Leitmeritz (ship, 1893)
 Paddle steamer Leitmeritz in front of the Meissen Albrechtsburg
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The paddle steamer Leitmeritz was built in 1892 in the Blasewitz shipyard. The ship was laid with the hull number 32 on the keel . In 1946 it was renamed Litoměřice , 1952 Maxim Gorkij and 1958 MŠMT 1 .
The time until 1945
After commissioning as a smooth deck steamer in May 1893, the ship sailed 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 was named after the place Leitmeritz . After the Tetschen and Austria , the Leitmeritz also received electrical lighting when it was built.
In the years from 1916 to 1919, the ship was due to difficult economic conditions in the First World War launched .
In the winter of 1926/27 the ship underwent a general overhaul. It received a steam control machine from Dresdner Maschinenfabrik and Schiffswerft Übigau AG , with the factory no. 1806. In the winter of 1928/29 it was painted white.
On July 17, 1929, the Leitmeritz collided with the Laubegast while docking in Pillnitz . A wheel arch was damaged in the process.
After 1930 the wheel arches were removed to make room for toilets.
In the summer of 1943 the Leitmeritz, like all steamers, was given a camouflage finish. At the end of the Second World War , the ship was in the port of Rosawitz (Rozbělesy).
The time after 1945
On August 26, 1945 Leitmeritz was confiscated by the Czechoslovak Republic and incorporated into the holdings of Československou plavební akciovou společností labskou (ČPSL). The seizure of the ship must be seen in connection with the participation of the Bohemian Georgschicht AG as one of the main shareholders in the SBDA. The ship was renamed Litoměřice in 1946 . On January 1, 1949, the ČPSL was renamed Československá plavba Labská (ČSPL) and on July 1, 1952 in Československá plavba labsko-oderská (ČSPLO). The ship was mainly used on the Prague - Štěchovice route. Later it drove to the Slapy dam , which was completed in 1955 . In 1952 the ship was renamed Maxim Gorkij . In 1958 it was decommissioned. After the boiler and machine had been expanded, it was taken over by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (Ministerstvo školství, mládeže a tělovýchovy / MŠMT) under the name MŠMT 1 and used as a youth hostel. It was stationed in the port of Smíchov and in Prague-Branik. In 1969 it was towed to Mělník and broken up in the port there.
The steam engine
The steam engine was a low-pressure, two-cylinder, twin, oscillating steam engine with injection condensation. Like the two-flame tube suitcase boiler , it was built by the Saxon Steamship and Mechanical Engineering Institute of the Austrian Northwest Steamship Company in Dresden . The power was 110 PSi.
Captains of the ship
- Franz Rosche 1893
- Carl Friedrich Klemm 1894–1898
- Friedrich Carl Kunze 1899
- Arno Julius Junghans 1900–1915
- Wilhelm Wirsam 1920
literature
- Hans Rindt: The "White Fleet" Dresden. From the history of the Upper Elbe passenger shipping. Deutsches Schiffahrtsarchiv 3, 1980, pp. 69–114, especially p. 98 ( online as PDF ; 5.1 MB).
- Miroslav Hubert, Michael Bor: Osobní lodě na Vltavě 1865–1985 . Transport and Communication Publishing House, Prague, 1985.
- Shipping calendar for the Elbe area from 1893 to 1914
- Shipping calendar for the Elbe area and the Märkische Wasserstrassen from 1915 to 1920
Web links
- Information about the ship accessed on September 30, 2016
- Shipping information accessed on September 30, 2016
- Passenger steamer Leitmeritz - steam control machine
- List of paddle steamers of the Saxon-Bohemian Steamship Company