Theodor Körner (ship, 1938)
 The teaching and cargo ship Theodor Körner in Rostock's overseas port
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The Theodor Körner was a cargo and training ship of the VEB Deutsche Seereederei (DSR). The ship was named after the writer Theodor Körner .
history
The ship was in March 1938 when J. Cockerill SA in Hoboken as Copacabana yard number 654 from the stack . The combined cargo and passenger ship were used by the shipping company Compagnie Maritime Belge (Lloyd Royal) SA , Antwerp , in liner services between Belgium and South America and the Belgian Congo . During the Second World War , the ship was under Allied control.
In February 1958 the two freight passenger ships Copacabana and Mar del Plata , the later Heinrich Heine, were procured as part of the Hobby Horse Movement . On April 2, 1958, the German shipping company Rostock took over the Copacabana under the name Theodor Körner . It was initially used in the UNIAFRICA service between Rostock and West African ports. With the departure from Rostock on November 1, 1962, the CUBALCO service between European ports, Cuba and ports in Mexico began without interruption until April 30, 1967 . The training and cargo ship was decommissioned on February 28, 1968. In the same year DSR sold Theodor Körner to Altis Cia. Nav. SA , Famagusta , where she continued as Nedi II . After 34 years of service, the ship arrived on December 23 in Kaohsiung , Taiwan , to be demolished.
Due to the relatively high number of passenger seats and the suitable space on board, the ship was used by the DSR as a teaching and cargo ship. Annually, 95 to 100 sailors completed their two-year training on the two ships.
technology
The ship was a fully riveted protective deck. Three of the five decks were continuous. Originally 136 passengers could be accommodated in two classes. As a training ship, the Theodor Körner could accommodate up to 174 sailor apprentices and trainers. The ship was powered by a double-acting two-stroke 5-cylinder marine diesel engine with an output of 5260 hp, with which a speed of up to 14 kn could be achieved.
literature
- German shipping companies Volume 23 VEB Deutsche Seereederei Rostock Author collective Verlag Gert Uwe Detlefsen ISBN 3-928473-81-6 page 106
- Claus Rothe: German ocean passenger ships. 1919 to 1985. In: Library of Ship Types. transpress publishing house for traffic, Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-344-00164-7 , p. 34, p. 140-141.
