Maierform
Maierform designates on the one hand the shape of hulls named after its inventor, the Austrian shipbuilding engineer Fritz F. Maier (1844–1926), and on the other hand a marine engineering company that emerged from it.
history
Fritz F. Maier (1844–1926), who studied shipbuilding in Vienna, started his first experiments in a test tank in Scotland. After the turn of the century he developed a ship shape in the towing test station of the North German Lloyd , the advantages of which determined shipbuilding for decades. This hull shape with its characteristic V-shaped ribs and falling stem resulted in a higher speed with the same engine performance due to lower driving resistance, better sea behavior , larger deck areas and wider cargo holds. Maier senior died in 1926 and no longer experienced the practical application of his ship shape.
After Fritz Maier's death, his son Erich Maier (1901–1981) took over the Maier form and began to market and develop his father's ideas. For this purpose, the Maier-Schiffsform-Verwertungsgesellschaft mbH was founded in Bremen in 1927. This provided drafts and issued licenses. After three Maierform fish steamers were built in 1928, there were already 26 ships in 1931. In 1938 481 Maierform ships were counted and when the Second World War broke out , over 900 Maierform ships were already in service. Maierform GmbH designed the so-called war fish cutter (KFK) for the German Navy , an auxiliary ship for outpost services that could be quickly converted into a regular fishing cutter in times of peace. With an order for 1,072 vehicles, 612 of which had been built in various shipyards by the end of the war, they represent the largest shipbuilding series in German maritime history.
After the war, the design developed over the years. The stems of today's ships built according to the Maier shape therefore have nothing in common with the stern originally called the Maier shape. The number of ships built according to the Maier shape has risen to over 6,000; in addition to passenger and cargo ships , these include tugs , tankers , inland vessels and sea rescue vessels .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Article New Ship Shapes by Jobst Lessenich ( Memento of the original from March 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Erich Gröner , Dieter Jung, Martin Maass: The German warships 1815-1945. Volume 8, 2: Outpost boats, auxiliary minesweepers, coastal protection associations (part 2), small combat units, dinghies. Bernard & Graefe, Munich et al. 1993, ISBN 3-7637-4807-5 , p. 261.
See also
Web links
- Entry on Fritz Franz Maier in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
- On the history and services of Maierform