From Podbielski (ship)
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The From Podbielski was a 1899 in Scotland built cable ship , that of the North German Seekabelwerken was operated. It was named after the head of the Reich Post Office at the time , Victor von Podbielski .
history
The Von Podbielski was delivered in February 1900 after a successful test run by the David J. Dunlop & Co. shipyard in Port Glasgow and was the first German cable layer to be put into service for the North German submarine cable works.
The From Podbielski moved in 1900 the telegraph cable from Qingdao to Shanghai , in 1901 the cable from Borkum to Bacton (England) and 1903 cables from Tschifu ( China ) to Dagu ( Tianjin , China) and was involved in the relocation of the second German telegraph cable from Borkum to New York , 1903 at the relocation of Greetsiel - Borkum - Faial , Azores , and 1904 to New York. Then she laid the cable from Constanta to Constantinople in the Black Sea .
In 1905 the Von Podbielski was sold to the Netherlands , renamed Telegraaf and used in the Dutch East Indies ( Indonesia ), where it laid the cable from Balikpapan ( Borneo ) to Makassar ( Sulawesi ) in the same year . In 1924 it was sold and broken up in Japan.
Technical specifications
The From Podbielski was equipped with two continuous deck, had a clipper stem and was powered by two triple expansion steam engines with a total of 1,175 kW power driven. The two cylinder boilers worked with a pressure of 12 bar and each had its own chimney.
The From Podbielski had a Kabelablauf- and -aufnahmerolle at the bow and a cable feed roller at the rear and there also each have a cable machine from Johnson & Phillips. The cables were housed in three cable tanks with a capacity of around 580 m³.
Footnotes
literature
Web links
- Description of the ship in English , accessed on January 18, 2017