Spiekeroog III
Spiekeroog III in 2009
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The Spiekeroog III is a former German ferry . In addition to the Spiekeroog I , the Spiekeroog II and the Spiekeroog IV, it was the smallest and oldest of the ferry ships between the North Sea island of Spiekeroog and Neuharlingersiel . In 2013 the ferry was sold and converted into a restaurant. The ship is moored in Leer, the restaurant was opened in July 2015.
history
The ship was built in 1967 under the construction number 1244 at the Husum shipyard in Husum. The ship was approved for the tidal flats and coastal voyages. Home port of Spiekeroog III is Spiekeroog.
From 1967 to 1981 it was the main ship for ferry traffic to the island. Then it was used for excursions from Spiekeroog and Neuharlingersiel from z. B. used to the seal banks on the Langeooger Ostplate. In the high season, the Spiekeroog III was occasionally used to reinforce the two main ferries Spiekeroog I and Spiekeroog II . In the event of low passenger numbers in winter or if one of the other two ferries failed, it was also used as the main ferry. In the ferry traffic on the stern of the ship, the luggage of the travelers and mail were transported in green containers and silver aluminum containers. These little green containers are similar to those that were loaded onto the island railway at the old pier until 1981.
In 1976 the Spiekeroog III was torn unmanned from the old pier during a hurricane. The ship stranded unscathed at Mellum and was soon able to resume ferry traffic. In October 2008, the Spiekeroog III was lying at sea off Langeoog with engine damage and had to be towed by the Neuharlingersiel rescue boat .
On December 1, 2011, the owner company decided to sell the passenger ship due to the loss of excursion traffic and the upcoming maintenance costs. Since no buyer was found for the ship at the beginning of 2012, the Spiekeroog III continued to operate as an excursion ship in the 2012 and 2013 seasons.
In March 2013, the passenger ship was sold by Nordseebad Spiekeroog GmbH to a private person. On January 28, 2015 it drove from Oldersum to Neuharlingersiel. The transfer to Spiekeroog took place on February 3, 2015. There the Spiekeroog III lay as a floating restaurant at the berth built for it in the port of Spiekeroog.
In November 2017, the owner moved the Spiekeroog III to Leer in order to continue operating the restaurant there.
Technical specifications
The vessel was of a Klöckner-Humboldt-Deutz - diesel engine driven type SBA 8 M 816 310 kW. The engine worked on a propeller .
Stamford generators of the type UCM 274 CL with an apparent power of 77.5 kVA were available for power generation, powered by a Volvo Penta diesel engine of the type D5A-BTA with an output of 77 kW and a MWM diesel engine of the type TBD 226-6 74 kW power were driven.
The Spiekeroog III had two decks accessible to passengers, the main deck with the two salons and the stern loading area, and the upper deck with the sun deck.
See also
Web links
- Departure in East Frisian - The rescue of the Spiekeroog III , film of the rebuilding of the ship (approx. 30 min.)
Individual evidence
- ^ Restaurant "Spiekeroog III" - Imprint , accessed on December 7, 2013.
- ↑ a b Restaurant "Spiekeroog III" , accessed on July 29, 2015.
- ↑ Lifeboat tows Spiekeroog III , Ostfriesen-Zeitung, October 11, 2008, accessed on February 12, 2010.
- ↑ Sale of the ship the declared destination ( Memento of November 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), Ostfriesisches Tageblatt, Anzeiger für Harlingerland, January 31, 2012.
- ↑ New home port for the restaurant ship. Ostfriesen-Zeitung, October 19, 2017, accessed on August 10, 2019 (preview).
