Lady von Büsum
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The Lady von Büsum ex. Danica is a seaside resort ship that was used by the Rahder shipping company in liner service between Büsum and Helgoland from 1993 to 2018 . In the spring of 2019, the ship was transferred to the newly founded Adler & Eils shipping company, which uses it for excursions from Büsum.
History of the ship
The Lady von Büsum was built in 1980 under the name Danica by the Husum shipyard for the Förde Reederei Seetouristik in Flensburg. It is a modified replica of the Adler V, tried and tested in the North Frisian Wadden Sea, and thus belongs to a series mainly manufactured for the Adler-Schiff shipping company, which can be recognized by the two characteristic inclined chimneys on the upper aft deck.
As Danica , she was intended for a new traffic from Orth on Fehmarn to Rødbyhavn . However, because the hoped-for response did not materialize, it was moved to Cuxhaven on the North Sea after a short period of use on the Baltic Sea and then sold to the Rahder shipping company in Büsum in 1983. There the ship received its current name and has meanwhile been lengthened twice, so that today it measures 45.7 m instead of the original 36.2 m. During the second conversion measure, the Lady von Büsum received two additional drive units, each with a Schottel propeller, in addition to her main engine, in order to increase maneuverability. Since then, the Lady von Büsum has been the only "three-chimney ship" in Europe. In addition, unlike the “old” Danica , the “new” Lady von Büsum can carry 483 instead of 316 passengers.
During the winter break of 2008/09, extensive renovation work was carried out to adapt the ship to the current SOLAS specifications. Outwardly visible is the elimination of the lifeboats, which have been dismantled in favor of additional sun decks and replaced by other rescue equipment.
After the shipping company Rahder was taken over by the Adler subsidiary German Fast Ferry GmbH & Co.KG in January 2019, the shipping companies Adler-Schiff and Cassen Eils announced their cooperation at the Büsum location and the establishment of the joint company Adler & Eils in February 2019 GmbH & Co. KG known. The Lady von Büsum and the Funny Girl , also used in Heligoland traffic, were transferred to the new shipping company in spring 2019. While the Funny Girl continues to operate on the Heligoland liner service, the Lady von Büsum has mainly been used on excursions from Büsum since 2019. In the low-demand off-season, they are used instead of the larger Funny Girl to Heligoland.
Use of the ship
After the purchase in 1983, the shipping company Rahder (then Rahder & Mordhorst) initially used the Lady von Büsum for one-hour shopping trips from Büsum, on which the so-called "small duty ration" could be purchased. After shopping trips were abolished in the late 1980s, the focus was on the excursion business. The Lady von Büsum was used for eight-hour tours of the Elbe estuary and around the island of Helgoland (without going ashore). Trips to the Mittelplate drilling platform were also offered at times. From the mid-1990s to 2018, the ship was used in the summer half-year (from March to October) on the route Büsum - Helgoland. In the off-season, the Lady von Büsum initially docked in the Heligoland harbor. From mid-April to early October the passengers were ousted, the ship anchored here on Helgoland's harbor and the passengers were having a typical Helgoländer Börteboot brought to the pier.
Up until 2013, a special feature of the timetable was not the island of Helgoland on Mondays, but a six-hour adventure trip at sea through the Wadden Sea National Park . The route of these trips was based on the former "Great Elbe Tour". From the 2012 season this trip was offered on a trial basis with a two-hour shore leave in Cuxhaven, but for the 2014 season it was discontinued in favor of another departure to Heligoland. Once a week in the main season and every two weeks in the off-season on Saturday, there was an additional evening cruise at sea.
Since April 6, 2019, the ship has only been used for special trips to Helgoland. The main task is daily trips near the coast.
Incident 2013
On May 6, 2013, the ship ran between Büsum and Cuxhaven on a sandbank. After several hours of being stuck, the ship was able to free itself when the water rose. The passengers had previously been evacuated by the DGzRS , mostly to the Ol Büsum .
Technical specifications
The ship was originally powered by a sixteen-cylinder diesel engine from the manufacturer Klöckner-Humboldt-Deutz (type: SBA 16 M & 816) with an output of 600 kW . The engine acted on a fixed propeller . In 1993, two six-cylinder diesel engines from the manufacturer MTU (type: 8 V 183 T3 / 72) with 1200 kW output and two propeller pods were retrofitted. The KHD diesel engine was replaced in 2009 by a twelve-cylinder diesel engine from the manufacturer MTU (type: 8 V 396 TC 64).
Three diesel generators and an emergency generator are available to generate electricity.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Adler & Eils GmbH & Co. KG, press release: Maritime cooperation in Büsum - Adler & Eils GmbH & Co. KG founded, February 18, 2019 (PDF file), accessed on October 16, 2019
- ↑ Adler-Eils, Flotte , accessed on October 16, 2019
- ↑ Adler & Eils, Büsum – Helgoland timetable, the Lady von Büsum's mission from October 21 to the end of the season on November 3, 2019 , accessed on October 19, 2019
- ↑ Adler & Eils: Heligoland from Büsum m. Lady von Büsum :: Additional ferry connection to Helgoland from Büsum with the ship Lady von Büsum from Büsum. Book tickets online:. Retrieved July 14, 2019 .
- ↑ Passenger ship runs aground on sandbank. May 7, 2013, accessed October 5, 2014 .