SMS Vulkan
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 SMS Vulkan , 1908 |
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| Ship data | |
| Construction designation | |
| Ship type | U-boat ship |
| design type | Double hull ship ( catamaran ) |
| Keel laying : | |
| Launching ( ship christening ): | September 28, 1907 |
| Commissioning: | February 28, 1908 |
| Builder: |
Howaldtswerke in Kiel, construction no .: 473 |
| Crew: | 105 men |
| Building-costs: | <3 million gold marks |
| Fate: | Sunk in the North Sea in the spring of 1919 en route to England for delivery to the Entente |
| Sister ship | |
| Technical specifications | |
| Displacement : | Construction: 1,595 t Maximum: t |
| Length: |
KWL : m over everything: 85.3 m |
| Width: | 16.5 m |
| Draft : | 3.85 m |
| Dock dimensions: | 6.5 × 61 m (dock width × lifting length) |
| Machinery: | |
| Power: | 1,200 hp |
| Number of screws: | 2 |
| Shaft speed: | |
| Top speed: | 12 kn |
| Driving distance: | 3,000 nm at kn |
| Fuel supply: | 130 tons of coal |
SMS Vulkan was a rescue ship for submarines , which was commissioned by the Imperial Navy from the dock specialists of the Howaldtswerke in connection with the construction of the submarine flotilla.
construction
The concept of this combined lifting and docking ship in catamaran design envisaged that a crashed submarine should be lifted from the crane deck above the space between the two hulls to between the hulls. There it was supposed to be placed on movable supports between the two hulls and repaired. The lifting cranes could lift up to 500 t at a lifting speed of 30 m / h. A special feature was the testing and introduction of the turbo-electric drive in German shipbuilding: For this purpose, two Zoelly turbines were driven by the steam from the four Mehlhorn boilers, which generated electricity for the two propeller motors using two generators. At a cruising speed of 12 knots, the SMS Vulkan was able to follow the submarines of that time.
history
During the first German submarine accident on January 17, 1911 off Kiel, the Vulkan was not there fast enough to rescue the crew members of SM U 3 trapped in the tower .
During the transfer drive to Harwich that after the end of was the First World War to the Entente Delivered ship on April 6, 1919 in the North Sea at position 54 ° 54 ' N , 6 ° 18' O lost.
Role model function
Another dock ship for the recovery of submarines was built with the Cyclop in the First World War near the Bremer Vulkan . It was a lot bigger than the volcano . The Cyclop also passed into British hands in 1919.
The Vulcan was a model for corresponding types of ships that were used in Russia and Japan. Thus, the similarly designed applies Volkhov (1922 in the Soviet Union renamed Kommuna and at least until 2018 in use), built under license from Howaldtswerke in the Putilov works in St. Petersburg , as a somewhat enlarged development of the volcano .
Commanders
- Lieutenant Paul Reymann - March 4, 1908 to September 30, 1909
- Corvette Captain / Frigate Captain Eberhard von Mantey - October 1, 1909 to February 26, 1910
- Corvette Captain Walter Michaelis - February 27 to September 30, 1910
- Corvette Captain Bruno Heuberer - October 1, 1910 to September 28, 1913
- Corvette Captain Theodor Eschenburg - September 29, 1913 to November 4, 1914
- Kapitänleutnant Karl Bartenbach - November 5, 1914 to March 12, 1915
- Corvette Captain / Frigate Captain Theodor Eschenburg - March 13, 1915 to November 23, 1918
- Captain of the Reserve Edmund Hanssen - November 24, 1918 to January 17, 1919
- Command not assigned - January 18 to March 14, 1919
- Corvette Captain Joachim Schaper - March 15 to April 6, 1919
Hull under construction, 1907
SMS Vulkan , around 1908
Model of the ship
Turbo-electric propulsion of the submarine lifting ship Vulkan , Bb engine
Trivia
- In the documentary film U-Boats out! With U-Boat 178 against the enemy , Vulkan plays itself in the lifting of the fictional U-Boat U 202 .
literature
- Erich Gröner : The German warships 1815-1945. Vol. 6: Port operations vehicles (II: excavators, rescue and diving vehicles, icebreakers, tugs, transport vehicles ), yachts and notifications, landing units (I). Bernard & Graefe, Koblenz 1989, ISBN 3-7637-4805-9 .
- Christian Ostersehlte: From Howaldt to HDW. Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Hamburg 2004, ISBN 3-7822-0916-8 .
- The German warships. Vol. 6. Biographies from 1815 to the present. Koehler Verlag, Herford 1982, ISBN 3-7822-0237-6 .
