Type IV

**Series *Peace* Type IV**
	The peace
Ship data
Ship type	General cargo ship
Shipping company	DSR, Rostock
Shipyard	VEB Warnowwerft, Warnemünde
Construction period	1957 to 1961
Cruising areas	Worldwide trip
Ship dimensions and crew
length	157.60 m ( Lüa ) 142.00 m ( Lpp )
width	20.00 m
Side height	12.80 m
Draft	Max. 9.67 m (8.44) m
measurement	9427 BRT / 5614 NRT ; (6523 BRT / 3832 NRT)
crew	57
Machine system
machine	4 × 8 SV 66 Au four-stroke diesel engine
Machine ; performance	5,300 kW (7,206 hp)
Service ; speed	14.5 kn (27 km / h)
Top ; speed	15.0 kn (28 km / h)
propeller	2 × fixed propellers
Transport capacities
Load capacity	13,000 (10,070) dwt

Notes in the traditional ship type Frieden Dresden in Rostock

The cargo ship series peace , and type IV called, is a general cargo ship type of Warnow Werft .

history

Wismar: Look at the peace

The series was manufactured in 15 units from 1957 to 1961. It was the first series of 10,000-tonne seagoing vessels from a shipyard in the GDR and formed the backbone of the first worldwide liner traffic of the young German shipping company (DSR). The ships were intended primarily for the combined transport of general cargo and heavy cargo, but also for ore and bulk cargo.

The first ship and namesake of the series was the Frieden , which was delivered to the DSR on June 23, 1957, with hull number 301. The Rostock-based Frieden was never renamed and from August 1978 scrapped in Shanghai . The conclusion was formed by the Sierra Maestra launched on August 26, 1961 and handed over to Cuba on December 20, 1961 . This was renamed Maisi in 1980 and scrapped in the 1980s. The traditional Frieden ship , the former Dresden , exhibited as a museum ship in Rostock has been preserved to this day.

technology

The ships were propelled by four 1324 kW four-stroke diesel engines of the type 8 SV 66 Au made by EKM Halberstadt. Two motors each act via an electromagnetic slip clutch on one of the two fixed propellers. This power was delivered via two waveguides to the twin screws, each 4.50 m in diameter. Two machines each in clockwise and counter-clockwise rotation and two machines in anti-clockwise and clockwise rotation, with the gearbox interposed via couplings, work on one shaft. The design as a twin screw ship ensured favorable maneuverability. Driving the four main diesel engines via a central operator's platform enabled quick reactions to required machine maneuvers.

Except for the riveted shear duct and the likewise riveted stringer plates, the hulls are joined by welding . The five holds with a volume of 18,465 m ³ grain space and 16,670 m ³ bale space had intermediate decks and were locked on the main deck with single-pull hatch covers of the McGregor system.

The first six ships of the series were equipped with grain bulkheads. The loading gear consists of ten 3.5-ton loading booms , four 5/8-ton loading booms, a floating 50-ton heavy-lift boom and two 3-ton ship cranes.

The ships

Building name	Object / building number	IMO number	Launching / commissioning	Renaming and whereabouts	comment
*The type IV* ships**
peace	301	5121380	January 14, 1956 June 23, 1957	from August 9, 1978 as iron 150 , demolition from August 1978 in Shanghai. According to other sources, according to Seewirtschaft magazine 6/1987 with reference to Captain Alfred Kaiser (DSR), in service until at least April 1985.	Enclosed by US mine blockade in Haiphong (Vietnam) from April 21, 1972 to March 14, 1973 . March 15th left Vietnam to Rostock May 20th 1973.
Friendship	303	5121146	June 1, 1956 December 10, 1957	Eurabia Friendship , August 6, 1978 in Split, sold for demolition for US $ 741,000.	1958 as the first DSR ship to East Asia and also the first of the shipping company to pass the Suez Canal . On March 17, 1969 starting from Matanzas (Cuba) ran aground as a result of incorrect pilot advice. Successful removal of the freighter only after easing. On November 10, 1977 transfer to Eurabia Shipping Agency Ltd. Beirut (Lebanon).
Dresden	305	5093791	4th July 1957 27th July 1958	From June 13, 1970 the traditional Frieden type ship, museum ship in Rostock / Warnemünde	Laid down as Fréden and launched with this name on July 4, 1957 for Lauter Shipping AB, Stockholm (SWE). The construction was to be paid for as part of a barter deal with the delivery of 10,000 tons of rolled steel. Since the Swedish client could not realize the purchase price of 27.6 million DM (West), construction was continued for DSR.
Berlin	306		June 22, 1957 September 3, 1958	Decommissioned June 25, 1980, demolition from July 21, 1980 in Kaohsiung by Lung Ching Steel Enterprises Co.	Launched still with black paint on the hull. Handed over with gray paint and low chimney. Longest period of service of all Type IV freighters under the DSR flag
Magdeburg	307	5521702	December 22, 1957 October 31, 1958	On December 17, 1965 she sank about 20 nautical miles from Brest in tow	For the collision on October 27, 1964, the recovery and the ensuing sinking, see main article
Erfurt	308	5105219	August 9, 1958 May 8, 1959	October 31, 1979 out of service, towed from Misurata . Demolition from the end of 1979 in Busan .	First ship in the series, which was built and delivered with a higher chimney.
Leipzig	309	5205671	October 30, 1958 June 28, 1959	July 21, 1980 Saudi Trader , sold July 21, 1980, for demolition on November 25, 1985 from Jeddah , scrapped in India in 1986.	Out of service on July 21, 1980, to Saudi International Shipping Co. SA Jeddah. Leaked out on July 22, 1980 together with the Karl-Marx-Stadt Rostock, which was also sold . 1982 on to Oceantrade Agencies, Damman (Saudi Arabia). On March 4, 1983, the aft living quarters were damaged by fire. Launched in Jeddah on November 25, 1983. 1984 transferred to Orri Navigation Lines, Jeddah.
Hall	310	5140910	April 18, 1959 November 25, 1959	1977 Proodos C , December 29, 1979 to Kaohsiung (Taiwan), demolition from January 14, 1980 at Keun Hwa Iron Steel Works in Kaohsiung	On February 7, 1976, collision on the Scheldt with inland tanker Schelpenhoek with considerable damage and water ingress in the engine room. Towed to Antwerp for emergency repairs. From March 16, 1976 the trip could be continued. Out of service at DSR on July 23, 1976 and trailer in the Rostock city port. 1977 to Syros Shipping Co. SA, renamed Proodos C, expired in Piraeus and launched there until August 12, 1979.
Schwerin	311	5315670	August 15, 1959 December 23, 1959	May 30, 1979 in roadstead near Osaka sold for US $ 580,000 to Nisso-Iwai Co. for scrapping, demolition 1979 in Whampoa (PR China)	On April 14, 1960 in the Warnemünde roadstead, preparations for the ceremonial extinguishing on the occasion of the opening of the port basin B in the new overseas port. On April 30, 1960, the new port was de facto opened under Captain Arthur Friedrich.
Karl Marx City	312	5182463	December 5, 1959 May 28, 1960	from July 19, 1980 Saudi Independence , July 19, 1980 sold, December 22, 1983 from Damman to Bombay for demolition	Decommissioned on July 19, 1980 in the Rostock overseas port and sold to Saudi International Shipping Co. SA in Jeddah. Rostock expired on July 22, 1980. 1980 to Saudi Shipping & Transport Co. Ltd. in Jeddah. During a layover in Aarhus , a fire broke out in the aft superstructure, which severely damaged the living quarters and parts of the engine room. Three people were killed in the fire.
Gera	313	5129502	September 24, 1960 December 30, 1960	from 1980 Saudi Pride , 28 November 1980 sold, 7 January from Jeddah to, demolition from 13 February 1984 in Alang near Ghasiram Gokulchand.	Originally planned with the name Brandenburg . On February 5, 1963, the ship got stuck off Korsør in heavy ice . The lightening of the ship by the steamer Thälmann Pionier in cooperation with the tug Eisvogel turned out to be problematic. On February 12, 1963, the steamer had a broken synthetic fiber line stuck in the propeller and the steamer, which was unable to maneuver, exacerbated the critical situation. On February 14th, the two DSR ships together with the Danish tugs Garm and Skult that had been summoned were able to recover . Decommissioned on November 28, 1980 as the last peace-class ship in Rostock.
Halberstadt	314	5140714	February 25, 1961 May 31, 1961	January 9, 1980 out of service, in Shimonoseki to Nissho-Iwai Co. Ltd. based in Osaka . January 10th left for Taiwan. Demolition from March 12, 1980 in Kaohsiung at Tung Ho Steel Enterprise Co.	Originally planned as Dessau . On April 16, 1972, in the Vietnamese port of Haiphong, it was badly damaged by rocket hits from US aircraft, but it was still seaworthy. Moved to Singapore and repaired there in the Jurong-Yard shipyard .
Sierra Maestra	315	5327245	August 26, 1961 December 20, 1961	1980 Maisi , ran aground in Havana in July 1981, scrapped in Cabaña in 1982.

literature

Neumann, Manfred; Strobel, Dietrich: From the cutter to the container ship . Ships from GDR shipyards in text and images. 1st edition. VEB Verlag Technik, Berlin 1981.
Author collective: German shipping companies Volume 23 . VEB German shipping company Rostock. Verlag Gert Uwe Detlefsen, ISBN 3-928473-81-6 .
Gerd Peters: Type IV - The legendary DSR freighters . VEB German shipping company Rostock. Ed .: Gerd Peters. Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft Hamburg, Hamburg 1998, ISBN 3-7822-0721-1 (264 pages, extensively illustrated, complete with a description of the ships).