ST class (1969)
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Goldenfels |
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Stone rock |
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Star Rock |
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Storm Rock |
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ST class, general cargo version | ||
Shipyard: | Lübeck Flender-Werke AG, Lübeck-Siems | |
Measurement: | 7,570 GRT / 4,673 NRT (10,670 GRT / 6,725 NRT) | |
Load capacity: | 11,716 dwt (14,329 dwt) | |
Length over all: | 153.27 m | |
Length between perpendiculars: | 148.79 m | |
Width: | 22.92 m | |
Side height: | 13.52 m | |
Draft: | 9.06 m (10.06 m) | |
Drive: | 1 × MAN K7Z 78/155 F diesel engine on 1 × fixed propeller | |
Total output: | 12,250 hp | |
Speed: | 20.0 knots | |
Loading harness: | 2 × 75 t cantilever booms 8 × 5–10 t loading booms 1 × 11 t LMG column crane 1 × 5 t LMG column crane 1 × 5 t LMG portal crane later ships also Liebherr cranes |
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Crew: | 53 | |
Passengers: | 4th | |
ST class, semi-container version | ||
Measurement: | 7,470 GRT / 4,430 NRT (10,743 GRT / 6,868 NRT) |
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Load capacity: | 11,888 dwt (13,956 dwt) | |
Length between perpendiculars: | 144.02 m | |
Draft: | 9.01 m (10.01 m) | |
Speed: | 19.2 knots | |
Loading harness: | 2 × 75 t curb trees | |
Container capacity: | 473 | |
ST class, container design | ||
Measurement: | 9,989 GRT / 6,756 NRT from 1974: 12,042 GRT / 8,789 NRT (13,017 GRT / 9,081 NRT) |
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Load capacity: | 11,911 tdw from 1974: 15,005 tdw (18,909 tdw) |
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Length over all: | from 1974: 174.94 m | |
Length between perpendiculars: | from 1974: 165.67 m | |
Draft: | 8.75 m from 1974: 8.61 m (9.85 m) |
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Total output: | 13,300 hp | |
Speed: | 20.0 knots | |
Loading harness: | - | |
Container capacity: | 700, from 1974: 886 | |
Crew: | 39 | |
Passengers: | - | |
Lower tables only differing data for free decks (protective decks) |
The ST-class , also Steinfels-class or type ST , was a ship class of the shipping company DDG "Hansa" . The Lübeck Flender-Werke built the series cargo ship type from 1969 to 1972 in ten units and three versions.
history
construction time
In 1968, DDG “Hansa” initially placed an order for six general cargo vessels of the ST type and then increased the order to include two full container variants of the type to eight ships, in order to later expand it to include two general cargo ships. The first ship in the series was the Goldenfels with hull number 581 , which was handed over on February 18, 1970. The Goldenfels , like the Gutenfels that followed, was redesigned to become a semi-container ship during construction. This was followed by four general cargo ships, two full container ships and the two subsequent general cargo ships. The series ended with the Sturmfels, which was delivered as a training ship on September 30, 1972 .
Working time
On September 26, 1969, the DDG "Hansa" announced the start of a fortnightly container service from Marseille, Genoa and Livorno to New York and Boston. The shipping company already operated a fast freighter line on this traffic . First the two semi-container ships, later also the full container ships, are brought into service. The six general cargo ships were used by DDG "Hansa" on the voyage to India, Pakistan, Ceylon, Burma and ports on the Persian Gulf, areas in which a high proportion of heavy goods were transported and had not yet been containerized.
After the collapse of DDG "Hansa", all ships are sold to various shipping companies, including Hapag-Lloyd and the Mediterranean Shipping Company . The latter used the ships for an exceptionally long time, from 1980 to 2010.
It is noticeable in this series that a ship was abandoned after a relatively short period of use, some units after a relatively normal period of use, but the majority of the freighters were in service for a longer than average. The last active ship of the series, the MSC Sariska (the former Geyerfels ), was only scrapped in mid-2010 after around four decades.
Technology and differences between the different series
The ship's propulsion system consisted of a reversible seven-cylinder two-stroke diesel engine from MAN , which acted directly on the fixed propeller. The power of the engine model used on all ships was increased by over 1000 hp during the series.
The five holds of the open ships were constructed without any significant undercutting . The general cargo and semi- container variants are each provided with an intermediate deck and a central longitudinal bulkhead, while the container variant has a loading space optimized for container stowage without an intermediate deck and central longitudinal bulkhead. The hatches of the semi-container and general cargo ships were closed sea-tight with MacGregor hatch covers, the container variant was provided with pontoon hatch covers. The loading gear of the first two semi-container ships built initially consisted of two cambered heavy-lift trees for 75 tonnes each, but was expanded to include four 10-tonne loading booms and three ASEA cranes with five-tonne lifting capacity during a conversion to a general cargo ship in 1974, and thus the other general cargo ships adapted to the series. For most of the general cargo and semi-container variants, the heavy lift gear and the normal loading booms were removed again in later years in order to improve their usability in container handling. The two full container ships had superstructures one deck higher and did not have their own handling equipment. At the end of 1974 / beginning of 1975 they were extended by a 22-meter-long central nave section at AG Weser in order to increase their container capacity.
The last ship from this series, the Sturmfels , was designed and operated for the training community of German shipowners, the joint training pool of eight German shipping companies. Under the guidance of the additional instructors on board, up to 50 cadets were able to complete the 11th grade of the technical college on board. Together with the regular crew, there were often more than 100 people on board. For this purpose, the ship was provided with a larger deckhouse than the sister ships with an additional deck, behind which there was an approximately 20 × 20 meter sports and leisure deck.
The Sturmfels was pictured on a youth stamp of the Deutsche Bundespost in 1977 .
The ships
DDG "Hansa" ST class | |||||
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execution | Ship name | Build number | IMO number |
Keel laying, launching, commissioning |
Renaming and whereabouts |
Semi-container ship | Goldenfels | 581 | 7003453 | June 16, 1969 November 18, 1969 February 28, 1970 |
1972 Atlantica Montreal , 1976 Goldenfels , 1981 Torm America , 1983 Santa Clara , 1984 Tausala Samoa , 1990 Ninghai , 1991 MSC Ariane , from December 12, 2008 demolition in Alang |
Semi-container ship | Gutenfels | 582 | 7008790 | August 25, 1969 January 15, 1970 April 23, 1970 |
1972 Atlantica New York , 1973 Gutenfels , rebuilt 1974 to a general cargo ship, 1980 Deneb , 1981 Torm Africa , 1983 Santa Monica , 1984 Tamaitai Samoa , 1991 MSC Valeria , converted 1996 to a container ship, December 16, 2008 demolition in Alang |
General cargo ship | Stone rock | 583 | 7021455 | November 24, 1969 June 6, 1970 August 27, 1970 |
July 31, 1997 demolished in Chittagong |
General cargo ship | Star Rock | 584 | 7026522 | February 9, 1970 July 9, 1970 October 23, 1970 |
January 18, 2009 demolition in Alang |
General cargo ship | Stockenfels | 585 | 7038654 | June 22, 1970 November 26, 1970 November 26, 1970 |
November 24, 2007 demolition in Alang |
General cargo ship | Stolzenfels | 586 | 7044093 | August 22, 1970 January 7, 1971 April 8, 1971 |
February 28, 1987 demolished |
Container Ship | Geyerfels | 595 | 7107780 | November 30, 1970 April 30, 1971 July 22, 1971 |
Seatrain Bremen , Geyerfels , Seatrain Valley Forge , Atlantica Livorno , Geyerfels , Ruhr Express , Carmen , Passero , Carmen Mare , Ville de Zenith , Carmen Mare , Alexa , MSC Alexa , MSC Sariska , July 31, 2010 Demolition in Mumbai |
Container Ship | Gruenfels | 596 | 7116810 | February 1, 1971 July 6, 1971 October 7, 1971 |
August 3, 2009 demolition in Alang |
General cargo ship | Ray rock | 591 | 7211397 | November 29, 1971 March 30, 1972 June 29, 1972 |
March 24, 2000 demolition in Bombay |
General cargo ship | Storm Rock | 592 | 7214959 | January 28, 1972 May 18, 1972 September 30, 1972 |
October 26, 1996 demolished in Chittagong |
literature
- Hans Georg Prager: DDG Hansa . from liner services to special shipping. Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft, Herford 1976, ISBN 3-7822-0105-1 .
- Ralf Witthohn: The new German merchant fleet . Freighters, tankers and containers. Verlag Gerhard Stalling, Oldenburg 1976, ISBN 3-7979-1870-4 .
- Peter Kiehlmann, Holger Patzer: The cargo ships of the DDG Hansa . HM Hauschild, Bremen 2000, ISBN 3-931785-02-5 .