Press messengers
 The former Prinses Margriet as SMS Kartanegara in Merak.
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With Prinsessen messengers (dt .: "Princess boats," as princesses class called) was a three-unit series of double-ended the Dutch shipping company called Provinciale Stoombootdiensten in Zeeland.
The ships were used in ferry traffic on the Scheldt and primarily served the route between Vlissingen and Breskens . They replaced the Koningin Juliana and Prins Bernhard ferries built in 1949 and 1950 respectively . In 1986 the first two ships built, Prinses Beatrix and Prinses Irene , were replaced by a new build, the Prinses Juliana , but initially served as a reserve. The Prinses Juliana had two car decks and therefore had a greater vehicle capacity than the press messengers .
In the 1990s, all three press messes were sold.
description
The ships were designed by the naval architecture office Bureau voor Scheepsbouw in Bloemendaal . They were built at three different shipyards in the Netherlands. The ships put into service in 1958, 1960 and 1964 were named after the first three daughters of the Dutch Queen Juliana (the fourth daughter gave their name to the Prinses Christina, which was commissioned in 1968 ).
The ships had a continuous car deck. This consisted of a 9.3 meter wide central area, 8.3 meters of which could be used by vehicles. Three lanes were available here. The middle area of the car deck was 4.2 meters high so that trucks could also be transported. On both sides of the ferries there was also a 3.1 meter wide lane for cars. The vehicle deck was loaded and unloaded via shore-side loading ramps, which were height-adjustable to adapt to the tidal water level. The infrastructure with the loading ramps had to be rebuilt for the ferries in the two ferry ports in Vlissingen and Breskens.
The entrances to the car deck were 7 meters wide, 6 meters of which could be used by vehicles, so that cars could drive on and off board in two rows side by side. The driveways on the ships could be closed with electrically operated gates. 1300 m² of space was available on the car deck. The ships could carry 85 cars.
Above the car deck was a deck with facilities for the passengers, including two lounges with seating. Further benches were located on the side promenade decks , at the ends of which there were also the entrances to the ferries for passengers without vehicles. Two further lounges for passengers were located on the intermediate deck under the car deck. Above the passenger deck there was a wheelhouse at both ends of the ferries .
The drive of the ships was made diesel-electric by four electric motors, each with 1,500 hp power , two of which in each case one of the two propellers worked at the two ends of the ships. Four generators were available to generate electricity for the drive motors, each driven by a nine-cylinder MAN diesel engine with an output of 1070 hp. For the normal operation of the ships, three of the diesel generator sets were sufficient, so that one acted as a reserve. Three additional generators were available for the on-board network, each driven by a MAN diesel engine.
The hull of the ships was reinforced with ice .
Ships
| Press messengers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Building name |
Shipyard construction number |
IMO number |
Launched delivery |
Later names and whereabouts |
| Prinses Beatrix | J. & K. Smit 880 |
6524759 | November 26, 1957 June 10, 1958 |
1994: Mu Ping , scrapped in 2003 |
| Prinses Irene |
De Scheldt 304 |
6524761 | February 13, 1960 May 23, 1960 |
1988: Karwela I , 1988: Hauno Express , 1998: Al Mabruka , 1998: Almabruka I , 2002: Almadina Almunawara I , scrapped in 2006 |
| Prinses Margriet |
Van der Giessen 815 |
6524773 | October 16, 1963 March 21, 1964 |
1996: Princess , 2002: Gonj-Zhu 5 , 2002: SMS Kartanegara , scrapped in 2018 |
The Prinses Beatrix was used in ferry service on the Scheldt from 1958 to 1986. The ferry was then used as a reserve until 1994. In 1994 it was sold to China and used between Dalian and Yantai from 1995 to 1999 . In 2001 the ship was sold for demolition and scrapped in 2003.
The Prinses Irene was used in ferry service on the Scheldt from 1960 to 1986 and then served as a reserve for two years. In 1988 the ferry was sold and initially used for a few weeks between Jeddah in Saudi Arabia and Suez in Egypt . In 1989 the ship began the ferry service between Jeddah and Assab in Eritrea . It was sold and renamed several times before it was used between Jeddah and Port Sudan in Sudan from mid-2002 . In 2006 the ship was sold to India for scrapping .
The Prinses Margriet was used in ferry service on the Scheldt from 1964 to 1994. Until the end of 1995 the ferry was used as a reserve, but since October 1994 it has only been allowed to carry 600 passengers for safety reasons. In 1996 it was sold to China and used between Dalian and Yantai from 1997 to 1999. In 2002 the ferry to Indonesia was sold and ran between Bakauheni on Sumatra and Merak on Java until at least 2017 . At the end of 2018, the ship was scrapped in Indonesia.
literature
- Veerboot "Prinses Beatrix" overgedracht aan Zeeland Provinciaal Bestuur. In: Schip en Werf , Vol. 25, No. 13, June 27, 1958, pp. 389-390.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Veerboot Prinses Beatrix , website about the PSD ferries. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
- ↑ a b Veerboot Princess Irene , site on the PSD ferries. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
- ↑ a b Veerboot Prinses Margriet , website about the PSD ferries. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
- ^ Vloot , website about the PSD ferries. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
- ↑ Technical against Prinses Beatrix , website about the PSD ferries. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
- ^ M / S Prinses Beatrix , Fakta om Fartyg. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
- ↑ Technical against Prinses Irene , website about the PSD ferries. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
- ^ M / S Prinses Irene , Facta om Fartyg. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
- ↑ Technical against Prinses Margriet , website about the PSD ferries. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
- ^ M / S Prinses Margriet , Fakta om Fartyg. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
- ↑ Sloop PSD-boot started in Indonesië; 'Vaarwel mijn geliefde schip' , Omroep Zeeland, October 17, 2018. Retrieved November 15, 2018.