Württemberg (ship, 1903)

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Ship data
flag WurttembergKingdom of Württemberg Württemberg German Empire
German EmpireGerman Empire (trade flag) 
Ship type Half saloon steamer with paddle wheel drive on both sides
home port Friedrichshafen
Owner Royal Württemberg State Railways
from 1920: Deutsche Reichsbahn
Shipyard Maschinenfabrik Kuhn , Stuttgart
Launch 1903
Decommissioning 1944
Whereabouts Scrapped
Ship dimensions and crew
length
51.0 m ( Lüa )
width 12.42 m
Draft Max. 1.45 m
displacement 261.8  t
Machine system
indicated
performanceTemplate: Infobox ship / maintenance / service format 		600 hp (441 kW)
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speed 		14 kn (26 km / h)
Transport capacities
Permitted number of passengers 600

The steamship Württemberg was a ground liner of the Royal Württemberg State Railways .

history

The half saloon steamer Württemberg was the fourth and last ship of a family of ships that were largely identical in structure and were known as the “royal ships”. Although she was the sister ship of King Wilhelm , the Württemberg is not counted directly to the "royal ships " because she did not have a monarch name. The ship built by Maschinenfabrik Kuhn in Stuttgart replaced the smooth-deck steamer Württemberg from 1839.

Although Württemberg had largely given up its sovereignty since the founding of the German Empire in 1871, the railways of all three southern German states remained under their respective sovereignty. That is why the Württemberg sailed under the flag of the Kingdom of Württemberg, and not under the flag of the Empire.

The Württemberg was a very reliable unit that only failed twice. The first time in 1912 due to a collision with the Austrian Emperor Franz Josef I , where the Württemberg was badly damaged. The second time on the night of April 25, 1944, when she was lying in the port there when Friedrichshafen was bombed. The shipyard and port were also attacked in the bombardment, the docked Friedrichshafen burned down completely, the Württemberg sank to the bottom of the port while lying on the quay. Up to this point in time, the Württemberg, together with the Hohentwiel, were the last ships to maintain regular service on the Obersee in gray camouflage .

The Württemberg was lifted again, but the damage turned out to be too severe, so that the ship was scrapped.

literature

  • Karl F. Fritz: Adventure steamship on Lake Constance , MultiMediaVerlag, Meersburg 1989, ISBN 3-927484-00-8
  • Klaus von Rudolff, Claude Jeanmaire: Shipping on Lake Constance. Volume 2. The heyday of steam shipping: Contribution to the history of Lake Constance, history of the individual ships and registers . ed. from the interest group Bodensee-Schiffahrt, Verlag Eisenbahn, Villigen AG 1981. ISBN 3-85649-071-X

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