Stolzenfels (ship)

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Stolzenfels
The Stolzenfels at Cologne pier
The Stolzenfels at Cologne pier
Ship data
flag MaltaMalta (sea trade and service flag) Malta
Ship type Day trip boat
home port Valletta
Owner KD Europe S.à rl
Shipping company Cologne-Düsseldorfer
Shipyard Hilgers shipyard
Build number 418 160
building-costs 9.1 million DM
Launch April 14, 1979
takeover June 8, 1979
Ship dimensions and crew
length
79.84 m ( Lüa )
width 9.60 m
Draft Max. 1.42 m
displacement 668  t
Machine system
machine 2 × Deutz SBA12M816, each 536 kW
Machine
performanceTemplate: Infobox ship / maintenance / service format 		1,072 kW (1,458 hp)
propeller 2 × VSP Gr. 16 g / 100
Transport capacities
Permitted number of passengers Max. 1000
Others
Registration
numbers 		ENI 04026770

The Stolzenfels is an excursion ship that is operated on behalf of the Cologne-Düsseldorf Deutsche Rheinschiffahrt AG . It is mainly used in the planned service on the Middle Rhine between Koblenz and Rüdesheim . It is also used for special trips, for example at Rhein in Flammen or the Mülheimer Gottestracht , a ship procession that takes place in Cologne-Mülheim on Corpus Christi .

history

The Stolzenfels near Koblenz-Kesselheim

The passenger ship was built by the Hilgers shipyard in Rheinbrohl in 1978 and 1979 under construction number 418 160. The keel was laid in August 1978, the launch on April 14 of the following year. The shipyard delivered the ship in the first week of June. On June 8, 1979, Henny Högener, the wife of the Düsseldorf city ​​director at the time, christened the ship in Koblenz with the name of Koblenz Castle Stolzenfels . The construction costs amounted to 9.1 million  D-Marks . From June 9th, the shipping company used the Stolzenfels mainly on the Middle Rhine between Koblenz and Rüdesheim in scheduled service.

Due to the top-heavy distribution of the weight, the drivers complained about poor driving behavior, which was associated with excessive driving waves. In November 1982, the Hilgers shipyard added a temporary 2.50 m long stern extension at the waterline level to compensate for the weight . This turned out to be insufficient during test drives, so this temporary solution was extended by one meter. As a result of the knowledge gained, Hilgers extended the ship in February 1983 by 3.20 m to 79.84 m. At the same time, various tanks on the lower deck were relocated to other locations in the ship's hull for better weight distribution.

In December 2008, the ship was sold to the wholly owned subsidiary KD Europe S.à rl in Luxembourg and then registered in Valletta , Malta in January 2009 . Since the ships of the Cologne-Düsseldorfer cannot reach their home port due to lack of seaworthiness, they are serviced in the Niehler Hafen in Cologne.

Special missions

The Stolzenfels on the Rhine cruise on the occasion of George Bush's state visit on May 31, 1989
  • At the Bonn NATO summit on June 10, 1982, an evening trip for the representatives of the 16 participating states took place on the Stolzenfels . Among the passengers were Maggie Thatcher , Ronald Reagan and Helmut Schmidt .
  • On the occasion of a state visit by the American President on May 31, 1989, George HW Bush and Helmut Kohl and their wives went on a special trip from Oberwesel to Koblenz.

Furnishing

On the way near Oberwesel

The Stolzenfels is a four-deck passenger ship with three salons in the closed, air-conditioned decks. In the undeveloped lower deck, between the tanks for drinking water, fuel and faeces in the fore and the air conditioning units and machines installed aft, a few cooling and storage rooms have been set up only in the central nave, which are accessible to the staff via stairs from the main deck. With normal seating, the dining room on the front main deck can seat 184 people. In the aft ship , separated by the stairwell, the ship's kitchen , drinks counter and six crew cabins on each side were set up. Behind this is the machine control station at the rear, which is connected to the machine room by stairs. 166 guests can be seated in the upper deck lounge, which is equipped with a bar in the fore ship , and 120 in the subway fast-food restaurant with salad bar, which is separated off by the entrance area . This is followed by two further crew cabins and an open aft deck. The sundeck, separated by a superstructure in the foredeck, is designed for 500 passengers. The ship toilets and four crew cabins were integrated into the superstructure. In 1998, an open, covered bar was built towards the stern. The usable area of the ship is around 715 m², the ceiling height is 2.20 m. The Stolzenfels is approved for a maximum capacity of 1000 passengers.

technology

At Spay in the amount of the Schottel shipyard . In the background the Marksburg .
The Stolzenfels as the main nave in the Mülheimer god costume.

The ship is powered by two 12-cylinder diesel engines of 536 kW each from Deutz of the type SBA12M816 via two Voith Schneider drives Gr. 16, type G / 100 driven. The drives had to be replaced in 1989 after they had hit the ground near Wesseling . The ship is 79.84 m long, 9.60 m wide and 10.55 m high. The draft at full load is given as 1.42 m.

literature

  • Georg Fischbach: The ships of the Cologne-Düsseldorfer 1826-2004 , self-published, Marienhausen 2004, ISBN 3-00-016046-9
  • Stephan Nuding: 175 years of Cologne-Düsseldorf Deutsche Rheinschiffahrt AG , Schardt Oldenburg 2001, ISBN 978-3-89841-035-9

Web links

Commons : Stolzenfels  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Georg Fischbach: The ships of the Cologne-Düsseldorfer 1826–2004 , pp. 825–828
  2. ↑ Georg Fischbach, with reference to ship certificate from April 26, 1984, Duisburg
  3. ↑ Annual report 2009 according to IFRS of Köln-Düsseldorfer, p. 8 , accessed on August 8, 2020
  4. ↑ KD with Maltese flag , Kölnische Rundschau of April 8, 2009 , accessed on April 24, 2017
  5. ↑ Page about the Stolzenfels on the Cologne-Düsseldorfer website , accessed on August 8, 2020