
After commissioning as a smooth deck steamer on May 2, 1896, the ship sailed for the Saxon-Bohemian Steamship Company (SBDG). After the cessation of business operations, the ship sailed for the Saxon-Bohemian Steamship Company (SBDA), which was newly founded in 1923 . The white painting of the ships, which was customary from 1926, earned it the name White Fleet .
In 1911/12 electrical lighting was installed. In the winter of 1926/27 the ship received a steam steering engine with 4 HP. It was built by Dresdner Maschinenfabrik und Schiffswerft Uebigau AG with factory no. 1799. In 1927/28 the ship received an upper deck during the first major renovation in the Schiffswert Laubegast . In addition, the wheel arches were removed to make room for the installation of toilets and the paddle wheels, which were previously provided with wooden shovels, were given steel shovels. A steam heating supplied from now on the showroom on the lower deck. Now the ship was also painted white.
On August 24, 1934, the ship hit a rock at low tide at Obervogelgesang and sank. It was lifted and put back into motion after repairs.
During the Second World War , the bastion was camouflaged like other ships in the company. It was then decommissioned until 1945.
The time after 1945
The SBDA was transferred to public ownership on February 1, 1947 and was given the name VEB Elbeschiffahrt Sachsen . From 1950 to 1957 it belonged to the VEB Deutsche Schiffahrts- und Umschlagszentrale (DSU). After its dissolution, the VEB Fahrgastschiffahrt und Reparaturwerft Dresden was established in 1957 and from 1967 the VEB Fahrgastschiffahrt Dresden .
The bastion was renamed the Kurort Rathen in 1956 . In 1957 the ship and the engine were overhauled. In 1962 a new electrical system was installed. The electricity is generated by two turbo generators from RAW Dresden , which are driven by a steam turbine from the Nacke company in Coswig . In 1967/68 the ship was almost completely dismantled. In addition to renewing the side walls and raising the windows, the steel upper deck was also renewed. In 1970/71, the new wheel arches were built. On October 26, 1974, the ship wrecked at the Elbe bridge in Meissen .
In 1983/84 the ship received a new wheelhouse and a new navigating bridge . There were also some changes in the boiler area in the engine room . In 1989 the boiler had to be taken out of service. The ship was parked in the port of Dresden-Neustadt .
The time with the Saxon steamship
Like eight other still existing Dresden steamers, the paddle steamer Kurort Rathen was overhauled at the Laubegast shipyard after the fall of the Wall . This happened in the period from June 28, 1993 to March 30, 1994. a. the waterline widened by 0.3 m. Externally, the ship was adapted to the color condition at the time of commissioning. The typical color of the SBDG at the time was a sand-colored hull with green decorative lines, a red underwater hull and, in this case, a black chimney . The salons were set up in the style of the time.
In a new look and with a new boiler, the ship was handed over to Sächsische Dampfschiffahrts GmbH & Co. Conti Elbeschiffahrts KG on March 31, 1994 . In 1995 the steam boiler received a steam dome . In 1996 it became the ninth ship to celebrate its 100th anniversary. At the turn of the millennium, both cylinders of the steam engine received a new piston rod , and in 2001/02 the crankshaft received new crank pins .
The steam engine
The steam engine is an oscillating high-pressure two-cylinder compound steam engine with injection condensation. Like the two-flame tube cylinder boiler, it was built by the Übigau shipyard of the Deutsche Elbschiffahrts-Gesellschaft, Ketten, with the factory no. 113. The power is 145 hp. The steam boiler installed in 1994 has a steam pressure of 10 bar , built by the Übigau steam boiler construction company . In contrast to the first boiler, this one does not have two, but only one flame tube . Automatic oil firing has existed since 1994 .
Captains of the ship
- Ernst Julius Cave 1897–1898
- Carl August Richter 1899
- Ernst Adolf Kleinert 1900
- Franz Lauzecky 1901
- Friedrich August Schaffrath 1902–1903
- Friedrich August Kühnel 1904–1914
- Wilhelm Rosche 1915–1918
- Karl Baum 1919
- Karl August Kunze 1920
literature
- Günter Niemz, Reiner Wachs: Passenger shipping on the Upper Elbe . VEB Hinstorff Verlag Rostock, 2nd edition 1981
- Frank Müller, Wolfgang Quinger: The Dresden paddle steamer fleet . DSV-Verlag, 1st edition 1995, ISBN 3-88412-230-4
- Frank Müller, Wolfgang Quinger: The Dresden paddle steamer fleet . Delius Klasing & Co. KG, Bielefeld, 1st edition 2007, ISBN 978-3-7688-1904-6
- Shipping calendar for the Elbe area from 1897 to 1914
- Shipping calendar for the Elbe area and the Märkische Wasserstrassen from 1915 to 1920
Web links
- Passenger steamer Kurort Rathen . In: www.saechsische-dampfschiffahrt.de. Sächsische Dampfschiffahrts GmbH & Co. Conti Elbschiffahrts KG, accessed on May 8, 2012 .
- Passenger steamer Kurort Rathen - steam engine
- Passenger steamer Kurort Rathen - steam control machine
- List of paddle steamers of the Saxon-Bohemian Steamship Company