List of ships with the name Potsdam

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The list of ships with the name Potsdam contains ships that were named after the former Brandenburg / Prussian residence city of Potsdam . Today Potsdam is the capital and most populous city of the state of Brandenburg . Only the ships documented in the sources (literature) are included.

List of ships (selection)

Ship name Ship type Construction year Shipyard site Owner Length width draft Drive type
power 		BRT / NRT / tdw general description
Potsdam Sailing ship
( barque ) 		1889 Blohm & Voss Hamburg Shipping company
F. Laeisz 		74.50 m / 11.60 m / 6.30 m Barkrigg 1463 BRT
1405 NRT 		The sailing ship Potsdam of the Hamburg shipping company F. Laeisz was a steel barque. The ship ran aground on January 16, 1891 on the coast of Valparaíso in Chile .
Potsdam Steamship 1899 Blohm & Voss Hamburg Holland-America.Lijn,
Rotterdam 		174.00 m / 18.90 m Triple expansion steam engine / 7600 PS (5590 kW) 12606 GRT
Potsdam Steamship 1935 Blohm & Voss Hamburg HAPAG 193.20 m / 22.60 m Turbo-electric drive system / 26,000 PS (19,000 kW) 17,528 GRT
Potsdam Fishing trawler 1944 Royal Scheldt in Vlissingen Diesel engine The fishing trawler was launched in February 1944 in the Dutch shipyard Royal Schelde in Vlissingen . However, it was not completed until June 1947 and was renamed Artan when it was handed over to Belgium . The ship was decommissioned in 1965 and scrapped from August 13, 1965.
later names:
  • 1947 Artan
  • 1951 Walter Siemers
  • 1954 Schwentine
Potsdam Motor ship 1978 VEB Warnow shipyard Warnemünde Rostock German shipping company Rostock (DSR-Lines) 156.84 m / 21.88 m / 9.00 m 1 × K8Z 70 / 120E diesel engine on 1 × fixed propeller 8240 kW 10225 GRT The launch took place on March 31, 1978. The Potsdam was a semi-container ship of the Meridian  II type . It could transport general cargo and containers .
later names:
  • 1995 Katerina L.
  • 1998 Gu An
  • 2000 pine tree
  • 2001 So Na Mu
  • 2006 Ha Na
Potsdam Motor ship 1996 Kvaerner Warnow Rostock-Warnemünde Shipping company F. Laeisz GmbH Rostock 209.50 m / 32.20 m Two-stroke diesel engine, type DMR - 8K80MC-C Mk6, 28,350 kW at 104 rpm (license MAN) 37235 dw Loading capacity: TEU 2636, including 500 refrigerated containers; Cruising speed: 24.14 knots: Top speed: 26 knots Delivered: 1996; Sister ship: Pomerania
later names:
  • 1997 Sea Elegance / Ipex Emperor
  • 1999 Potsdam
  • 2002 Kota Pelangi
Potsdam Mine-laying and clearing ship 1958 VEB Peenewerft Wolgast People's Navy of the GDR 66.10 m / 8.40 m / 2.52 m 2 diesel engines with a total of 2800 hp (17,560 kW) The mine-laying and clearing ship Potsdam (MLR) of the type Krake was built by VEB Peenewerft Wolgast in 1958 as hull number 3009 for the People's Navy of the GDR. Altogether 10 ships belonged to the type Krake . They were all named after district towns in the GDR. Maximum speed: 16.5 knots; Range: 2465 nautical miles ; Armament: 1 × 85 mm universal gun 90 K, 10 × 25 mm anti-aircraft gun with five double mounts, depth charges, mines; Crew: 5 officers, 2 masters, 45 sailors; Out of service: October 1973.
City of Potsdam Passenger ship 1991 Berlin yacht yard Weisse Flotte Potsdam 32.18 m / 5.10 m / 0.90 m Diesel engine 130 HP (96 kW) Motor ship Stadt Potsdam built in 1991 White Fleet Potsdam, underway. Approved for 160 passengers (94 in the saloon).
Potsdam Patrol boat 2019 Ms. Fassmer, Berne Federal Police Directorate Bad Bramstedt 86.02 m / 13.42 m / 3.95 m Wärtsilä diesel engine 2.092 GT 627 NRZ Type ship of the Potsdam class .

, Formerly more ships bearing the name Potsdam contributed

Passenger ships (inland)

  • Steamer Potsdam , formerly Stern and Kreisschiffahrt Berlin; Built in 1885, complete renovation in 1969, back in service as a passenger ship Strandbad Ferch in 1969, renewed renovation and renaming in Königswald in 2002 , see Weisse Flotte Potsdam .
  • Motor ship Potsdam built in 1965 Weisse Flotte Potsdam, rebuilt in 1990 and renamed Charlottenhof , in service.

Barges

The steamship Potsdam in 1910 as Magdeburg I built. The home port was Magdeburg . In 1918 the ship was renamed Potsdam and its home port was Hamburg . In 1945 it came to Berlin under the administration of the General Directorate for Shipping. It was also in use for the DSU and the German inland shipping company Berlin until it was transferred to the former ČSSR in 1969 to be scrapped there.

literature

  • German shipping companies . Volume 23: VEB Deutsche Seereederei Rostock . Verlag Gert Uwe Detlefsen, ISBN 3-928473-81-6
  • Paepke, Rook: Sailors and steamers on the Havel and Spree . Brandenburg publishing house, ISBN 3-89488-032-5
  • various authors yearbook of shipping , various years. transpress VEB publishing house for transport, Berlin
  • Dieter Schubert: German inland passenger ships . Illustrated register of ships. Uwe Welz Verlag, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-933177-10-3
  • Kurt Groggert: Personenschiffahrt auf Havel and Spree Berlin contributions to the history of technology and industrial culture , volume 10. Nicolaische Verlagsbuchhandlung, Berlin 1988, ISBN 3-7759-0153-1