Stettin (ship, 1933)
 The Stettin on the Kiel Canal near Rendsburg
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||
The Stettin is a coal-fired steam icebreaker . Today it has the status of a technical cultural monument and is located in Hamburg in the museum harbor Oevelgönne . It is named after the city of the same name .
construction
The icebreaker was built by the Oderwerke in Stettin with construction number 769 for the Stettin Chamber of Commerce and Industry . The keel was laid on August 31, 1932, and completed on November 16, 1933. The construction costs amounted to 574,000 RM . The ship was supposed to keep the sea route Stettin- Swinoujscie and the approaches to the Stettiner Haff open in severe icy winters, since Stettin was economically heavily dependent on seafaring.
The construction showed the so-called Runeberg- Steven, developed in Finland, for the first time in Germany . This means that the ship no longer just pushes its hull onto the ice - as was the case with the earlier built icebreakers with a bow-spoon - and only crushes it with its weight. In the Runebergsteven, a cutting edge divides the ice, which is then broken off to the side. This stern shape has significantly influenced the further development of icebreaker construction.
Although diesel engines had been known for a long time in the 1930s , the Stettin was equipped with a steam engine, as this offers the advantage of a very fast (within 3 seconds) reversing of the machine from forward to reverse. This was of great importance when maneuvering in ice and breaking free from stuck ships. In addition, the Szczecin icebreakers were managed by the Stettiner Dampfschiffs-Gesellschaft JF Braeunlich , which operated a seaside resort service along the Baltic Sea coast in the summer. Their ships had corresponding propulsion systems. The technical staff switched to the five icebreakers in autumn and did not have to be dismissed. On the icebreakers they found the same machinery that they were familiar with from the seaside resort ships.
With the special hull shape and a machine output of max. The Stettin was able to break ice up to a thickness of 0.5 m at a constant speed of 1–2 knots with 2,200 PSi (indicated power measured on the cylinder) . When the ice was thick, it had to be “boxed”: the ship made several attempts until the ice gave way. A crew of at least 30 men was required to operate the ship.
With extensive additional equipment such as tow hooks, high-performance centrifugal pumps and powerful winches, the Szczecin could not only be used as an icebreaker, but also as a rescue ship. Divided, a total of 60 meters long and 110 mm thick steel ring suction hoses allowed her to suck up to 500 cubic meters (= tons) of water per hour from damaged vehicles.
history
From 1933 to 1945 the Stettin , managed by the Stettiner Dampfschiffs-Gesellschaft JF Braeunlich, was in action on the Oder between Stettin and Swinoujscie and on the Baltic Sea.
On April 9, 1940, as part of the so-called Warship Group 8 , the Stettin accompanied the mining ship Hanseatic City of Danzig and the boats of the 13th outpost flotilla to Copenhagen , where the Hanseatic City of Danzig, as part of the Weser Exercise company, accompanied German troops, the 2nd Battalion of the 308 Infantry Regiment of the 198 Infantry Division , landed to occupy the Danish capital .
In 1945 Stettin was still involved in the transport of refugees across the Baltic Sea. After 1945 she worked for the Hamburg Waterways and Shipping Office on the Elbe . Their berth was the building yard in Wedel .
In 1981 the Stettin was to be scrapped due to inefficiency. Through the formation of a support association, the ship could be maintained with thousands of hours of work and the help of generous sponsors. Today it has the status of a technical cultural monument and is located at the Neumühlen pier near the Oevelgönne museum harbor in Hamburg. During the summer months, Stettin runs trips for guests as part of major events such as the Hamburg Harbor Birthday , Kiel Week , Flensburger Dampf-Rundum or the Hanse Sail Rostock, but they can also be chartered.
On August 12, 2017, the Stettin collided with the cargo ferry Finnsky at the Hanse Sail in Rostock , with the hull of the Stettin damaged over a length of two meters. The crack in the fuselage was welded with steel plates in Rostock; the Stettin drove back to Hamburg on its own. The result of the subsequent investigation of the collision by the Federal Bureau of Maritime Casualty Investigation was published in August 2018. In the investigation report, incorrect behavior and security gaps in the operations of the Stettin , the Finnsky and by the water police were found.
gallery
Heater in the boiler room
Machine crew of the Szczecin
Pulling ashes
The bridge team
The Stettin in the port of Hamburg, Altenwerder in the evening
The emergency repair after the 2017 collision
literature
- Hans Georg Prager, Christian Ostersehlte: Steam icebreaker Stettin - its predecessor and successor . Prager, Lübeck 1986, ISBN 3-925769-00-5 .
- Friedrich Gottschalk: The Stettin . Historika Photoverlag, Hamburg 1995, ISBN 3-929307-17-0 .
- Helmut Lassnig: JF Braeunlich - a Stettiner shipping company . Elbe-Spree-Verlag, Hamburg / Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-931129-21-7 .
- Andreas Westphalen: Steam icebreaker Stettin and the German sea icebreaker . Hauschild, Bremen 2008, ISBN 978-3-89757-422-9 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hanse Sail: Collision during a long exit. August 12, 2017. Retrieved August 13, 2017 .
- ↑ Traditional icebreaker collides with cargo ferry. August 12, 2017. Retrieved August 13, 2017 .
- ↑ Hamburg icebreaker “Stettin” cannot return
- ↑ Steam icebreaker “Stettin” is on its way to Hamburg
- ↑ "Stettin" collision cleared up .
- ↑ Federal Bureau of Maritime Casualty Investigation (Ed.): Investigation report 289/17: Slightly serious marine casualty - collision between the MS FINNSKY and the steam icebreaker STETTIN on the Warnow on August 12, 2017 . August 2, 2018 ( full text [PDF; 11.0 MB ]).
Coordinates: 53 ° 32 '36.2 " N , 9 ° 54' 54.1" E