Rathen health resort (ship, 1911)
 Paddle steamer Koenig Friedrich August on the Brühl Terrace
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The paddle steamer Kurort Rathen was built in 1911 in the Laubegast shipyard. The ship was under the name of King Friedrich August with the hull number 51 in 1911 to set keel . The ship was christened on July 8, 1911 by the namesake and Saxon King Friedrich August III. in person. In 1919 it was named Rathen .
The time after commissioning until 1945
On the occasion of the company's 75th anniversary, the ship had the number 75 on the wheel arches instead of a name. After being commissioned as an upper deck steamer , the ship ran for the Saxon-Bohemian Steamship Company (SBDG) until 1923 . After the cessation of business operations in 1923, 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 . The ship already had a steam steering engine and a wheelhouse. The steam control machine was built by Dresdner Maschinenbau und Schiffswerft Uebigau AG , with serial no. 1347. In terms of size, it is comparable to the Kurort Rathen, built in 1886 and so named since 1956 . According to today's standards, the number of passengers should be around 350 seats.
In 1919, the ship was due at the end of the difficult economic conditions World War launched .
In October 1919, like all ships bearing the name of a monarch or a monarchy, it was renamed and given the name Rathen .
In the winter of 1927/28 the ship was painted white. In the winter of 1929/30, steam heating was installed in the lower deck salons. After Rathen had received the title "Kurort" in 1935, the ship was renamed Kurort Rathen . In a further renovation, the wheel arches were removed to make space for the installation of toilets.
In the summer of 1943, like all steamers , the Rathen health resort was given a camouflage finish. Nothing is known about their use in World War II . Most recently she was stationed as an office ship for the Junkers aircraft and engine works in Dessau in the Leopoldshafen there.
The time after 1945
The ship did not return to service and was incorporated into the newly founded Soviet State Oderschiffahrts-AG (SOAG) in 1946 and confiscated as a reparation payment on July 3, 1946 and transferred to the Soviet Union . In the shipyard in Roßlau , the superstructures and wheel arches were removed in order to be able to pass the low bridges and narrow locks on the way to Stettin . According to tourists, the ship was used in the Moscow area after crossing the Baltic Sea . Nothing is known about the further whereabouts.
The steam engine
The steam engine was an oscillating, high-pressure, two-cylinder composite steam engine with injection condensation. Like the two-flame tube cylinder boiler, it was built by Dresdner Maschinenfabrik und Schiffswerft Uebigau AG, with serial no. 1334. The power was 150 hp. The steam boiler had a steam pressure of 10 bar . The steam engine worked on two side paddle wheels.
Captains of the ship
- Heinrich August Keilig 1912–1918
- Richard Emil Peschke 1920
literature
- Erlpeter Kulturblatt for Pirna, issue 34 / April 2004
- Hans Rindt: The Weisse Flotte Dresden . Deutsches Schiffahrtsarchiv 3, pp. 69–114 ( online as PDF ; 5.1 MB).
- Shipping calendar for the Elbe area 1912 to 1914
- Shipping calendar for the Elbe area and the Märkische Wasserstrassen from 1915 to 1920