According to a report in the Weser newspaper of November 16, 1845, the Oldenburg was together with the steamer Hanseat under the leadership of the engineer Henri Gache in the period from October 4 to November 14 from Paris via the northern French canals, Cambrai , Gent , Kampen , the Zuiderzee and the North Sea to Bremerhaven . French machinists were still working on the steamer during its first period of service.
On November 18, the ship arrived in Oldenburg, where the smoking "monster", according to a contemporary press report, caused a sensation. A jetty at the stow opposite the Öljestrich served as a mooring. The first captain of the steamer was Wilhelm Stühmer from Oldenburg. A test voyage was undertaken on November 19, during which Grand Duke August , Hereditary Grand Duke Peter , court officials and members of the city council were also on board.
Later, two were side boards built into the wheel wells, as the steamer bowed when driving slowly to drive off. In 1873 the Oldenburg was sold to an unknown person; the further fate is unclear. One reason for the sale of the steamer was the Oldenburg – Bremen railway line , which was put into operation in 1867 by the Grand Ducal Oldenburg State Railways .
Since the Oldenburg was apparently not registered as a sea vessel but as an inland vessel, it does not appear in the official list of seagoing vessels. The only known illustration of the Oldenburg comes from a watercolor by Theodor Presuhn , which shows the steamer with the blue-red Oldenburg state flag.
literature
Hans Szymanski: The old steam shipping in Lower Saxony and in the adjacent areas from 1817 to 1867 . Hanover (Economic Society for the Study of Lower Saxony eV) 1958, pp. 69–74, 98.
Emil Pleitner : Oldenburg in the 19th century . Oldenburg 1899, vol. 1, p. 398f.
The Observer (Oldenburg) on November 21, 1845.
The Observer (Oldenburg) on November 24, 1845.
Friedrich. A [nton]. Strackerjan (ed.): Shipping manual. A collection of the shipping laws and regulations of Oldenburg . Oldenburg (Verlag der Schulzeschen Buchhandlung) 1860.
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