Meissen (ship, 1885)
 Meissen paddle steamer on the Elbe
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The Meissen paddle steamer was built in the Blasewitz shipyard in 1885 . The ship was under the name of King Albert with the hull number 9 on down Kiel . The ship was named after Albert von Sachsen , the Saxon king. In 1898 the ship was named Sachsen and in 1928 the fourth ship was named Meissen . Since 1992 it belongs to the existence of the Saxon Steamship GmbH & Co. KG Conti Elbschiffahrts and travels to the upper same . His berths are the moorings on the Terrassenufer in Dresden .
history
The time after commissioning until 1945
After commissioning as a smooth deck steamer on May 12, 1885, the ship sailed for the Saxon-Bohemian Steamship Company (SBDG). After the cessation of business operations, the ship sailed for the Saxon-Bohemian Steamship Company (SBDA), which was newly founded in 1923 . The white painting of the ships, which was customary from 1926, earned it the name White Fleet .
In 1898 the ship was named Sachsen in order to be able to name a new paddle steamer on the occasion of the 25th jubilee of King Albert of Saxony .
In 1913/14 the steam engine and the boiler system were converted. The paddle steamer received a steam control machine from Dresdener Maschinenfabrik und Schiffswerft Uebigau AG , for better maneuvering and a steam turbo generator to generate electrical power (direct current). The lighting was switched from petroleum to electric light. During the extensive modernization in 1927/28, an upper deck was built and the hull was lengthened by 3.66 m and a rear deck saloon was built. The ship was now also painted white. The wooden shovels on the two paddle wheels were replaced by steel shovels. Steam central heating was installed in all rooms to increase comfort. Due to this modernization work and the resulting enlargement of the ship, the passenger capacity was increased from the original 640 to 814 passengers in 1928. Ten men were required for operation. After the renovation, the ship was renamed Meissen .
Due to low water, the ship leaked on July 16, 1930 near Rathen .
In the summer of 1943, the Meissen, like all steamers, was camouflaged. It was then used in Hamburg to evacuate people who were homeless after the bombing.
The time after 1945
The SBDA was transferred to public ownership on February 1, 1947 and was given the name VEB Elbeschiffahrt Sachsen . From 1950 to 1957 it belonged to the VEB Deutsche Schiffahrts- und Umschlagszentrale (DSU). After its dissolution, the VEB Fahrgastschiffahrt und Reparaturwerft Dresden was established in 1957 and from 1967 the VEB Fahrgastschiffahrt Dresden .
Repairs and modernizations were carried out during the regular visits to the shipyard until 1983. In 1957/58 the upper deck was extended by three meters. In 1958/59 the ship received a new electrical system and a new steam turbine. In 1961/62 a steam engine was installed to generate electricity and in 1967/68 the wheel arches were replaced and a front deck saloon was built.
On August 13, 1955, the ship took part in a special trip for the pioneer organization Dresden together with the friendship and world peace .
During the regular overhaul in the winter of 1979/80, severe signs of wear were found on the boiler and the ship was only approved for one season. In 1982 it was retired. In 1983 the general overhaul of the ship began. It received a new boiler. The fire pump and feed water heater were replaced, intercoms were installed, the steam turbine was repaired, and the wheelhouse and deck saloon were renewed. When it went into service on May 20, 1985, the number of passengers was 1042. The crew is given as seven people. In the same month the Meissen celebrated its 100th anniversary of service as the fifth ship.
The time with the Saxon steamship
On November 26, 1992, the ship was taken ashore in the Laubegaster shipyard . All the superstructures protruding above the upper deck were removed here. In December 1992 the ship was transferred from the tugboat Sachsenwald to the shipyard in Genthin . The shipbuilding reconstruction took place here. The hull was lengthened by 1.32 m and the width of the ship was reduced by 0.13 m. On May 19, 1993, the Meissen returned to Laubegast. The historical reconstruction was completed here. On July 26, 1993, the ship was put back into service.
The steam engine
The steam engine is an oscillating high-pressure two-cylinder compound steam engine with injection condensation. It was built by the Sächsische Dampfschiffs- und Maschinenbauanstalt of the Austrian Northwest Steamship Company in Dresden with construction no. 239 built as an oscillating low-pressure two-cylinder twin steam engine with injection condensation. The power was 120 PSi . In 1913/14 the machine was converted to a compound machine. The power was now 230 PSi. The existing three-flame tube suitcase boiler with construction number 428 was replaced by a two-flame tube cylinder boiler with 10 bar steam pressure from Dresdener Maschinenfabrik and Schiffswerft Uebigau AG with construction number 2515. The steam control machine with construction number 1411, which was installed in the same year, also comes from Übigau. In 1983 a new boiler with 10 bar steam pressure from VEB Dampfkesselbau Übigau with construction number 15782 was installed. Automatic oil firing has existed since 1993 .
Meissen paddle steamer from 1881
As early as 1881, a Meissen paddle steamer was put into service for the Sächsisch Böhmische Dampfschiffahrtsgesellschaft (SBDG). He went to its sale in 1907 to the Oberweser steamboat as Crown Prince Wilhelm to 1967 on the Weser . Its center piece has been located again under the name Meissen in the German Maritime Museum in Bremerhaven since 1968 .
Captains of the ship
- Franz Rosche 1886-1892
- Julius Hermann Steglich 1893–1894
- Carl Hermann Jahn 1895–1898
- Otto Hermann Jahn 1899
- Wenzel Franz Rosche 1900
- Ernst Adolf Kleinert 1901–1911
- Emil Paul Protze 1912–1920
literature
- Peter Blath: Saxony's White Fleet - Steamboat Rides on the Elbe. Sutton Verlag, Erfurt 2006, ISBN 3-89702-949-9 .
- Frank Müller, Wolfgang Quinger: With steam and paddle wheel on the Upper Elbe . transpress VEB Verlag for Transport, Berlin, 1988, ISBN 3-344-00286-4 .
- Shipping calendar for the Elbe area from 1886 to 1914
- Shipping calendar for the Elbe area and the Märkische Wasserstrassen from 1915 to 1920
