Marsdiep (ship)
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The Marsdiep was a double-ended ferry operated by the Dutch shipping company Texels Eigen Stoomboot Onderneming (TESO).
history
The ship was built under construction number 499 at the Zaanlandsche Scheepsbouw Maatschappij shipyard in Zaandam . The ferry was ordered on December 14, 1961. The keel was laid on March 2, 1962, the launch on May 12, 1963. The design of the ship came from the Bureau voor Scheepsbouw in Bloemendaal . The ship was after the tidal inlet Marsdiep between Den Helder and the island Texel named.
The ferry was the first new build by TESO that could be loaded and unloaded via ramps from the front sides instead of from the sides. TESO has been operating such a ferry with the Koningin Wilhelmina since the early 1960s . This she had taken over from the shipping company Provinciale Stoombootdiensten in Zeeland, which maintained ferry traffic across the Scheldt in the province of Zeeland . However, due to the lack of suitable infrastructure in the ports of Den Helder and Oudeschild or in 't Horntje , which was used from 1962 , the ferry was loaded and unloaded from the side. New loading ramps were built in both ports for the operation of the Marsdiep . TESO also used the infrastructure of the Provinciale Stoombootdiensten in Zeeland in Vlissingen and Breskens for their construction .
The ship was used from July 17, 1964 on the ferry connection from Den Helder via the Marsdiep to Texel. The increasing traffic and the simple loading and unloading of the ship in the two ferry ports as well as the associated time savings prompted the shipping company to have a second ship of the type built, which was put into service as Texelstroom in 1966 . An additional ship was also required because the Marsdiep could carry larger and heavier vehicles than the older TESO ferries and they would not have been able to leave the island if the ferry had failed.
The Marsdiep was used in ferry traffic to Texel until 1980. A plan to lengthen the ship to increase capacity was not implemented. Instead, the construction of the Molengat was commissioned, which replaced the two ferries Marsdiep and Texelstroom in 1980. The Marsdiep and the Texelstroom remained in service until 1991 as replacement ships and, if necessary, to increase the offer, whereby the Marsdiep was used more often than the Texelstroom .
Technical data and equipment
The ship was powered by four AEG electric motors, two of which acted on a propeller . For electricity generation three AEG generators stood, each with 490 kW power available, the three eight-cylinder the manufacturer Lister Blackstone diesel engines: were driven together in 1765 kW (Type ESS8). The ship reached a speed of around 13 knots . The diesel-electric drive was an innovation for TESO. The previous ferries had a diesel-mechanical drive in which the diesel engine drove the propeller.
The ferry was able to transport 70 vehicles, for which 593 m² of free deck space was available on a continuous vehicle deck. The vehicle deck consisted of a central area with three car lanes and a lateral lane on each side of the ferry. Trucks could also be transported in the lanes in the central area. The vehicle deck was loaded and unloaded via shore-side loading ramps. The loading ramps were height-adjustable to adapt to the tidal water level . The ship could also be loaded and unloaded on one side via side ports.
Above the vehicle deck there was a deck with the facilities for the passengers. A promenade deck ran around the superstructure . Passengers without vehicles could get directly onto the promenade deck of the ferry via paths attached to the side of the loading ramps above the lane. The passenger capacity of the ferry was 750 people. Above the passenger deck there was a wheelhouse at both ends .
Whereabouts of the ship
On May 13, 1992 the ferry was sold together with the Texelstroom to the Maltese company Shore Consultants in Valletta and brought under the flag of Malta. In the following weeks the ship was prepared for the transfer voyage to Malta. Spare parts were taken on board, but numerous barrels of fuel were also loaded to avoid the need for bunkering on the journey to Malta. In Malta, the ship was equipped with ramps at both ends of the ship, as there were no landside ramps available. However, the ship could not be used initially because the company did not have permission to use the ship.
In 1995 Shore Consultants sold the ship to the Gozo Channel Company, which operated it as Mgarr on the Gozo Channel Line between Malta and Gozo . After the commissioning of several newbuildings that took over the ferry service between Malta and Gozo, the ship was sold to Turkey for demolition in June 2002 and scrapped in Aliağa that same year .
Web links
- Veerboot Marsdiep , website about the TESO ferries
Individual evidence
- ^ Marsdiep , Koninklijke NV Texels own Stoomboot Onderneming. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
- ↑ a b M / S Marsdiep , Fakta om Fartyg. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
- ↑ a b c Veerboot Texelstroom , Schulpengat.nl. Retrieved October 29, 2018.