Tiger (ship, 1910)
The Tiger steam tug was built in Hamburg in 1910 and shaped the image of the Port of Hamburg through its service on the Elbe until 1966. Today, it can be seen in the Oevelgönne Museum Harbor there and is in working condition by the Museum Harbor Association, including guest trips and donations receive.
history
The steam-powered tugboat ( screw tugboat ) was built in the Schiffswerfte und Maschinenfabrik (formerly Janssen & Schmilinsky ) AG and entered in the inland shipping register on February 15, 1910 . The tractor kept the name Tiger throughout, but it does not come from the big cat of the same name , but from the brand name of a rye flour . This was manufactured by the mill company JP Lange Söhne, which among other things operated a grain steam mill at the harbor (Große Elbstraße) in Altona and also featured the tiger in the company flag in the form of a representation of the predator.
The owner and operator of the tug was Jürgen Hinrich Steffen - Ewerführerei and maneuvering business from Altona, who also carried out orders for the mill mentioned. The Tiger was used, among other things, for lighter and maneuvering trips . This is also the case on the Lower Elbe when driving to Brunsbüttel . In addition, shipyard and port workers were transported and sometimes even day trippers were transported to the Alte Land on weekends . Taken out of active service in 1966, the Tiger was kept as a reserve vehicle for a few years.
Thanks to two members of the Museumshafen Oevelgönne eV, supported by the Hamburger Abendblatt and many private donors, the tug was saved from being scrapped and in 1978 it was the first ship of the club to be bought and restored. Another restoration took place between 1997 and 2001 by Jugend in Arbeit Hamburg eV.
On August 24, 2013 the ship was listed as a historical monument.
Technical specifications
The ship is measured at 65 GRT, was built of riveted steel and has a hull length of 17.32 m, a width of 5.26 m and a draft of 2.5 m. The 240 hp two-cylinder expansion steam engine with a speed of 130 rpm consumes 75 kg of coal per hour. The Tiger has a flame tube boiler with a heating surface of 42 m², a water content of approx. 5 m³ and travels around 9 knots at 12 bar steam pressure.
In addition to the attached feed pump, there is a steam jet pump and a steam-operated duplex pump for the feed water supply. The water from the Elbe or the water from the port is taken as feed water, as the TIGER did not have a closed steam circuit with a condenser.
literature
- Eigel Wiese: 100 years of the »Tiger« . In: Hansa , Issue 1/2011, pp. 86-87, Schiffahrts-Verlag Hansa, Hamburg 2011, ISSN 0017-7504
Individual evidence
- ↑ Maritime monument protection ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , THB - Deutsche Schiffahrts-Zeitung , August 26, 2013. Accessed on August 29, 2013.
Web links
- Tiger Steam Tug - Official Website , accessed January 16, 2016.
- Museumshafen Oevelgönne eV , accessed on January 16, 2016.
Coordinates: 53 ° 32 ′ 36.88 " N , 9 ° 54 ′ 54.78" E