La Palma (ship, 1912)
 The La Palma , 2012
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The steamship La Palma ( IMO number : 5200899) is a museum ship that has been preserved in the port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife .
history
The construction of the La Palma was carried out by the shipping company Cia. de Vapores Correos Interinsulares Canarios from Las Palmas, a subsidiary of the British shipping company Elder Dempster , was commissioned after a second public tender for subsidies for traffic between the islands. The ship was built in 1912 at the W. Harkess & Son shipyard in Middlesbrough . After being launched on February 3, 1912, it was completed on April 10 of that year. On April 16, the ship was put into motion and, after the transfer, from summer 1912 onwards, mainly operated on coastal routes around the Canary Islands , but also made occasional trips to what was then Spanish West Africa.
In 1931 the La Palma was sold for the first time. The Spanish state shipping company Compañía Trasmediterránea acquired the fleet of the "Correillos", including the La Palma, and then continued to use the ship in its traditional island service. After a boiler damage, the ship was finally decommissioned on March 17, 1976 and sold the following November to a member of the German industrialist family Flick to serve as a floating clubhouse. In 1986 the La Palma went to an interest group that wanted to restore the ship. After numerous difficulties, the ship was largely restored for the 100th anniversary.
technology
The hull of the ship is riveted , the superstructures, which could accommodate up to 190 passengers, in 1973 up to 266 according to the approval, are arranged amidships. They were modernized and rebuilt several times in the course of operation. The two cargo holds in the front and a third stowage space in the aft are locked securely with conventional shear sticks , wooden hatch covers and tarpaulins . The loading gear consists of loading trees .
The ship is propelled by a three-cylinder, triple-expansion piston steam engine with an output of 700 hp built by MacColl & Pollock in Sunderland. The two steam boilers were fired with coal until 1951 and then switched to heavy oil firing.
