Texelstroom (ship, 1966)
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The Texelstroom was a double-ended ferry operated by the Dutch shipping company Texels Eigen Stoomboot Onderneming (TESO).
history
The ship was built under the hull number 658 at the Machinefabriek & Scheepswerf P. Smit Jr in Rotterdam. The keel was laid in October 1965, the launch in March 1966. It was delivered to the shipping company on May 27, 1966 and from June of that year it was used in ferry traffic between Den Helder and 't Horntje . The design of the ship came from the Bureau voor Scheepsbouw in Bloemendaal . The construction of the ship cost around 6.4 million guilders .
The positive experience with the Marsdiep , which had been built a few years earlier, and the increasing traffic, which repeatedly led to delays, prompted the shipping company to commission another new building. An additional ship was also needed because the Marsdiesp could carry larger and heavier vehicles than the older TESO ferries and they would not have been able to leave the island if the ferry had failed.
The Texelstroom largely corresponded to the Marsdiep . Plans to set up additional lanes for other vehicles on the sides of the deck above the vehicle deck were not implemented.
The Texelstroom was used together with the Marsdiep in ferry traffic to Texel until 1980 . A plan to lengthen the ship to increase capacity was not implemented. Instead, the construction of the Molengat was commissioned, which replaced Marsdiep and Texelstroom in 1980. Marsdiep and Texelstroom remained in service until 1991 as replacement ships and if necessary to increase the offer.
Technical data and equipment
The ship was powered by four AEG electric motors, two of which acted on a propeller . Three AEG generators were available for power generation, which were driven by eight-cylinder diesel engines (type: ESS8) from the manufacturer Lister Blackmstone with a total output of 1765 kW . The ship reached a speed of around 13 knots .
The ferry was able to transport 70 vehicles, for which 593 m² of free deck space was available on a continuous vehicle deck. The vehicle deck consisted of a central area with three car lanes and a lateral lane on each side of the ferry. Trucks could also be transported in the lanes in the central area. 355 m² of deck area was available for this. The ship could load a total of 420 t. The vehicle deck was loaded and unloaded via shore-side loading ramps. The loading ramps were height-adjustable to adapt to the tidal water level . The side gates still existing at the Marsdiep on one side of the vehicle deck were dispensed with at the Texelstroom .
Above the vehicle deck there was a deck with the facilities for the passengers. A promenade deck ran around the superstructure . Passengers without vehicles could get directly onto the promenade deck of the ferry via paths attached to the side of the loading ramps above the lane. The passenger capacity of the ferry was 750 people. Above the passenger deck there was a wheelhouse at both ends .
Whereabouts of the ship
On May 13, 1992 the ferry was sold together with the Marsdiep to the Maltese company Shore Consultants in Valletta and brought under the flag of Malta. In the following weeks the ship was prepared for the transfer voyage to Malta. In Malta, the ship was equipped with ramps at both ends of the ship, as there were no landside ramps available. However, the ship could not be used initially because the company did not have permission to use the ship.
In 1995 Shore Consultants sold the ship to the Gozo Channel Company, which operated it as a Cittadella on the Gozo Channel Line between Malta and Gozo . After the commissioning of several newbuildings that took over the ferry service between Malta and Gozo, the ship was sold to Turkey for demolition in June 2002 and scrapped in Aliağa that same year .
Web links
- Veerboot Texelstroom , website about the TESO ferries
Individual evidence
- ↑ Texelstroom , Koninklijke NV Texel's own Stoomboot Onderneming. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
- ↑ a b M / S Texelstroom , Fakta om Fartyg. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
- ↑ Verbing met Texel thans nòg beter , Gereformeerd Gezinsblad , June 27, 1966. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
- ↑ a b Veerboot Marsdiep , Schulpengat.nl. Retrieved October 29, 2018.