Phenol (ship)
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The steam tanker Phenol from 1903 is now a museum ship in the upper water of the Henrichenburg ship lift in Waltrop . It is the only steam tanker still in existence in Europe.
history
The Phenol was built between 1903 and 1904 by N.V. Wilton's Maschinenfabrik en Scheepswerf in Schiedam in the Netherlands .
For fifty years, from 1904 to 1954, Phenol carried a by-product of coal chemistry, true to its name: carbolic acid ( phenol ). It went for a chemical plant in Belgium Zelzate via Belgian channels. The tanker was later used to clean canal embankments.
After the ship was ultimately allowed to rot, it sank. The wreck was acquired by the LWL-Industriemuseum in 1986 and has been restored since then due to its technical and historical significance.
Structure of the steam tanker
In the front half of the ship are simple, coverable with sheet metal box tank, closely followed by boilers and Supermarket about the middle of the tanker. The wheelhouse is elevated above the rear half of the ship's hull.
A crew of five was required for operation: captain, stoker, machinist, boat boy and cabin boy. The captain's family was also on the tanker.
Technical specifications
The external dimensions of the steam tanker built in 1903 are 43.5 meters long and 6.07 meters wide. The draft is 1.07 meters.
A three-cylinder triple expansion steam engine with an output of 162.5 hp, located amidships, serves as the drive. It was a special design with a space-saving, V-shaped arrangement of the cylinders. The steam boiler is also located amidships.
The ship reached a deadweight of 261.65 tons.
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- Information and boards can be viewed in the LWL-Industriemuseum Waltrop
- Measurement certificate
Coordinates: 51 ° 36 ′ 59.7 " N , 7 ° 19 ′ 39.7" E