Loreley (ship, 1963)

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Loreley
The Loreley near Koblenz (1979)
The Loreley near Koblenz (1979)
Ship data
flag GermanyGermany Germany
other ship names
  • Lorele (from 1999)
Ship type Day trip boat
home port Cologne (last)
Owner Heuvelman
(ship broker)
in 's-Gravendeel
Shipyard Cologne shipyard,
Ewald Berninghaus
Build number 788
building-costs 4.2 million DM
Order February 20, 1962
Keel laying June 1962
Launch April 6, 1963
takeover May 29, 1963
Commissioning May 31, 1963
Decommissioning October 1995
Removal from the ship register May 1996
Whereabouts scrapped
Ship dimensions and crew
length
92.30 m ( Lüa )
width 15.80 m
Draft Max. 1.48 m
displacement 648  t
Machine system
machine 2 × Deutz SBA12M421, 625 kW each
Machine
performanceTemplate: Infobox ship / maintenance / service format 		1,250 kW (1,700 hp)
propeller 2 × VSP Gr. 20 E / 110
Transport capacities
Load capacity 257.5 dw
Permitted number of passengers 3400
Others
Registration
numbers 		* Europe no .: 4200240

The Loreley was a passenger ship built in 1962/63 for the Steamship Company for the Lower and Middle Rhine ( DGNM ) , which was used by the Cologne-Düsseldorf Deutsche Rheinschiffahrt in plan service on the Rhine until 1996 . Three years later the ship was sold to a Dutch ship broker who wanted to resell it. Without finding a buyer, the ship sank at its berth in winter 2002 and was scrapped after the uplift in 2003. The passenger permit granted for a maximum of 3430 people is the highest ever for a passenger ship on European inland waters . The Loreley was the third ship of the shipping company that was named after the legendary slate rock Loreley in the St. Goarer Valley .

history

The Loreley in Mainz (1994)

After the Cologne-Düsseldorfer had had good experiences with the spacious three-deck passenger ships Berlin and Germany, which had already been put into service , they ordered another ship of this type from the Cologne shipyard, Ewald Berninghaus, on February 20, 1962 . To optimize the driving characteristics, the Research Institute for Inland Shipping in Duisburg tested ship models that had been manufactured according to the shipping company's plans. After the tests were completed, the keel of the new ship was laid in June 1962 under construction number 788. The launch took place on April 6, 1963. On May 31, 1963, the wife of the then Mayor of Düsseldorf, Peter Müller, christened the ship in Sankt Goarshausen with the name of the Loreley slate rock there . The subsequent maiden voyage led to Oberwesel , where the ship turned and drove back to Sankt Goar . Two days later, the passenger ship was put into service on the high-speed route Cologne - Mainz . The Loreley was approved for 3400 passengers when it was commissioned, making it the ship with the highest passenger approval on European inland waters. In 1964 admission was increased to 3,430 people.

After the 1995 season, the Loreley's ship floor was so dilapidated that it should have been completely replaced. Since the estimated repair costs of 500,000 DM seemed uneconomical, the Cologne-Düsseldorfer put the passenger ship out of service. The decommissioning and deletion from the ship register took place in May 1996 - the name was taken over by a new modern passenger ship, the Loreley (IV), on July 6, 1996 . After four years of berth in the port of Cologne-Niehl , the Dutch shipbroker Heuvelmann bought the old ship and renamed it Lorele . On October 2, 1999, the transport in a tug with the two tugs Albert R and Herman Gre to the port of the new owner in 's-Gravendeel , Netherlands . In 2000, a French company planned to convert the Lorele into a restaurant ship and use it on the Seine in Paris. For the planned conversion, the ship was towed to the De Hoop shipyard in Lobith . Due to financial difficulties of the interested party, the renovation work was not started. In October 2001 the Loreley was towed to Beuningen-Weurt and offered for sale there for NLG 650,000 . She sank at this berth in winter 2002/2003. After the uplift, the shipyard Hendriks BV in Dodewaard cannibalized the ship. The remnants were scrapped at the wrecking yard Treffers in Haarlem .

Special missions

Construction and technology

The Loreley in March 1978 on the slipway of the Cologne shipyard in Mülheim harbor

The Loreley was one of a total of four Voith-Schneider side drive vessels operated by the Cologne-Düsseldorfer. The drive configuration was similar to that of the older paddle-wheel steamers, with the Voith-Schneider propellers being attached to characteristic projecting side boxes on the ship's hull. The Loreley was largely identical to that of Germany , the later coat of arms of Mainz . Apart from slight differences in the windows on the hull, both ships had identical superstructures until the Deutschland had to undergo major repairs and modifications after a severe fire in 1968.

The ship was powered by two 12-cylinder Deutz diesel engines of 625  kW type SBA12M421 / 1 via two five -blade Voith-Schneider drives size 20 of type E / 110. The ship was 90.65 m long, 15.80 m wide (9.00 m above the frames ). The maximum draft is given as 1.48 m.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Georg Fischbach: The ships of the Köln-Düsseldorfer 1826-2004, self-published, Cologne 2004, p. 726
  2. ^ Ship investigation commission Cologne: Official ship certificate of May 28, 1963 . Quoted from Georg Fischbach: The ships of the Cologne-Düsseldorfer 1826–2004 , p. 727.
  3. ↑ Cologne Ship Investigation Commission: Official ship certificate from December 16, 1964 . Quoted from Georg Fischbach: The ships of the Cologne-Düsseldorfer 1826-2004 , p. 726.
  4. ^ Georg Fischbach: The ships of the Cologne-Düsseldorfer 1826-2004, self-published, Cologne 2004, p. 730.

literature

  • Georg Fischbach: The ships of the Cologne-Düsseldorfer 1826-2004 , self-published, Marienhausen 2004, ISBN 3-00-016046-9

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