Schaarhörn

This article describes the Schaarhörn ship; for other meanings of the similar spelling Scharhörn see Scharhörn (disambiguation) .

Schaarhörn

Schaarhörn steamship

Ship data flag  Germany other ship names Scharhorn Ship type Carbon-fired two-screw steamer made of steel Callsign DQDS home port Hamburg Owner Hamburg Maritime Foundation Shipyard Shipyard and machine factory, Hamburg-Steinwärder Launch 1908

Ship dimensions and crew length 41.66 m ( Lüa ) width 6.80 m Draft Max. 3.00 m measurement Lloyds Register 1910 ff: 140 GRT, measurement certificate 1938: 231.9 GRT, 83.6 NRT, measurement certificate 1995: GT 225, NRZ 67   crew 8th

Machine system machine 2 × triple expansion steam engines (coal fired) Machine performance 2 × 412 PSi Top speed 8.5 kn (16 km / h) propeller 2 × 4-bladed propellers Ø 2000 mm

The steamship Schaarhörn was built in 1908 at the Hamburg-Steinwerder shipyard and machine factory as a "bearing steamer" and put into service by the building deputation of the Hamburg Senate . The Schaarhörn is owned by the Hamburg Maritime Foundation and can be chartered.

history

After its commissioning in the city of Hamburg as a direction finder and for representation purposes in 1908, it was used as an auxiliary minesweeper during the First World War . After the First World War it was launched until 1925. She then resumed her original activity as a direction finding and inspection ship , now for the Cuxhaven Waterways Authority and from 1949 for the Cuxhaven Waterways and Shipping Authority . At the end of the Second World War she was involved in the evacuation of refugees from Swinoujscie , Pillau , Hela , Stolpmünde and Sassnitz . In 1973 the ship was sold to the United Kingdom ( Newcastle upon Tyne ) and used there as a catering ship until 1979.

After a further lay-in period , the Schaarhörn was bought back in 1990 by a community facility from Hamburg merchants. In 1993 she was the first ship to be included in the Hamburg list of monuments . It was restored from 1990 to 1995 as a job creation measure for young people under the supervision of Germanischer Lloyds . Since 1995 it has been operated as a traveling museum by a volunteer crew.

The ship is named after the island of Scharhörn, which belongs to Hamburg, at the mouth of the Elbe and the North Sea .

literature

• Joachim Kaiser: State steamer Schaarhörn - Of majesties and tides. Verlag Die Hanse, Hamburg, 272 pp., 214 ills. 1998 ISBN 3-434-52539-4
• Lothar Wischmeyer / Dirk Nottelmann: DS SCHAARHÖRN - double-screw top-level damper from 1909 , 52 pages with illustrations, 3 panels Risse (1:75) Cologne 1997

Web links

Commons : Schaarhörn  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Homepage of the Schaarhörn
• Schaarhörn: General plan of June 9, 1937, 1:50 (German Maritime Museum, Bremerhaven)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Marine Traffic: Schaarhörn
2. ^ Database of protected cultural assets: "Schaarhörn" steamship. Federal Republic of Germany, accessed on August 22, 2019 . 
3. ^ Working group historical shipbuilding eV: Publications