Munich (ship, 1889)

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Munich (I)
Gregory Mörch
German EmpireThe German Imperium Russian Empire 1883Russian Empire
Launch : January 23, 1889
Commissioning: February 25, 1889
Builder: Fairfield , Glasgow
Passengers: 38 1st class
20 2nd class
1759 between deck
Crew: 100 men
Sister ship : Dresden
similar: Stuttgart, Darmstadt, Gera, Oldenburg, Weimar
Technical specifications
Measurement: 4,803 GRT
Load capacity: 3286 dw
Length (registered): 118.12 m
Width: 13.40 m
Draft : 9.5 m
Machinery: Triple expansion steam engine
Number of screws: 1
Power: 3,000 PSi
Top speed: 13 kn
Whereabouts
Canceled in 1910

The steamer Munich (I) was the second of the eight city-class steamers purchased from North German Lloyd (NDL) near Fairfield in Glasgow between 1889 and 1891 . It was the last major order for the NDL abroad. These ships were used on all lines of the NDL. All eight steamers were used on the North Atlantic, to South America and Australia, seven to East Asia ( Munich only from Australia) and Weimar and Gera from 1903 also on the line from the Mediterranean to the USA.

Use of the Munich

The second steamer in the series, the Munich , was delivered on February 25, 1889 and began its maiden voyage to La Plata (April 8 in Montevideo) on March 11. The first trip to the USA followed on June 5th. On September 25, 1890, she went to New York for the first time.

On November 10, 1892, the sixth and last voyage to South America took place and on March 24, 1900, the nineteenth and last voyage across the North Atlantic.

On May 23, 1900, she started on the Reichspostdampferlinie to Australia, after all seven other steamers had already been used on both Reichspostdampferlinien.

From Australia to China

However, she did not make the return journey, but tried out a new line along the Australian east coast, to Herbertshöhe , Friedrich-Wilhelms-Hafen , Ponape and Saipan and then to Shanghai . The return trip from September 12 to October 12, 1900 in Sydney was an economic failure, as the trip lasted too long and was not fully utilized because of the detour via Saipan. There were three competing British and one Japanese lines on this route.

On her third voyage on January 25, 1901, the Munich was supposed to run directly to Hong Kong via Yap .

On February 3, 1901, she ran into the driveway of Yap. In order to be released, most of the cargo was thrown overboard, for example the tobacco harvest of the first tobacco plantation in the German New Guinea colony . Finally, two auxiliary steamers arrived from Hong Kong under Captain Meissel ( Natuna and Wonghoi ), who were also helped by the government steamer Stephan , who were released by Munich . Despite the Boxer Rebellion in China, the Imperial Navy sent the cruiser SMS Seeadler as assistance, which, however , did not arrive from Amoy until May 3, when the Munich was floated up again. After she was sealed, she went to Hong Kong, where she arrived on June 28th. Their sale was apparently already in the accrued condition.

Under the Russian flag

It was repaired by Farnham, Boyd & Co , in Shanghai and sold to a Russian shipping company in 1905 and renamed Gregory Mörch . Under this name she made two round trips from Odessa via Piraeus to New York on October 27, 1906 and January 18, 1907 . In 1910 it was scrapped.

Individual evidence

  1. Article from 1905 (PDF; 1.3 MB)
  2. Tobacco on board the Munich  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 3.0 MB)@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / digital.library.adelaide.edu.au  
  3. probably the
    Natuna,. . 764 BRT, purchased Dec. 24, 1900, built 1898 Ramage & Fergusson
    Wong Koi, 1777 BRT, purchased Feb. 27, 1900, built 1896 Fairfield

literature

  • Bonsor, Noel RP: North Atlantic Seaway , Volume 2
  • Arnold Kludas : The History of German Passenger Shipping 1850 to 1990 . Ernst Kabel Verlag, 1986.
  • Kludas, Arnold: The ships of the North German Lloyd 1857 to 1919 . Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft, 1991, ISBN 3-7822-0524-3 .
  • Reinke-Kunze, Christine: History of the Reichspostdampfer. Connection between the continents 1886-1914 . Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft, 1994, ISBN 3-7822-0618-5 (3782206185).