Rigoletto (ship, 1987)

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Rigoletto
The Rigoletto on the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal
The Rigoletto on the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal
Ship data
flag NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
other ship names
  • Wilhelm Tell (until 2002)
Ship type Cabin passenger ship
Callsign PD3388
home port Malden
Owner SijFa Cruises BV
Shipyard De Merwede, Hardinxveld
Build number 642
Keel laying November 21, 1986
Launch February 7, 1987
takeover April 1, 1987
Commissioning April 9, 1987
Ship dimensions and crew
length
105.00 m ( Lüa )
width 10.50 m
Draft Max. 1.50 m
 
crew 30th
Machine system
machine 2 × Deutz FM816 , each 585 kW
Machine
performanceTemplate: Infobox ship / maintenance / service format 		1,170 kW (1,591 hp)
Top
speed 		12 kn (22 km / h)
propeller 2 × controllable pitch propellers
1 × Jastram ( bow thruster )
Transport capacities
Permitted number of passengers 120
Others
Registration
numbers 		* Europe no .: 7001500 (1987–2002)
  • Europe no .: 2325887 (2002-2007)
  • ENI 02325887 (since 2007)

The Rigoletto is a 1986/87 built river cruise ship of the Dutch shipping company SijFa Cruises BV in Malden, community Heumen that in the time-charter of the Cologne River travel organizer 1AVista trips on the Rhine and its tributaries in Germany , the Netherlands and Belgium is used . From 1987 to 2002 the ship was called Wilhelm Tell for Triton AG in Basel, Cologne-Düsseldorfer and Viking River Cruises .

history

The Wilhelm Tell on the Moselle

The cabin ship was built in 1986 and 1987 by the shipyard De Merwede in Hardinxveld-Giessendam under construction number 662 and the name Wilhelm Tell for Triton-Reisen AG in Basel . The keel was laid on November 21, 1986, the ship was christened by the managing director Béatrice Baumgartner and the subsequent launch on February 7 of the following year. The ship was then towed to the neighboring Da-Capo company for the installation of the engines and interior fittings . 250 invited guests took part in the maiden voyage carried out on April 1, 1987 , from Hardinxveld-Giessendam to Rotterdam . On delivery, the ship had 47 double cabins and 4 three-bed cabins, so that 106 passengers could be accommodated. It went into service on April 9, 1987 on the route from Amsterdam to Basel. In the following years Triton used the Wilhelm Tell on the Rhine, Main, Moselle and the Scheldt-Rhine Canal, the maintenance of the ship took place in the winter months in Sliedrecht in the Netherlands

In the summer of 1993 Triton-Reisen AG was taken over by the Cologne-Düsseldorf Deutsche Rheinschiffahrt and renamed KD Triton AG . As a result, the ownership of all cabin passenger ships from the parent company was transferred to the new company. The Wilhelm Tell received a new coat of paint in KD colors and was used again in her previous sailing area from June 1995. Ownership of the ship was transferred on March 29, 1996 to the newly founded KD Deutsche Flusskreuzfahrten GmbH in Cologne, which they used for cruises on the Danube until 1998 . From 1999 the shipping area was expanded to include the Rhine and Main. When Premicon AG became the main shareholder of Köln-Düsseldorfer on March 9, 2000 , Viking River Cruises took over the company's river cruise business, including all ships used there. The new owner used the Wilhelm Tell until October 2002 . Sijbrands Faassen BV (since 2009 SijFa Cruises ) from Malden in the Netherlands then took over the ship. The ship was renamed Rigoletto and extended at the Vahali shipyard in Gendt with a ten-meter-long center section so that 120 passengers could be accommodated. Since then, the Rigoletto has been used by 1AVista Reisen for long-term charter on the Rhine and its tributaries.

Equipment and technology

The Rigoletto at the Cologne pier

The Rigoletto is a three-deck cabin ship of the 4-star category with 59 double cabins of 13 m² and a comfort cabin with 19 m² floor space. The cabins are air-conditioned and each equipped with a shower, telephone and TV set. The cabins for the 30-person crew are located in the rear area of ​​the main deck. On the bow side, the galley and the adjoining restaurant were set up on the main deck, and the lounge with an integrated bar on the upper deck. In the entrance area on the upper deck there is the reception and a library marked as a smoking area. The sun deck amidships behind the wheelhouse was furnished with deck chairs and partially covered seating areas. The two upper decks are also accessible for wheelchair users via a stairlift.

The ship is powered by 12-cylinder diesel engines of the type Deutz FM716 á 585  kW via two controllable pitch propellers. The bow thruster produced by Jastram has a 147 kW electric drive. The ship is 105 m long, 10.50 m wide. The maximum draft is given as 1.50 m.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Georg Fischbach: The ships of the Cologne-Düsseldorf 1826-2004 , self-published, Cologne 2004, p 879ff
  2. ↑ Cruise Mapper: MS Rigoletto - Itinerary Schedule, Current Position - CruiseMapper. In: cruisemapper.com. Retrieved September 30, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Entry on Rigoletto in the Dutch inland waterway database at www.debinnenvaart.nl , accessed on May 23, 2011

literature

Rear view
  • Georg Fischbach: The ships of the Cologne-Düsseldorfer 1826-2004 , self-published, Marienhausen 2004, ISBN 3-00-016046-9
  • Stephan Nuding: 175 years of Cologne-Düsseldorf Deutsche Rheinschiffahrt AG , Schardt Oldenburg 2001, ISBN 978-3-8984-1035-9

Web links

Commons : Rigoletto (Schiff, 1987)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files