Wartenfels class
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The ship class known as the Wartenfels class or W class , or the type W designated ship , is a series of seven cargo ships of the Bremen shipping company DDG "Hansa" . The heavy lift ships of the W class were a further development of the Schwarzenfels class built in 1957/58 .
history
The heavy lift ships of the type W developed from the Schwarzenfels class , which the Bremer Reederei had built at the Hamburg shipyard H. C. Stülcken Sohn and AG Weser in Bremen and Bremerhaven ( Seebeck works ), had a 130 tonne ( Wartenfels ) or 150-tonne heavy-lift crockery . At the time, these were the world's most powerful heavy lift gear of its kind. In addition, the ships were fitted with two 5-tonne cranes that could be moved on the side of the deck. All ships had a noticeably long bar on the aft mast, which was foldable for bridge passages , in order to give the aft masthead light a sufficient height above the heavy lift boom. From September 1961, the hulls in the overwater area and the masts and trees were painted gray. All ships had an automated machine system, which allowed a watch-free operation. Nevertheless, the shipping company initially stuck to the twenty-four-hour engine room watch.
Form and silhouette were determined by the midships mounted Stülcken-Schwergutgeschirr and streamlined bridge structure similar to the US " Great Lakes freighter" ( Great Lakes freighter ) was disposed near the front directly behind the first loading space. The officers' living quarters were located in the front superstructure , while the aircraft and facilities for the engineers, the kitchen staff and the twelve passengers were in the aft superstructure. It is noteworthy that the Wartenfels sailed with around 50 German seamen, while the remaining six ships in the series were operated with 20 German crew members and 43 Laskaren (Pakistani seafarers). The type "W" was the first class of ship after 1945 that was again intended for use by Pakistani crews.
construction
After the extensive loosening of the shipbuilding restrictions of the Potsdam Agreement , the DDG "Hansa" built up its cargo ship fleet again from 1950. After a ten-year build-up, the DDG fleet was already back in almost all of the old shipping areas. The DDG "Hansa" commissioned the ships from Bremer AG Weser and the Hamburg shipyard HC Stülcken Sohn . The keel of the type ship Wartenfels was laid on December 2, 1959. After the christening on May 23, 1960 by Ingrid Renner, the daughter of the chief engineer of Wartenfels , the ship was launched and the shipping company was able to take over the freighter from the shipyard on August 12, 1960 . The details of the subsequent sister ships of the Wartenfels were modified (stronger heavy lift gear, modified bridge superstructures, greater width). The Wartenfels class was the fastest freighters in the DDG fleet when it was built. AG Weser built a total of six ships, and the Stülckenwerft supplied another. Of the ships built by AG Weser, four came from the Bremen main shipyard (“Weser” plant), two were built by the Seebeck plant in Bremerhaven . As the last ship of the septet, the Wasserfels was put into service on June 21, 1963 .
Working time
The DDG "Hansa" used the freighters in global general and heavy cargo transport.
Wartenfels
The Wartenfels was transferred in November 1960 to the shipping company MS "Wartenfels" in Bremen. She collided with the American tanker Ohio Sun on August 12, 1961 on the Houston Ship Channel . As early as May 24, 1969, it was sold to the Singaporean shipping company Neptune Orient Lines , which it continues to operate as Neptune Topaz . In 1979 the Neptune Topaz was converted into a full container ship with a capacity of 610 TEU . After the conversion, the measurement changed to 9844 BRT and 6263 NRT at 13321 tdw. The next owner was in 1984 the Bara International Shipping Lines from Bangkok . She used the ship as Supanya until July 1993 . After that, the ship continued to sail as Dragon Bangka until it was sold for demolition on December 12, 1995 and reached the scrapping yards near Alang on March 14, 1996 . The scrapping began there on March 21st.
Weissenfels
The Weissenfels , the second ship in the series, was the only one to be built at the H. C. Stülcken Sohn shipyard in Hamburg. She was the last ship to be delivered in the old DDG colors (black hull, white superstructure, masts and trees in buff). Shortly after the Wartenfels , it was also sold to Neptune Orient Lines on July 31, 1969 and renamed Neptune Zirkon . In 1979 it was converted into a full container ship and sold to Bara International Shipping Lines in 1985. There she was in service as Paithoon and from July 1993 as Dragon Bintan . On December 18, 1995, the ship reached Alang , where it was beached and scrapped on December 23.
Werdenfels
An accident occurred on the Werdenfels on March 10, 1962 during the stress test of the trees at the shipyard. The port loading post of the Stülcken heavy lift gear broke when lifting the approximately 165-ton test load due to a material defect above the winch house. Two shipyard workers were killed when they were thrown from the operating gondolas on the mast. The cause is probably crack formation as a result of insufficient reheating of a weld seam made in winter, which at the time was not yet checked by X-rays.
From March 25, 1962 to December 8, 1962, the ship then drove with four conventional cranes instead of two heavy lift booms and was then again equipped with 150 t single heavy lift gear at AG Weser. From February 6, 1963, the ship started again. On March 17, 1972, Hansa sold the ship to the Hong Kong-Chinese owner Yick Fung Shipping , who operated it as Dade and passed it on to the China Ocean Shipping Company ( COSCO ) the following year . On a trip from Hamburg via Antwerp to Dalian on June 3, 1987, it collided with the Polish Kopalnia Sosnowiec on the Scheldt , was aground near Antwerp and later recovered. The demolition probably took place in 1992, but it was recorded in the British Lloyd's Register of Shipping until 1995 and in the Chinese register until 1998/99.
Quail rock
On June 9, 1965, five crew members suffocated while cleaning a sweet oil tank on the Wachtfels while crossing the Atlantic. The passenger chambers were later converted to accommodate 12 cadets . On April 26, 1972, Yick Fung Shipping & Enterprises also bought Wachtfels and registered it as a Daning with its home port of Mogadishu (Somalia). The Daning was also given to COSCO in 1974. After an intermediate sale on December 28, 1990 via Aylesford Ltd. in Gibraltar and Eckhardt Marine GmbH in Hamburg, the ship went to the Indian ship demolition company Ghasiram Gokalchand Ship Breaking Yard in Bombay and arrived in Alang on January 2, 1991 for scrapping.
Wildenfels
The Wildenfels was sold to Hansa-Linie GmbH on December 30, 1977, passed on to the Chinese shipping company Nan Yang Shipping in Macau on January 9, 1978 and renamed Da Jin Chuan . In 1978, COSCO also acquired this ship in Beijing. In 1984 it was transferred to Guangzhou Ocean Shipping , which belongs to COSCO , and reported as canceled in the Lloyd's Register addendum in 1992/93.
Wallenfels
The ship was converted into a training ship for 14 cadets in November 1969. Half of the Wallenfels passenger accommodation was converted for training operations with candidate officers and the passenger facilities were reduced to six.
The Wallenfels was sold to Hansa-Linie GmbH on December 30, 1977, passed on to the Chinese shipping company Nan Yang Shipping in Macau on January 14, 1978 and renamed Da Shi Qiao . In 1978 the COSCO acquired the ship, in 1984 it was transferred to Guangzhou Ocean Shipping , which is part of the COSCO . After an intermediate sale on May 22, 1991 via Eckhardt Marine GmbH in Hamburg, the ship went to the ship demolition company Paragou Steels in Bhatiary in Chittagong ( Bangladesh ). On May 30, 1991, it arrived at the dismantling yards near Chittagong . The scrapping began on June 27, 1991.
Water rock
The Wasserfels , together with the Wildenfels and the Wallenfels, were taken over by Hansa Linie GmbH in Bremen on December 30, 1977 and sold to Nan Yang Shipping on February 6, 1978 , renamed Da Chang Zhen and passed on to COSCO in 1978. On May 13, 1991, the scrapping of the ship began at the scrapping yards near Chittagong.
The ships
| The motor cargo ships of the Wartenfels class | |||||||
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| Surname | Launch | delivery | Shipyard / construction number | measurement | drive | Whereabouts | |
| Wartenfels | May 23, 1960 | August 12, 1960 |
AG Weser , Bremen plant / 1342 |
9724 GRT | 1 × MAN - two-stroke - diesel engine | Demolition from March 21, 1996 at Alang |
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| Weissenfels | March 30, 1961 | August 8, 1961 | Stülcken shipyard , Hamburg / 903 | 9639 GRT | 1 × MAN diesel | Demolition from December 23, 1995 at Alang |
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| Werdenfels | 17th November 1961 | March 25, 1962 | AG Weser, Bremen plant / 1345 |
9718 GRT | 1 × MAN diesel engine | No longer registered as of 1998/99 | |
| Wildenfels | June 7, 1962 floated |
June 7, 1962 | AG Weser, Seebeck plant , Bremerhaven / 881 |
9717 GRT | 1 × MAN diesel engine | Demolished in 1992 | |
| Quail rock | April 26, 1962 floated |
2nd August 1962 | AG Weser, Seebeck plant, Bremerhaven / 882 |
9717 GRT | 1 × MAN diesel engine | Discontinued from January 4, 1991 at Alang |
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| Wallenfels | May 2, 1962 | October 26, 1962 | AG Weser, Bremen plant / 1346 |
9717 GRT | 1 × MAN diesel engine | Discontinued from June 27, 1991 at Chittagong |
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| Water rock | March 7, 1963 | June 21, 1963 | AG Weser, Bremen plant / 1347 |
9717 GRT | 1 × MAN diesel engine | Demolition from May 13, 1991 at Chittagong |
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literature
- Peter Kiehlmann, Holger Patzer: The cargo ships of the DDG Hansa . HM Hauschild, Bremen 2000, ISBN 3-931785-02-5 .
- Prager, Hans Georg: DDG Hansa . from liner services to special shipping. Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft, Herford 1976, ISBN 3-7822-0105-1 .
- Witthohn, Ralf: The new German merchant fleet . Freighters, tankers and containers. Verlag Gerhard Stalling, Oldenburg 1976, ISBN 3-7979-1870-4 .