On October 15, 1976, the Antje Oltmann sank in a hurricane about 96 kilometers (52 nautical miles ) west of Hoek van Holland (Netherlands) to position 51 ° 53′N, 02 ° 44E in the North Sea . On the voyage from Rotterdam (Netherlands) to Cork (Ireland), the maize cargo had slipped in heavy seas and capsized the ship. Six of the nine crew members were killed. The survivors included the captain and the assistant engineer who were able to stay afloat on floating debris for seven and eight hours respectively. In the same hurricane, the East German tanker Böhlen sank near Brest (France).
technology
The Type 46 had a total length of 78.00 m (71.00 m Lpp , 74.01 m freeboard length ) and a width of 12.03 m. Although its carrying capacity was specified by the shipyard as 2,285 dwt , the measurement of the Antje Oltmann was carried out on delivery with 2,345 dwt and 999 GRT . She had two holds with a total volume of 122,000 cubic feet , with the aft had an intermediate deck. For surveying reasons, the Type 46 was designed as a quarter-decker, so that the upper deck did not go through to the forecastle and the hatch of the forward hold was on a lower deck. In this area, also known as the “ sinkhole ”, the side walls were designed correspondingly lower. As cargo gear that had Antje Oltmann four hydraulic derricks obtained with a load of three tons. It was powered by a 1,500 hp eight-cylinder four-stroke diesel engine from the manufacturer Klöckner-Humboldt-Deutz (KHD), which acted on a fixed propeller . Her top speed was 12.2 knots .
literature
Gert Uwe Detlefsen: The type ships of the Sietas shipyard. Verlag HM Hauschild, Bremen, 2010, ISBN 978-3-89757-494-6
Individual evidence
↑ a b c Gert Uwe Detlefsen: The type ships of the Sietas shipyard. Verlag HM Hauschild, Bremen, 2010, ISBN 978-3-89757-494-6 , p. 173
