Tabora class
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The Tabora class , and type "Tabora" was a trip for Africa developed but universal quick freighter type of German shipyard in Hamburg. It was built in six units between 1965 and 1967.
history
In the 1960s, the rapidly growing transport volume in the African shipping area of the Hamburg shipping company Deutsche Afrika-Linien created an increasing demand for tonnage. It therefore commissioned the Deutsche Werft in Hamburg with the development and construction of the fast and versatile general and heavy cargo ship type of the Tabora class. The name giver and type ship was the Tabora , which was put into service in 1965 . In the same year, the first sister ship for the same shipping company, the Talana, followed . On September 30, 1966, DAL took over the third building, the Taveta . In addition, the Tugelaland of Hamburg's Globus shipping company , which was almost identical in construction in 1966, was incorporated into the service. With the sister ships Stellenbosch and Swellendam of the South African DAL subsidiary Cape Continent Shipping, the last two ships of the ship sextet followed in 1967.
One thing that is remarkable about the individual résumés is the Taveta . The ship was converted in 1973 in order to function as the shipping company's training ship from September 1973. On September 16, 1975, a fire broke out on the ship during a voyage around 175 nautical miles southwest of Lisbon, killing three crew members. The initially abandoned ship was later brought in and started up again. It was still in use in the mid-1990s.
The Talana was after ten years of service in the DAL on 10 September 1975 the German Seereederei transferred, Rostock, where they further 15 years until September 7, 1990 as Georg Handke was operated.
Some of the ships were recently operated by Chinese shipping companies, two of which are still reported to be in service despite their relatively old age.
description
The basic design of the ships with superstructures 3/4 aft did not differ fundamentally from contemporary liner carriers . The ships, almost 156 meters long and 20.6 meters wide, had five cargo holds with a bulk cargo volume of 21,600 m 3 . The holds had two decks and were reinforced for the transport of heavy cargo. In addition, there were 730 m 3 of cold rooms and fresh oil tanks with a volume of 545 m 3 . For cargo handling, the ships were equipped with very complete conventional loading gear and heavy lift gear with 150 ton heavy lift booms for two hatches.
The MAN K6Z 78 / 155D six-cylinder two-stroke main engines with around 9,600 hp allowed a speed of 18.5 to a maximum of 19 knots .
The crew of the ships was up to 44 men, up to 12 passengers could also travel.
Construction list
| The ships of the Tabora type | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Building name | Build number | IMO number | delivery | Client | Renaming and whereabouts |
| Tabora | 809 | 6511659 | 1965 | DAL, Hamburg | 1974 Artico , 1983 Merchant Providence , 1987 Providence , 1987 Sagres , demolished on September 16, 1987 in Gadani Beach |
| Talana | 810 | 6523080 | 1965 | DAL, Hamburg | 1975 Georg Handke , 1990 Flying Pride , 1992 Artemis 1 , demolition from January 2003 |
| Taveta | 814 | 6622848 | September 30, 1966 | DAL, Hamburg | 1975 Nikos , 1977 Da Bai Shu , 1992 Wan Long , in motion |
| Tugelaland | - | 6609810 | June 1966 | Globus shipping company, Hamburg | 1972 Concordia Land , 1973 Tugelaland , 1974 SA Tugelaland , 1978 Lu Cheng , 1993 Dong Ru , in motion |
| Stellenbosch | 815 | 6707923 | January 18, 1967 | Cape Continent Shipping | 1978 Tsavo , 1983 Kota Sejati , demolition from March 10, 1993 in Alang |
| Swellendam | - | 6712148 | 1967 | Cape Continent Shipping | 1979 Lloyd Brisbane , 1979 Tanga , 1981 Balder Jhangchow , demolition from January 2, 1991 in Alang |
literature
- Deutsche Afrika-Linien (Hrsg.): In the service of the Africa shipping . Self-published, Hamburg 1980.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information from Equasis June 2011