Mermaid (ship, 1896)
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The paddle steamer Nixe was built in 1896 in the Saxon Steamship and Mechanical Engineering Company in the Leipzig suburb .
The time until 1901
The ship was ordered and built as a screw steamer. Only shortly before completion it was converted into a side wheel steamer. After commissioning as a smooth deck steamer , the ship drove for the Saxon-Bohemian Steamship Company (SBDG).
It was used in regional traffic on the Dresden-Cotta - Briesnitz route . From 1899 to 1900 it was used by a third-party operator with its own staff on the Torgau - Rosslau route. The ship was sold in the summer of 1901.
The time after the sale
In the summer of 1901 it was bought by I. Albrecht, who lives in Toruń . The ship was used under the name Goplana on the Warsaw - Sandomierz route
In 1910 Stanisław Górnicki from Płock bought it . He used it on the same route.
Jan Kwiatkowski chartered it from Cracow on April 6, 1914 for 800 rubles a month. After the outbreak of World War I , it was confiscated by the Austro-Hungarian Navy on August 5, 1914 and towed to Krakow on the Wawel ship . Here it was provided with armor and equipped with two 37 mm on-board cannons. It was then incorporated into the Austro-Hungarian Vistula Flotilla and used to tow barges to supply the army on the Łęg (Krakow) - Nadbrzezie (Sandomierz) route.
In November 1918 the ship was taken over by the Polish Ministry of Transport in Krakow. In 1919 it was renamed Płock and used as a tug in the Warsaw area. In 1921 it was taken over by the Polish Shipping Company in Krakow.
In 1923 it was completely rebuilt. It was lengthened to 37.70 meters and widened to 4.10 meters. The width over the wheel arches was now 7.10 meters. The steam engine was completely overhauled and a new steam boiler was installed. It was put into service on May 8, 1925 under the name Światowid as a passenger tug . 60 people could be carried in 1st class and 100 people in 2nd class. It was used for cruises on the Krakow - Korczyn and Auschwitz - Sandomierz routes .
In 1935/36 it was overhauled and widened to 9.30 meters and received a new steam boiler.
After the outbreak of the Second World War , it was incorporated into the Weichsel Reederei GmbH in 1940 . Nothing is known about the use of the ship until the end of the war.
In 1945 it was taken over again by the Polish Shipping Company in Krakow. The ship was converted to diesel propulsion. The marine diesel, built in 1943, comes from the engine works, Mannheim . It was a 6-cylinder diesel engine with an output of 180 hp.
In the following years it was run by different owners. From 1948 the State Vistula Shipping Company based in Krakow. 1949 the state inland navigation in Wroclaw Krakow branch. From 1951 the state shipping company Vistula with the branch in Cracow. From 1956 the Warsaw State Shipping Company, Vistula in Warsaw. But already in 1957 the state shipping company Vistula again with the branch in Cracow. In 1963 the ship was decommissioned. The date of dismantling is unknown.
The steam engine
The steam engine was an oscillating, high-pressure, two-cylinder composite steam engine with injection condensation. The origin of the machine and boiler are unknown. The power was 80 hp. The steam boiler had a steam pressure of 8 bar . In 1923 the ship received a new steam boiler. The manufacturer is unknown. In 1936 a new steam boiler with a steam pressure of 10 bar from the company H. Cegielski - Poznań , with the serial number 1665, was installed.
Captain of the ship
- Max Ottomar Cave 1897–1898
literature
- Shipping calendar for the Elbe area from 1897 to 1914