President Schaefer

**President Schaefer**
Ship data
flag	Germany
Ship type	Customs barge
home port	Hamburg
Shipyard	Norderwerft , Hamburg
Whereabouts	Museum ship in the museum harbor Oevelgönne
Ship dimensions and crew
length	14.35 m ( Lüa )
width	3.76 m
Draft	Max. 1.65 m
displacement	27 t
Machine system
machine	1 × piston steam engine
Machine ; performance	95 PS (70 kW)
Top ; speed	9 kn (17 km / h)
propeller	1
Machine system from 1959
machine	Jastram - diesel engine (type: KRZ 4)
Machine ; performance	120 hp (88 kW)

The President Schaefer is a former customs launch. The boat has been preserved in the museum harbor Oevelgönne and has been a listed building since May 2018 .

history

The boat was ordered in 1924, together with an identical sister ship, from the regional tax office to replace boats that were lost during the First World War . It was built in 1925 as the second boat at the Norderwerft .

The customs barge was initially used by various customs offices in the port of Hamburg for clearance. Later it was used primarily for inspection trips. In 1959 the boat was rebuilt and the drive modernized. A little later, the wooden deck superstructures with cabin and wheelhouse were removed and replaced with steel ones.

After the drive had been converted, the boat was used by the customs repair shop to supply floating customs services on pontoon systems and for inspection trips . After the customs repair shop was closed in late 1982, the boat was taken out of service. Initially it was planned to scrap the boat. In 1985, the Museum of Hamburg History added the boat to its collection of historical government vehicles. The berth of the boat was the museum harbor Oevelgönne in July 1985.

Due to the cancellation of considerable funding for the museum, the former customs launch had to be sold in 1995. It was able to be obtained from the museum harbor Oevelgönne through the purchase of a private person, but was subsequently sold several times. The boat was added to the list of movable monuments of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg in May 2018 .

The boat is named after Bruno Louis Schaefer , former Senator and President of the Lower Elbe State Tax Office in Hamburg.

Technical specifications

The boat was first of a piston steam engine with 95 hp power driven. It reached just under nine knots . The steam engine was fired with coal, which was carried in four-ton bunkers . The hourly consumption was around two quintals of coal.

In 1959 the boat was converted at the Pohl & Jozwiak shipyard . The steam engine was by an Jastram - diesel engine replaced BCC type. 4 The four-stroke four - cylinder engine has an output of 120 hp and acts on the propeller via a reversing gear .

The hull of the boat is riveted .

Web links

Commons : President Schaefer - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ The fleet MHOe , Museum Oevelgönne. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
^ ^A ^b President Schäfer - Authority at Sea , hamburg.de. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
↑ President Schaefer - Old love doesn't rust , audioguideMe. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
^ Enno Isermann: Zollbarkasse President Schaefer placed under monument protection , press release of the Authority for Culture and Media , May 9, 2018. Accessed on May 14, 2018.
↑ ^a ^b history ( memento from May 15, 2018 in the Internet Archive ), President Schaefer.

[1] The fleet MHOe , Museum Oevelgönne. Retrieved August 28, 2020.

[HDE-2] A ^b President Schäfer - Authority at Sea , hamburg.de. Retrieved August 28, 2020.

[3] President Schaefer - Old love doesn't rust , audioguideMe. Retrieved May 14, 2018.

[4] Enno Isermann: Zollbarkasse President Schaefer placed under monument protection , press release of the Authority for Culture and Media , May 9, 2018. Accessed on May 14, 2018.

[ZB-5] history ( memento from May 15, 2018 in the Internet Archive ), President Schaefer.