Siebengebirge (ship, 1969)
 Siebengebirge car ferry
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The Siebengebirge car ferry was used by the Honnef Pool ferry company . It connected the left and right banks of the Rhine between Rolandseck and Bad Honnef all year round until July 2015 .
History and commitment
The Siebengebirge was the 96th new building of the Schmidt shipyard from Remagen - Oberwinter . The ferry has been used since 1969 on the route between Rolandseck and Bad Honnef (district Lohfeld ) at river kilometer 640. She crossed the river on weekdays between 6:30 a.m. and 9 p.m., on Sundays and public holidays between 8 a.m. and 9 p.m. Different departure times applied for Christmas and the New Year. The ferry service was stopped at a water level of 880 cm at the Andernach gauge .
In spring 2013 it became known that the Siebengebirge would be replaced by a newer ship of the same name in 2015 . This is mainly due to the high occupancy of the ferry. The newer and bigger ship can handle the vehicle load better and faster. It was built at the Lux shipyard in Mondorf and put into service in July 2015. The old ferry is to be sold.
In July 2013, the ferry had an accident while crossing from Rolandseck in the direction of Bad Honnef shortly after casting off. Due to a machine failure, the ferry drifted without propulsion on the Rhine and had to be pulled by the fire brigade by rescue ship to the pier in Bad Honnef after an emergency anchorage. However, there were no injuries among the 55 passengers on board.
The Dutch coast guard reported that the ferry overturned and sank while towing from Germany to Finland on April 30, 2017 west of the island of Texel . There were no people on board. The cause of the accident is being investigated; the ship was not built for maritime use. A similar fate met the predecessor ferry Rheinhilde , which sank in 1990 during a towed transfer trip on the North Sea.
technical description
The ferry is 39.5 m long and 9.5 m wide. The 27.5 m long hull is built like a pontoon in longitudinal frame construction, completely welded and divided into eleven watertight compartments by bulkheads . The Seven Mountains is powered by two six-cylinder diesel engines from MAN , each with 178 kW two Z-Drive driven.
The deck of the ferry is 27.5 m long and 8.7 m wide, the deck is 5.25 m wide. Vehicles and people get onto the ferry via 6 m long flaps. The maximum permissible total load of the ferry is 60 tons.
The deckhouse of the ferry offers a passenger room and a lounge for employees of the ferry. There is also a toilet and a workshop room. The driver's cab of the ferry and an overlying lifeboat are built on it .
Web links
Footnotes
- ↑ a b c Philipp Königs: Ferry will soon be commuting between Bad Honnef and Rolandseck - the new ferry is still in the shipyard. General-Anzeiger , April 8, 2015, accessed April 30, 2017 .
- ↑ Honnef ferry company - delivery times. Archived from the original on October 26, 2015 ; accessed on April 30, 2017 .
- ↑ Honnef ferry company - flood information. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015 ; accessed on April 30, 2017 .
- ^ "Siebengebirge" Rhine ferry // Remagen · Wochenspiegel. In: wochenspiegellive.de. July 23, 2013, archived from the original on July 24, 2013 ; Retrieved July 25, 2013 .
- ↑ Joran Bolle: Voortgesleepte veerpont zinkt bij Texel. In: nrc.nl. April 30, 2017, Retrieved April 30, 2017 (Dutch).
- ^ Anja Wollschlaeger, Hansjürgen Melzer: Old Rhine ferry sunk off Texel. In: General-Anzeiger. April 30, 2017. Retrieved April 30, 2017 .
- ↑ Fährgesellschaft Honnef - technical data. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015 ; accessed on April 30, 2017 .
Coordinates: 50 ° 37 ′ 56 ″ N , 7 ° 12 ′ 42.3 ″ E