Prinses Juliana (ship, 1932)

Prinses Juliana

Ship data flag  Netherlands Ship type Double-ended ferry Shipping company Provincial stoom boat services in Zeeland Shipyard Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij , Rotterdam Build number 176 Keel laying April 2, 1931 baptism October 12, 1931

Ship dimensions and crew length 65.52 m ( Lüa ) width 12.72 m Draft Max. 4.95 m

Machine system machine diesel-electric 2 × electric motor Service speed 12.5 kn (23 km / h) Top speed 14 kn (26 km / h) propeller 2

Transport capacities Load capacity 120 dw Permitted number of passengers 800 Vehicle capacity 48 cars

The Prinses Juliana was a double-ended ferry of the Dutch shipping company Provinciale Stoombootdiensten in Zeeland, which used the ship in ferry traffic on the Scheldt .

history

The ferry was the shipping company's second double-ended ferry after the Koningin Wilhelmina, which had been commissioned a few years earlier . The ship was ordered at the end of 1930 and built under construction number 176 by the Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij shipyard in Rotterdam . The keel was laid on April 2, 1931. The ship was christened on October 12, 1931. The ferry was delivered to the shipping company on February 14, 1932 and put into service on the route between Vlissingen and Breskens .

The ferry was sunk in Breskens on May 18, 1940 during the Second World War by the French troops retreating in front of the advancing German troops. The wreck was lifted on August 15th that year and taken to the De Schelde shipyard in Vlissingen for repairs . The repair was deliberately delayed to prevent the ferry from falling into the hands of the German occupiers. The retreating Wehrmacht troops sank the ship again in October 1944.

After the Second World War, the ferry was lifted again, but no longer repaired. Parts of the ship were used in the construction of other ferries. The main engine was used to repair the Prins Hendrik and the auxiliary diesel was installed in the Koningin Juliana PSD ferry built near De Schelde . As it soon became clear that parts of the hull could no longer be used for the larger newbuildings, the ferry was scrapped in the early 1950s.

Technical data and equipment

The propulsion of the ship was diesel-electric . The ferry was the shipping company's first diesel-electric powered ferry. For electricity generation was a two-stroke - eight-cylinder - diesel engine of Werkspoor - Sulzer with 1,600  hp power available that powered a generator. The two drive motors were located outside the engine room at either end of the ferry. Both propellers could turn against each other. This benefited the maneuverability of the ferry, which was able to turn around its own axis.

Three generators powered by Deutz diesel engines were available to generate electricity for on-board operation .

The ferry had a continuous vehicle deck, which was largely covered by the superstructures . In addition to the entrances at both ends, the ferry also had two side gates on one side so that it could also be used on routes on which vehicles entered the ship via side ramps. Above the vehicle deck was the deck with the facilities for the passengers, on which a wheelhouse was placed at both ends .

Web links

• Veerboot Prinses Juliana , website about the PSD ferries

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bouwnummer RDM 176, the "Prinses Juliana", 1932, veerpont , De nieuwbouw bij de RDM, De Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Nederlandse niet-gemilitariseerde hulpschepen: transportschepen , Traces of War. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
3. ↑ Veerboot Prins Hendrik , PDSnet.nl. Retrieved October 8, 2019.