Schwalbe II (ship)

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Swallow II
The motor ship Schwalbe II
The motor ship Schwalbe II
Ship data
flag GermanyGermany Germany
Ship type Day trip boat
home port Witten
Owner Witten municipal works
Shipyard Lux shipyard
Build number 104
Launch June 6, 1987
Ship dimensions and crew
length
25.33 m ( Lüa )
width 5.12 m
 
crew 1 skipper, 1 sailor / engine manager, 1 on-board service person
Machine system
machine Diesel engine
Machine
performance 		163 hp (120 kW)
Top
speed 		9.5 kn (18 km / h)
propeller 1
Transport capacities
Permitted number of passengers 150

The passenger ship Schwalbe II is a day trip ship on the Ruhr and on the Witten part of the Kemnader See with its home port in Witten . The ship is operated by the Witten municipal utility . It has 125 seats on two decks.

program

It runs three to four times a day in regular service between the stations of the Kemnade leisure center on Kemnader See, the Lakebrücke in Herbede , Herbeder Schleuse , the Hardenstein castle ruins , the Nachtigall colliery and the Uferstraße mooring in Bommern . A round trip takes about two hours and includes two locks. It is possible to have weddings carried out on the ship by the Witten registry office. The ship is barrier-free in the lower deck.

history

The Schwalbe II was built at the Lux shipyard in Niederkassel as hull number 104. It was launched on June 6, 1987. It replaced its predecessor Schwalbe , built in 1923, on Lake Kemnader . In the winter of 1998/99 it was completely overhauled in the Neue Ruhrorter shipyard and lengthened by 3.30 m.

Predecessor ship

The bow and propeller of the first swallow
Information board for the first swallow

Passenger shipping in Witten began in 1967 with the Schwalbe passenger ship built in Königswinter in 1923 . In 1977 Stadtwerke Witten took over the ship from the then owner Paul Schultz. The old ship then stood in a children's playground on Lake Kemnader for a few years before it had to be scrapped due to rust. The bow and propeller are preserved and integrated into a wall in Heven .

literature

  • Dieter Schubert: German inland passenger ships . Illustrated register of ships. Uwe Welz publishing house, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-933177-10-3 .

Web links

Commons : Schwalbe II  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Swallow II . Archived from the original on January 13, 2014 ; accessed on January 13, 2014 .
  2. ↑ MS Schwalbe II. In: medienwerkstatt-online.de. Medienwerkstatt Mühlacker Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, archived from the original on February 17, 2014 ; accessed on February 17, 2014 .
  3. ↑ a b "Clear ship". Interview with Schwalbe captain Helge Spartz . In: StadtMagazin Witten . No. 108 , 2017, p. 64 ( online [accessed March 29, 2017]).
  4. ↑ a b Experience the Ruhr on board the MS Schwalbe II. Stadtwerke Witten , accessed on March 29, 2017 .
  5. ↑ With the Ruhr ship Schwalbe - sail into the port of marriage! City of Witten, accessed March 30, 2017 .

Coordinates: 51 ° 25 ′ 19.2 ″  N , 7 ° 18 ′ 0.3 ″  E