Squeegee (ship)
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The doctor blade was a gaff ketch , which was built in 1896 by the Norwegian boat builder Colin Archer . She was one of almost 100 traditional ships that remained in Germany and, as such, was subject to Recommendation 1486/2000 of the European Parliament .
history
The ship was launched as Rachel for the client Lauritz S. Larsen from Ålesund . The boat builder Colin Archer constructed the ship at his shipyard in Larvik as a fishing vessel "Type III 135". In early November 1896 the ship was delivered and christened Rakel .
The 28-meter-long ship was robust as gaffelgetakelte Ketch with large topsail rigged and could so even in winter in the North Sea are used for fishing trips in extremely harsh weather conditions. In terms of design, it did not differ from the lifeboats that Colin Archer had built on behalf of the Norwegian Society for the Promotion of Fishing since 1893, but this ship was slightly larger.
The doctor blade was used as a fishing vessel on the Norwegian coast for several decades. In the course of rationalization, however, more and more powerful engines were installed over the years and the sail area of the ship was gradually reduced. After all, the former sailor was only in service as a coaster .
After Ålesund, the ship was still registered in Bergen and the owners at the time used it to hunt seals in arctic waters. After the squeegee was sold to Korvik , it was not only used as a cargo and fishing vessel, but also as an icebreaker in the Namsos Fjord in northern Norway .
A private person from Germany bought the ship on February 13, 1981. At Easter 1981 it was transferred from Farsund / Norway via Helgoland to today's home port of Bremerhaven .
On June 21, 2013, the ship threatened to sink near Heligoland due to water ingress , but was able to reach the Heligoland harbor on its own and be held in lenz with the support of the fire brigade . Two people were slightly injured. The BStU 160/13 report primarily cites a poor condition of the ship's hull, coupled with equipment that does not comply with the regulations, as the main cause of the accident.
The doctor blade was the last known surviving fishing vessel from the Colin Archer shipyard.
According to the blog port reports , Falk Pfau sold the ship to a new owner on November 30, 2013. The doctor blade was taken to a shipyard in Egernsund for extensive repair and restoration work . During the work on the ship, the owner was unable to continue the project for personal reasons. The shipyard then stopped the work, made the hull of the doctor blade floatable as a makeshift float and in the summer of 2014 fixed the ship to a shipyard jetty. In March 2015 the doctor blade was sold to a new owner from Denmark for the symbolic price of one euro. The owner tried to find a buyer for the ship that was being repaired. The operating association for the repair and operation of the ship tries to maintain the ship until there is enough money for a complete restoration.
In August 2018, the doctor blade in Egernsund was finally scrapped.
Web links
Homepage of the operating association ( Memento from February 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
Footnotes
- ↑ assembly.coe.int Recommendation 1486/2000 ( Memento of the original from December 20, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved November 28, 2013
- ↑ Traditional shipping in numbers. www.agdm.de, accessed on November 29, 2013 .
- ^ European sailing information system
- ↑ Water ingress on the traditional ship RAKEL on June 21, 2013 in the North Sea approx. 10 nm south of Helgoland , Federal Bureau of Maritime Casualty Investigation, February 25, 2014
- ↑ Rakel , details on the ship, Ship History Archive Flensburg.
- ↑ "Port reports"
- ↑ Homepage of the operating association with current status. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on February 3, 2016 ; Retrieved February 3, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ "Squeegee's Last Hour". In: www.hafenmeldung.org. August 21, 2018. Retrieved August 25, 2018 .
