Stuttgart type
 MS Gabriela ex Stuttgart around 1979
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The as type "Stuttgart" designated vessel type is a series of three cargo ships of the Hamburg-America Line (HAPAG). The ship class, consisting of three new ships, was based on the shipping company's West Coast South America service, which was maintained before the Second World War .
history
construction
After the extensive loosening of the shipbuilding restrictions of the Potsdam Agreement , HAPAG rebuilt its cargo ship fleet from 1950 onwards. Starting with the single ship Hamburg , the sister ships Odenwald and Spreewald or the Brandenburg class , the HAPAG fleet grew again continuously. Almost immediately afterwards, HAPAG and Norddeutscher Lloyd (NDL) each ordered three motor ships of the same type from Bremer Vulkan for service on the west coast of South America. On January 8, 1953, the shipping company was able to take over the first Kassel ship of the three identical cargo ships from the shipyard. Half a year later, on July 30, 1953, the series was complete.
Use at HAPAG
As planned, the trio of ships was used for the West Coast South America service, while three sister ships of the Brandenstein class of the NDL came into the jointly operated service. Two of the ships were sold in the spring of 1970 before the merger between HAPAG and NDL to form the new Hapag-Lloyd ; only Stuttgart was taken over with the merger.
Later career
In 1971, the Stuttgart was sold , which, like its two sister ships, began a three to four-year return charter for the Hamburg-America Line and Hapag-Lloyd under its new owners. After the end of the charter, the ships remained in service for several years. The former Kassel and Stuttgart were demolished in 1980. The former Cologne , however, stayed in service until 1984 and ran aground on July 11th that year five miles from Barranquilla, where it was a total loss.
technology
The ships of the series were conventional general cargo ships with superstructures just aft amidships above the propulsion system and versatile loading facilities. The ships were equipped with 14 conventional loading booms of 3/5 tons each and a 50-ton heavy lift boom for taking over heavy lift in hatch 3. In front of the superstructures there were three dry cargo holds, each with an intermediate deck, behind the superstructure. The hatches were closed with MacGregor hatch covers. In contrast to the NDL ships, the ships of the “Stuttgart” type had refrigerated holds around 30 cubic meters in size.
The cargo gear of Stuttgart was a 1964 Stülcken-heavy lift upgraded. The new heavy lift gear was installed between hatches 2 and 3 in place of the previous heavy lift boom.
The ships
| The freight motor ships of the "Stuttgart" type | |||||
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| Surname | Launch | delivery | Build number | measurement | Renaming and whereabouts |
| kassel | November 27, 1952 | January 8, 1953 | 823 | 5627 GRT | 1974 Manuela , demolished on June 9, 1980 in Kaohsiung |
| Cologne | March 13, 1953 | April 11, 1953 | 825 | 5619 GRT | 1973 Becena , ran aground on July 11, 1984, total loss |
| Stuttgart | June 30, 1953 | July 30, 1953 | 827 | 5635 GRT | 1974 Gabriela , demolished from August 1980 in Kaohsiung |
literature
- Witthöft, Hans Jürgen: HAPAG . Hamburg-America Line. Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft, Hamburg 1973, ISBN 3-7822-0087-X .
- Haws, Duncan: Merchant Fleets in Profile 4 . The ships of the Hamburg America, Adler and Carr lines. Patrick Stephens, Cambridge 1980, ISBN 0-85059-397-2 .
- Krüger-Kopiske, Karsten Kunibert: The ships of Hapag-Lloyd . Drawings and CVs. Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft, Hamburg 2003, ISBN 3-7822-0861-7 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Schwadtke, Karl-Heinz: The new German merchant fleet in the picture . 2nd Edition. Gerhard Stalling Verlag, Oldenburg 1966, p. 11 .