Pioneer (ship, 1900)

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pioneer
the pioneers in Swakopmund
the pioneers in Swakopmund
Ship data
flag German EmpireThe German Imperium German Empire
Shipyard Jos.L. Meyer , Papenburg
Build number 153
Whereabouts unexplained
Ship dimensions and crew
length
17.40 m ( Lüa )
width 3.90 m
Draft Max. 2.02 m
displacement ~ 80 t
measurement 40 GRT
Machine system
machine Steam engine
Machine
performance 		120 hp (88 kW)
Top
speed 		8.5 kn (16 km / h)
propeller 1

The Pioneer was a ship of the Imperial Port Authority of Swakopmund in the colony of German South West Africa .

history

The Pionier was built in Papenburg in 1900. On December 20, 1900, she entered the service of the Imperial Port Authority of Swakopmund.

The colony of German South West Africa did not have a natural port and, for political and economic reasons, they did not want to use the port of British Walvis Bay, which was an exclave on the coastline of the German colony. Swakopmund offered itself as the closest port and a pier and a pier for the handling of goods were built there.

Nothing is known about the further fate of the pioneers .

literature

  • Erich Gröner , Dieter Jung, Martin Maass: The German warships 1815–1945, Vol. 7: Landing associations II: Landing vehicles in the narrow sense (Part 2), landing ferries, landing support vehicles, transporters; Ships and boats of the army, ships and boats of the sea pilots / air force, colonial vehicles , Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Koblenz 1990, page 218.