Railship I

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Railship I
Railway ferry RAILSHIP I (Kiel 56.894) .jpg
Ship data
flag GermanyGermany (official flag) Germany (until 1994) Germany
GermanyGermany 
Ship type Railway ferry
Shipyard Rickmers shipyard , Bremerhaven
Commissioning 1975
Whereabouts Broken down in 2001
Ship dimensions and crew
length
177.20 m ( Lüa )
width 22.00 m
Draft Max. 6.50 m
measurement 17,864 GT after extension
 
crew 28
Machine system
machine four MaK - diesel engines 8 M. 551 with 3670 each kW
Machine
performance 		14th 680 kW
Service
speed 		20.5 kn (38 km / h)
propeller two Lips variable pitch propellers
Transport capacities
Usable track length

1688 m (three decks, five tracks each)

The Railship I was a railway ferry that was used by the Railship Group on the Travemünde - Hanko (Finland) route.

history

In 1970 the first investigations were carried out for the establishment of a profitable railway ferry route from Germany to Finland. The result was an innovative ship concept with a three-deck ferry instead of the usual single-deck ferries. In 1973 Railship GmbH was founded and the Hamburg shipping company H. M. Gehrckens designed the concept for this ship together with Heinsohn from the Bremerhaven-based Rickmers shipyard. The ferry was launched on September 6, 1974 and service began in February 1975. The Railship I was at that time the largest rail ferry in the world and was the world's longest (540 sm ) Railway ferry route. The complete loading and unloading process took six hours.

In the first year of operation beginning in February 1975, 76 000 t transported, in 1976 there were already 206 000 t and 1978 around 276 000 t. The capacity limit has thus been reached. In July 1979, the Railship I was replaced by the installation of a midship section at 27.2 m, increasing the capacity to 150 wagons. With 96 round trips in 1983, around 390 000 tons of goods transported.

In July 2001 the Railship I was sold to the Blue Admiral Group Ltd. sold and then scrapped in Alang

Ship description

The Railship I was built as a special ship with 1300 m track length on three decks with a double elevator with a load capacity of 84 t exhibited. Five tracks were laid on each deck, on which 120 special wagons could be transported. The loading took place via only one five-track rear ramp. The wagons could be distributed on the decks with the help of turning angle switches and six on-board two-way shunting vehicles. Since the tracks were sunk, motor vehicles, usually semi-trailers , could also be transported.

Four MAK marine diesel engines of the type 8 M 551, each with an output of 3670, were used for propulsion kW and a total output of 14680 kW installed, which acted on two controllable pitch propellers. There were three MaK diesel generators 8 for the power supply M. 281 with 810 each kW and a port diesel with 130 kW built in. As part of the conversion of the main engines to heavy oil operation, the three auxiliary diesels were replaced by MaK diesel engines of type 6 M332 with 880 each kW, which were also operated with heavy oil, were exchanged. The ship had the ice class GL +100 A4 E4 + MC E4 AUT.

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