RMS Mülheim
RMS Mülheim three months after being stranded at Land's End
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The RMS Mülheim was a coaster built in Tulcea , Romania , operated by the shipping company Rhein-, Maas- und See-Schiffahrtkontor (RMS) in Duisburg . The keel of the ship was laid in February 1998 and the launch in May 1999. The ship sailed under the flag of Antigua and Barbuda , the crew came from Poland .
description
The drive of the ship was carried out with a diesel mechanic by Deutz MWM Motoren-Werke Mannheim -built eight-cylinder - four stroke - marine diesel engine with 1,500 kW power , via a reduction gear to a propeller worked. The ship also had a bow thruster .
The superstructures were in the rear of the ship. In order to be able to sail on rivers, the deck superstructures and the bridge , which could be hydraulically adjusted in height, were kept low. The masts could be folded down to pass under bridges. Most of the crew's accommodations and other rooms were below deck.
In front of the deck superstructure there was a box-shaped cargo hold that was closed with hydraulically operated folding hatch covers. The hold was 57.81 meters long, 9.30 meters wide and 6.64 meters high. The ship was equipped with two bulkheads that could be erected in eight positions. The tank ceiling could be loaded with 15 t / m², the hatch cover with 1.56 t / m².
The ship was equipped for the transport of containers . The container capacity was 124 TEU . There was space for 52 TEU in the room and 72 TEU on deck. There were also connections for 16 refrigerated containers on deck.
The hull of the ship was reinforced with ice ( ice class E2).
Stranding
On the voyage from Cork in Ireland to Lübeck , loaded with over 2200 tons of plastic shredder waste from automobiles , the ship ran into distress off Land's End in Cornwall on March 22, 2003 and was driven onto the cliffs near the village of Sennen in heavy seas . The bottom of the ship was destroyed when it hit the rocky coast. The ship was declared a total loss two days later. The six-man crew was from an in Culdrose stationed helicopters of the Royal Navy rescued.
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After the accident, an oil spill over 500 meters long formed from the leaked diesel fuel that was driven into nearby Gamper Bay. Some of the plastic waste was recovered from the hull within the next few months, initially with the help of an assembly line system and later with the help of a crane island in barges. Parts of the cargo were washed out of the severely damaged hull by the sea and collected with excavators on the nearby Sennen beach . The garbage poses a possible threat to animals living here such as seagulls and dolphins , as the animals swallow the parts and perish. The wreck itself was not recovered in order not to endanger the environment further.
The direct proximity of the wreck to the coast attracted many curious onlookers, for which extra makeshift parking spaces were created in fields nearby and signs were put up about the accident site.
On October 7, 2003, the fuselage broke in two. The stern was finally washed into a ravine in the cliff onto the beach by the waves.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h RMS Mülheim ( Memento from May 27, 2003 in the Internet Archive ) , data on the website of Rhein-, Maas- und See-Schiffahrtkontor, (accessed on January 27, 2009).
- ↑ a b RMS Mülheim , wellandcanal.ca (accessed on January 27, 2009).
- ^ Emergencies at sea in March 2003 ( Memento from May 16, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed October 5, 2012).
- ^ Salvage effort for knitting ship , BBC News , March 23, 2003 (accessed December 27, 2009).
- ↑ a b Wreck talks call , BBC News, April 28, 2003 (accessed December 27, 2009).
- ↑ a b RMS Mulheim ashore near Land's End , description and pictures of the accident and the cargo recovery (accessed on December 27, 2009).
Coordinates: 50 ° 4 ′ 24.3 " N , 5 ° 42 ′ 30.3" W.