Schmilka (ship, 1897)
 Schmilka paddle steamer
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
.svg){kind=small}
The Schmilka paddle steamer was built in the Blasewitz shipyard in 1897 . The ship was under the name of Hohenzollern with the hull number 40 to set keel . It was named after the noble family Hohenzollern . In 1919 the third ship was named Meissen , in 1936 the second ship named Sachsen and finally in 1936 the name Schmilka .
The time until 1945
After commissioning on May 23, 1897, the upper deck steamer drove until 1923 for the “Saxon-Bohemian Steamship Company” (SBDG). After the cessation of business operations, the ship sailed for the Sächsisch-Böhmische-Dampfschiffahrt, Aktiengesellschaft (SBDA), newly founded in 1923 , whose white paintwork of the ships, which was customary from 1926, earned it the name White Fleet .
The ship was equipped with a steam steering engine. It was built by the Übigau shipyard of the Deutsche Elbschiffahrts-Gesellschaft, chain, with factory no. 174. The ship was only equipped with 1st class seats. In 1913 the ship received an electrical system.
On May 25, 1919, like all ships bearing the name of a monarch or a monarchy, it was renamed and given the name Meissen . In the winter of 1927/28 the ship was painted white. In the winter of 1928/29, steam heating was installed and the wheel arches removed to make space for toilets. In 1929 the ship started sailing again under the new name Sachsen . The previous Saxony ex. King Albert was renamed Meissen . The reason for this name exchange is unknown. In 1936 the ship was given the place name Schmilka . With the exception of the John Penn , which was renamed Herrnskretschen in 1941 , all other 23 ships of the shipping company had place names at that time.
In the summer of 1943 the Schmilka, like all steamers, was given a camouflage finish. At the end of the Second World War , the ship was in the port of Prossen .
The time after 1945
On August 26, 1945 the Schmilka was confiscated by the Czechoslovak Republic and towed to Děčín . Here it was incorporated into the ČSPLO portfolio . In 1948 the ship was returned and on 1 February 1947 the name VEB Schiffahrtsgesellschaft Saxony in public property transferred over to SBDA. From 1950 to 1957 it belonged to the VEB Deutsche Schiffahrts- und Umschlagszentrale (DSU). After its dissolution, the VEB Fahrgastschiffahrt und Reparaturwerft Dresden was established in 1957 and from 1967 the VEB Fahrgastschiffahrt Dresden .
In 1949, the ship was repaired and an experimental conversion to oil firing took place. Since the attempts failed, coal firing was retained. In 1950/51 the machine was completely overhauled.
In 1977 the Schmilka was taken out of service due to a boiler damage. In 1980, a steam boiler with 10 bar steam pressure from the steam gripper IV was installed in the Alberthafen Dresden-Friedrichstadt . The boiler with construction no. 11109 and the year of construction 1960 came from VEB Dampfkesselbau Übigau . The ship was repaired in the Laubegaster shipyard in 1981. In 1982 things got going again. 1985, was shut down after a new boiler damage and the Neustadt port in Dresden launched . Obviously, a reconstruction was planned, because at times the Schmilka was below the Albertbrücke on the Terrassenufer . In 1987 the ship was examined in the Laubegaster shipyard for the possibility of repairs and renewed use. However, it didn't come to that. She was brought back to the Neustadt port. On October 16, 1995, she was towed from Meissen to the Laubegaster shipyard and laid ashore here. In 1997 the ship celebrated its 100th anniversary of service at the shipyard as the tenth ship. Since there was no need for the ship, it should be sold. After no buyer was found, the ship was to be towed to the local shipyard in Roßlau at the beginning of 2001 . However, due to the poor condition of the ship's hull, no approval was given. The Schmilka was then scrapped in October 2001.
The steam engine and the entire engine room were stored in the Roßlau shipyard. The paddle wheels and other reusable parts were also preserved and stored for possible reconstruction. The stern of the ship is now at the entrance to the Laubegaster shipyard.
The steam engine
The steam engine is an oscillating high-pressure two-cylinder compound steam engine with injection condensation. It was built by the Übigau shipyard of the "Ketten, Deutsche Elbschiffahrts-Gesellschaft" with factory no. 158. The power was 145 PSi.
Captains of the ship
- Julius Hermann Steglich 1898–1900
- Friedrich Wilhelm Erdmann 1901–1903
- Carl Gustav Hering 1904–1907
- Friedrich Eduard Viehrig 1908–1919
- Wilhelm Rosche 1920
literature
- Erlpeter Kulturblatt for Pirna, issue 34 / April 2004
- Hans Rindt: The Weisse Flotte Dresden . Deutsches Schiffahrtsarchiv 3, pp. 69–114, here pp. 101–102
- Shipping calendar for the Elbe area from 1898 to 1914
- Shipping calendar for the Elbe area and the Märkische Wasserstrassen from 1915 to 1920
