Roald Amundsen (ship, 1952)

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Roald Amundsen
Roald-Luftbild-1.jpg
Ship data
flag GermanyGermany Germany
Ship type Sailing ship
Callsign DARG
home port Eckernförde
Shipping company Learning to live on sailing ships e. V.
Launch 1952
Ship dimensions and crew
length
49.8 m ( Lüa )
38.2 m ( KWL )
width 7.2 m
Draft Max. 4.2 m
displacement 480 GRT, 252 GT
 
crew 16 permanent crew + 32 trainees
Machine system
machine Eight-cylinder Buckau Wolff diesel engine (auxiliary drive) with compressed air reversing
Machine
performance 		300 hp (221 kW)
propeller 1
Rigging and rigging
Rigging brig
Number of masts 2
Number of sails 18th
Sail area 850 m²
Others
Classifications Traditional ship
Registration
numbers 		StA no. : G 508
The Roald Amundsen , 2005
At the Kieler Woche , with a small tent for day visitors behind the foremast in front of the Amphitrite , 2007
When the square sails are set (left), the three upper yards are higher than when the sails are recovered (right, where the bramrah is missing), 2008
Arrive in Bay City (USA): The top yards are eased (lowered) whereby the Obermarsrahen just above the Untermarsrahen stand; whose sails are not packed, 2010
The Roald Amundsen in dry dock in Emden , 2020

The Roald Amundsen is a German steel ship built in 1952 in Roßlau on the Elbe. After various missions it received masts and sails in 1992 and was converted into a brig (two-master). Since then, the aim of his trips has been to introduce people to classic seamanship on traditional ships or sailors.

history

The hull was built in 1952 at the Roßlauer Werft on the Elbe (GDR) as a logger for fishing. During the construction phase, the ship was converted into a so-called tank logger, ie a ship equipped with large tank capacities. This ship was brought into the Baltic Sea with additional floating bodies attached to the side, which reduced the draft, in order to be fully equipped at the Peene shipyard in Wolgast as Project 235 with the name Vilm . For many years, the Vilm served the GDR's People's Navy as a tanker and supply ship and supplied marine units with fuel, drinking water and equipment. The permanent berth was Peenemünde . The crew consisted mainly of civilian employees who were commanded by an officer of the National People's Army.

In the 1970s, the ship was converted into a bilge drainer , again at the Peene shipyard. The tasks changed, so that the ship visited the individual locations of the People's Navy on a regular scheduled service and pumped bilge water from the ships and brought it to a central collection point for recycling.

At the turn of the year 1989 this service was discontinued. After a year of lay-up, the ship was towed to Neustadt in Holstein and served as an accommodation ship for guards at the Neustadt naval base .

At the turn of the year 1991 the Vilm was advertised for sale by the Verwertungsgesellschaft für Bundeseigentum in Frankfurt (VEBEG) and bought by Detlev Löll and Hanns Temme and taken over on December 2, 1991. With the help of part of the old crew, the Vilm drove from Neustadt to Wolgast. Work on the ship began there in the spring of 1992. First there was a massive dismantling up to the complete dismantling of the main deck and the intermediate deck and the expansion of the entire engine room. The ship was then sandblasted , given a new outer keel , converted into a brig and put into service under the name Roald Amundsen in July 1993. Around 200 ABM workers were involved in the renovations . The work was financed by the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and the Federal Employment Agency. As part of this ABM project, the ships Fridtjof Nansen and Nobile were also converted.

In mid-1993 the ship was put into motion and passed on by the owners to the association “LebenLernen auf Segelschiffen e. V. “chartered out. He gave the ship to the association “Segelschiff Fritjof Nansen e. V. “continue. The first season ended on November 15, 1993. Since the beginning of 1994, is Roald Amundsen himself from the club LLAS bereedert and used in experiential association work.

Home port of Roald Amundsen today Eckernförde . From here, in the summer months, she usually makes trips across the entire Baltic Sea from the Danish South Sea to the Baltic and the North Sea. In the fall, the Roald Amundsen sets course for warmer regions, where it spends the winter, until it returns to its home course in the spring.

The Roald Amundsen's itinerary always includes more distant destinations:

Below deck, equipment

In the lower part there are tanks and the concrete ballast. The solid ballast portion is 180 tons, the liquid 108 tons. Of these, around 30 tons are diesel tanks, around 25 tons are fresh water tanks, around 20 tons are ballast water tanks and around 25 tons are gray water tanks. The dry loads for food and the like are also housed here. Above it are the cabins and the mess, as well as other rooms such as the engine room, bosun's gates and so on. The deckhouse houses the map room, the hospital, and the galley . The ship is completely built in wood below deck, has central heating and several shower and wash rooms with running hot and cold water. As a traditional sailor, the Roald Amundsen largely dispenses with special luxury and unnecessary modern equipment. Instead, where possible and sensible, traditional methods are used (e.g. splicing and whipping ). However, the safety equipment is up to date and meets the requirements set by the Joint Commission for Historic Watercraft GSHW .

Technology and equipment

  • Main engine:
    eight-cylinder diesel engine , low-speed     engine from Buckau-Wolf . Power 300 hp (220 kW) at 180  min -1 , displacement 48,000 cc, power consumption: about 0.8 tons of diesel oil per day at half speed. The machine has no gearbox , it must be stopped to reverse, reversed and restarted in the other direction. It is started with compressed air.
  • Generators and power supply:
    Three generators , of which two smaller ones can be operated together. Most of the electrical consumers on board are powered by a 24-volt network and are therefore available around the clock. To charge the batteries and to operate certain large consumers (e.g. anchor spill and stove), the two small generators normally run for around nine hours a day and if necessary.
    A shore power supply with 380 V is possible.
  • Other:
    two fixed fire pumps , a portable fire pump, osmosis - seawater desalination system , dinghy with 40 HP outboard motor, diesel heating, fire alarm system
  • Radio and navigation equipment:
    based on SOLAS , route A3 : radar, echo sounder , two GPS navigation receivers, magnetic compass, 2 × VHF radio, VHF DSC controller, handheld VHF radio, a boundary wave / short wave radio with DSC controller, satellite emergency transmitter EPIRB, Inmarsat -C system, Inmarsat Mini-M system for fax / e-mail / telephone, on-board mobile phone, weather fax , Navtex , AIS device ( Automatic Identification System ), 2 ×  SART .

Rig

The rigging of the brig is - in contrast to the safety rigs of many other windjammers currently sailing - based on the labor-intensive rigs of the traditional merchant ships of the late 18th century. So are z. B. the top three yards of the two masts fixed , that is, to set the sails on these yards, not (only) the sails are pulled down, but the yards are pulled up. The purpose of this construction was to shift the ship's center of gravity downwards when the sails are not set and the cargo hold is empty, in order to reduce the risk of capsizing ( e.g. in cross winds). Here Royal and Bramrah cover a relatively short distance. The lowest fable yard, the upper marsrah, however, covers almost the entire distance of the height of the upper marshal.

None of the square sails can be reefed ; Only the brig sail (a gaff sail ) can be reefed . The square sails, however, are somewhat smaller overall, so that although the ship is more difficult to move in light winds, the sails can also be used for longer without reefing in strong winds.

The ship has movable top frames on the lower rows (ie the lowest yards) . Due to the heeling when driving through the water, the yards are not parallel to the water surface. This is annoying on a close-hauled course in which the sails are approached lengthways . Slanted yards swirl the wind and it no longer flows optimally against the rectangular sails. In order to be able to place the yards parallel to the water again (so-called dumping), the toppnants are used, one rope each on port and starboard , which, when pulled through on the leeward side , initially only move the lower yard. The yards above inevitably follow when the sails are set, as they are connected to one another.

  • Standing rigging:
    Standing rigging of Roald Amundsen consists exclusively of Drahttauwerk different strengths, which in part with Hüsing gekleedert and treated with a Wurzelteer color mixing.
  • Running rigging :
    The running rigging consists of polypropylene rope, which has a hemp-like handle and looks similar to hemp rope. This has the advantage over real hemp rope that much higher breaking loads can be achieved and the wear from wind, weather, salt and, above all, UV radiation is much lower. The forerunners on Schoten, Geitauen etc. are largely made of wire rope. Around four kilometers of running goods are built in. 184 ropes are attached to wooden or steel nails on deck and are used for setting sails, recovering, maneuvering, etc.
  • Sails:
    The sails are made of dacron cloth of various thicknesses. This is also treated in such a way that it looks relatively similar to brahmt cloth made of linen.

crew

The Roald Amundsen normally operates in the so-called three - watch system . A watch usually consists of a helmsman (navigator), a top guest (watchman), one or two deck hands (experienced sailors), possibly a deck hand candidate and the trainees. The trainees follow the tradition of trainees on a sailing school ship . Paying guests are a full part of the crew on the Roald Amundsen and sail and maintain the ship together with the regular crew. There are also guardless people on board, including the captain , the machinist, machine assistant, Smut and the boatswain .

Web links

Commons : Roald Amundsen  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Tall Ships Challenge 2010
  2. ^ High Seas High School 19/20. Retrieved July 6, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Sailing on the Roald Amundsen. Retrieved July 6, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Learning to live on sailing ships e. V .: BOARD MANUAL . 4th edition. Self-published, Eckernförde 2013, p. 68 ( sailtraining.de [PDF]).