Meteor (ship, 1902)
_Stapellauf.jpg) The Meteor was launched in 1902
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The meteor , been launched in 1902, was the third in a series of imperial racing yachts of William II. , The name Meteor contributed. For this reason it is also referred to as Meteor III in the literature . The name Meteor was used for a total of five imperial sailing yachts. With them Wilhelm II wanted to stand up to the then leading nations in sea sailing (Great Britain, USA) on national and international regattas and underpin German sea sailing with sporting achievements.
Technical specifications
The schooner yacht was 49.10 meters long and 8.23 meters wide. The mean draft is given as 4.57 meters. The sail area was 1,079 square meters.
history
In 1902 the schooner yacht, designed by Archibald Cary Smith, was completed on Shooters Island near New York City . This was a break with the Emperor's British sailing tradition. The Emperor's brother, Prince Heinrich , had traveled to New York for the christening of the ship on February 25, 1902 . Godmother was Alice Roosevelt , the daughter of incumbent US President Theodore Roosevelt . This marked the beginning of the German-American sailing friendship. This is how the idea came about, in addition to the America's Cup , which was previously a matter between England and America, German-American special class races , alternately in Kiel and in Marblehead in the area of the Eastern Yacht Club , Boston . In 1906, the Roosevelt Cup and 1907 the Kaiser Wilhelm Cup were sailed.
In addition to the major German-American regattas, the Kaiser met the industrialist Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach's new yacht , the Germania , with the Meteor III in 1908 , which by far defeated the Kaiser in most races. The equipment of the third Kaiser yacht was considerably more luxurious than that of the two previous models. This Meteor had a salon, a study, a small library and elegant bedrooms. However, the Meteor had little chance of winning the big-class regattas, because it was simply closed by August Müller's interior work including piano, fireplace, complete mahogany paneling, luxurious heavy furniture, with bulkheads and a 2000 liter oil tank become difficult. In 11 regattas, the Meteor was only able to win once before Cowes in England. She didn't have a chance at Kiel Week . The Ingomar , designed by Nathanael Herreshoff from the USA, won every race with Charlie Barr as captain. Only in Germany did the Meteor win several times against the schooner yacht Hamburg , because the owners, rich Hamburg merchants, politely let the imperial yacht go first. In 1910 the yacht was sold to Carl Dietrich Harries and his wife Hertha, daughter of Werner von Siemens , and renamed Nordstern . She also took part in the Kiel Week under the new owners. After that, several changes of ownership took place. The yacht was also rebuilt several times, it received engines, radio systems and even a third mast and was later used for fishing. In 1942 the yacht was towed back to Shooters Island under the name Aledebaran . In 1948, the ship was hauled to Staten Island for US $ 2100 and broken up there.
See also
literature
- Matthias Kripp: The facilities of the imperial yachts, Master's thesis of the University of Bonn, Prof. Dr. Tilmann Buddensieg, 1989, published in: Deutsches Schifffahrtsarchiv, Vol. 16 (Part 1) + Vol. 17 (Part 2), Deutsches Schifffahrtsmuseum Bremerhaven, Ernst Kabel Verlag GmbH, Hamburg 1993, ISBN 3-8225-0274-X
- Detlef Jens: The “Meteors” of the emperor , in: ders .: The classic yachts , Vol. 3: Racing ships in the course of time , pp. 42–61. Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft, Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-7822-0958-8 .
- Klaus Kramer: From the gondola parade to the ocean race . Klaus Kramer Verlag, ISBN 3-9805874-4-4 .
- Kristin Lammerting: Meteor - the imperial sailing yachts . DuMont Reiseverlag 1999, ISBN 978-3-7701-4783-0 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Website: yachtemoceans.com Meteor - The German Royal Yachts , English, accessed on September 20, 2016
- ↑ the numbering of the imperial racing yachts with the name SMY Meteor ( His Majesty's Yacht Meteor ) did not occur until later
- ↑ a b Wilhelm Zwo's relationship to England and the German-American sailor friendship (accessed on May 9, 2017).
- ↑ a b Arbeitskreis historical Schiffbau eV ,: Schonerjacht METEOR III (Jürgen Schwibode) , accessed on September 20, 2016