City of Constance (ship, 1858)

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The city ​​of Konstanz (II) around 1860 in Überlingen

The city ​​of Konstanz (also City of Konstanz II) was the second ship to be named Konstanz on Lake Constance . It was in service from 1858–1899 under the name Stadt Konstanz. In 1899 it was renamed Mainau (II) and scrapped in Konstanz in 1929.

Technical specifications

It had a length of 50.20 meters, a width of 10.04 meters, a water displacement of 150 tons and could hold up to 300 people. It initially had the steam engine of the decommissioned town of Constanz I and was given a more powerful engine in 1872.

use

It was used as a passenger ship on courses in the Obersee and Überlinger See and as a tug for railway barges between Constance and Bregenz . The Mainau steamer from the city of Konstanz from 1858 was relocated to Radolfzell in 1926 to strengthen submarine traffic.

particularities

Ship's bell of the city of Konstanz, cast in 1878, on the ship Konstanz from 1964

The successor motor ship Konstanz has been carrying the bell since 1964, which Carl Rosenlächer cast for the city of Konstanz in 1858 (ship, 1858).

See also

Web links

Commons : City of Konstanz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ GD City of Constance II
  2. ^ Karl F. Fritz: Ships have been named after our city since 1840. Constance on the lake. Newspaper article from around 2017.
  3. ^ GD City of Constance II
  4. ^ Karl F. Fritz: Ships have been named after our city since 1840. Constance on the lake. Newspaper article from around 2017.
  5. ↑ Karl F. Fritz and Reiner Jäckle: The victory march of motor ships on Lake Constance , Sutton Verlag GmbH, Erfurt, 2015, ISBN 978-3-95400-445-4 , p. 6.
  6. ^ GD City of Constance II
  7. ↑ Bell of the city ​​of Constance, accessed on October 23, 2014.