St. Georg (ship)

St. George

Ship data flag  Germany other ship names Falcon Galatea Germany Ship type Passenger ship Shipyard Reiherstieg shipyard , Hamburg Launch 1876

Machine system machine 2-cylinder steam engine Machine performance 75 hp (55 kW)

The St. Georg is the oldest still navigable steamship in Germany and is based in Hamburg .

history

The St. Georg was built in 1876 at the Reiherstieg shipyard in Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg and was originally called the Falke , later Galatea . It was given its current name in 1936. After the Second World War she came to West Berlin as a motor ship Germany and operated on the Havel and Wannsee . The Hamburg association Alsterdampfschifffahrt e. V. bought St. Georg in the winter of 1988/1989 and has been operating it from Jungfernstieg since 1994.

Technical specifications

In 1988 the ship was taken over by the Hamburg association Alsterdampfschiffahrt eV and then restored at the shipyard in Dresden - Laubegast and returned to its condition from the 1920s / 30s.

It got a 2-cylinder steam engine from 1922 with 75 HP, the boiler is now oil-fired and has a steam output of 1 t / h. In the winter of 2009/2010, a duplex pump was also installed as a feed pump .

Museum steamer

Since 1994 the St. Georg has been operating again as an Alster steamer in Hamburg, except during the winter break , with regular one-hour trips on the inland and outer Alster from Jungfernstieg , jetty 4. In 2014, the ship carried 35,500 people. It is crewed by three people: captain, conductor and machinist.

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  Machine of St. George

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  Steam-driven boiler feed pump ( duplex pump )

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  Steamship St. Georg on the Outer Alster

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  Hamburg, Alster steamer "St. Georg" - St. Georg (ship, 1876)

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  St. Georg on the Mundsburg Canal

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  St. George at the pier of the Museum of Labor

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  Ship's bell St. Georg

Movies

• Alsterdampfer St.Georg / Steamer St. Georg by Paul Horn on YouTube
• 15th traffic history day 2015 Alsterdampfer St. Georg by McFordWilliam on YouTube

Web links

Commons : St. Georg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Alsterdampfschiffahrt eV association
• Museum Alster Steamer »St. Georg «is not allowed to moor at ATG (ATG: Alster Touristik GmbH), news and link collection, source: Hamburg St. Georg Informations

Individual evidence

1. ↑ On the “St. Georg “Let off steam. In: Hamburger Abendblatt , August 13, 2018, p. 17. Author abbreviation (str).
2. ↑ The St. Georg sails across the Alster again. In: Hamburger Abendblatt of March 6, 2015, p. 7. Author abbreviation lno.
3. ↑ On the “St. Georg “Let off steam. In: Hamburger Abendblatt , August 13, 2018, p. 17. Author abbreviation (str).