Schönbrunn (ship)
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The Schönbrunn is a paddle steamer that runs on the Danube from Linz . Once the parade ship of the First Danube Steamship Company , she was rescued by the Austrian Society for Railway History and now only uses the Danube for special trips. The steamship is usually at the pontoon in Linz-Urfahr.
history
The Schönbrunn came from a series of three express steamers that the DDSG shipyard in Obuda built for use on the Vienna - Budapest line in 1911/12. She had two sister ships, the Budapest and the Vienna . The Wien sank in 1936 after a collision with the pillar of the Vienna Reichsbrücke. When they were put into service, the three ships caused a sensation due to their equipment, performance and the high speed caused by the shallow draft.
In the two world wars, the Schönbrunn was used as a hospital ship and as such carried out patient and troop transports on the Danube.
The ship was first modernized in 1954. The entire structure above the hull was renewed and made of aluminum (previously wood and steel). Furthermore, the boiler system was renewed and the firing switched from coal to heavy oil firing.
In 1976, during a minor renovation, diesel generators were installed (previously there was a steam turbine).
The ship was initially used for special trips from 1985/1986 after the decommissioning of the DDSG regular service. It was later transferred to Budapest , where it served as a floating casino - there the beautiful Art Nouveau salons were completely destroyed. Back in Austria, it served as an exhibition ship at the “Donauwelt Engelhartszell” for a year before it was sold to the ÖGEG in 1995 for the symbol price of one shilling . The ÖGEG repaired the no longer navigable ship with the help of unpaid volunteers and at the end of 2000 the first test drives could be undertaken.
On July 22, 2009, the Schönbrunn was badly damaged during a turning maneuver of the passenger ship Avalon Tranquility in Linz, so that she was canceled for the current 2009 season. In the autumn and winter of 2009/10, the Schönbrunn was repaired in the Linz shipyard so that it could be used again as planned at the start of the 2010 season. For the 100th anniversary in 2012, several special trips were carried out, including to Budapest, where the ship was built in 1912.
technology
The Schönbrunn is powered by the original inclined two-cylinder superheated steam composite steam engine from 1912, lovingly known as the “LISL” . The side wheels with a diameter of 4020 mm each have 8 pieces of 3150 mm × 750 mm large arched blades, which are adjusted by an eccentric so that the three immersed blades are perpendicular to the water surface (patent wheels according to Morgan-Galloway). The steam comes from two heavy oil-fired flame tube boilers, each with two burners, which were installed in 1954 by Österreichische Schiffswerft AG in Linz when they were converting from coal to heavy oil operation. The boilers work with an operating pressure of 10.5 bar.
Stamp
In 2008 ( ANK No. 2799) appeared on the day of the postage stamp (265 + 130 cents) "Schaufelraddampfer Schönbrunn", signed "A. Tuma".
Picture gallery
The Schönbrunn was still in its original state during a stay in the floating dock of the Obuda shipyard, 1938.
The Schönbrunn in full force in the Wachau.
Driving uphill before Dürnstein.
Bow view of the Schönbrunn.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Steamship Schönbrunn: A ship remembers (PDF; 877 kB) Austrian Society for Railway History. 2008. Archived from the original on January 23, 2014. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 8, 2013.
- ^ Ship collision: accident on the Danube on Die Presse of July 23, accessed on March 8, 2013.
- ↑ Osterreich-ANK-Nr-2799-mint never hinged -Tag-der-Briefmarke-2008 ebay.at, April 2020, accessed August 8, 2020.
