Mississippi Queen (ship, 1987)

Mississippi Queen

2019 in the port of Hamburg

Ship data flag  Germany , before that Netherlands  Ship type Passenger ship Callsign DA3374 home port Hamburg Owner Shipping company Mississippi Queen GmbH + Co. KG Shipyard De Hoop shipyard, Lobith Launch 1987

Ship dimensions and crew length 62.14 m ( Lüa ) width 11.45 m Draft Max. 1.86 m

Machine system machine 2 x Deutz-MWM - marine diesel engines Machine performance 765 kW (1,040 hp)

Transport capacities Volume 191 m³ Permitted number of passengers 550

Others Registration numbers ENI 02317978

The Mississippi Queen is a passenger ship in the port of Hamburg , which the eponymous Mississippi - stern-wheeler is modeled. It is used by the shipping company Kapitän Prüsse for harbor tours , among other things . The Mississippi Queen is one of two “paddle steamers” in the Port of Hamburg , along with the Louisiana Star, which is roughly the same size .

history

The "Original": The Mississippi Queen on the Ohio River (2003)

The Mississippi Queen was in the Dutch shipyard De Hoop in Lobith on the Rhine built and ran 1987 from the pile . In some aspects it is a smaller replica of the stern-wheel steamer of the same name from New Orleans , which sailed the Mississippi and its tributaries between 1976 and 2008 .

The ship was initially registered in Nijmegen and operated on the Rhine and the IJsselmeer . For the sum of 7 million marks it came into the possession of the shipping company Captain Heinrich Prüsse and became the first paddle steamer in the port of Hamburg . The first voyage for the new employer was on November 15, 1998 from Cuxhaven over the Lower Elbe to Hamburg, where the ship was ceremoniously welcomed.

The Louisiana Star of the shipping company Rainer Abicht went into service only six months later.

The Mississippi Queen was sold for scrapping in 2019 for € 400,000 . It is to be scrapped in Denmark from September 2019, after the Cruise Days 2019 .

description

The ship with the Elbphilharmonie

The Mississippi Queen is located on the Überseebrücke not far from Cap San Diego . It measures a good 62 from bow to stern and is 11.45 meters wide; the two chimneys reach a height of 18 meters from the underside of the hull. The ship is not a powered steam engine , but by two each 520 PS strong Deutz-MWM - marine diesel engines .

The Mississippi Queen , used as an excursion and event ship as well as for harbor tours, consists of a lower deck ( Chattanooga Lounge ) and an upper deck ( Queens Lounge ) in the typical white paint and offers space for up to 550 passengers.

Web links

Commons : Mississippi Queen  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Mississippi Queen. Vereniging de Binnenvaart, accessed 9 May 2019 (Dutch). 
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} Southern flair: Hamburg's first paddle wheel steamer is here - “Mississippi Queen” opens up competition. Hamburger Morgenpost , November 16, 1998, accessed on May 9, 2019 . 
3. ^ Farewell to the "Mississippi Queen". Blog Hamburg and Northern Germany, August 10, 2019, accessed on August 11, 2019 .