Pillnitz (ship, 1886)
 Pillnitz paddle steamer on the Elbe
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The Pillnitz paddle steamer was built in the Blasewitz shipyard in 1886 . The ship was named Queen Carola with the hull number 20 to set keel . The ship was named after Carola von Wasa-Holstein-Gottorp , the Saxon queen. In 1919 it was renamed Diesbar and in 1923 Elida . In 1927 it was named Pillnitz as the third ship . After it was renamed Weltfrieden in 1952 , it was given its old name Pillnitz again in 1993 . Since 1992 it belongs to the existence of the Saxon Steamship GmbH & Co. KG Conti Elbschiffahrts and travels to the upper same .
The time after commissioning until 1945
After being launched on April 27, 1886, the ship was put into service as a smooth-deck steamer on May 16, 1886 for the company's 50th anniversary and sailed for the Saxon-Bohemian Steamship Company (SBDG). After the cessation of business operations, the ship sailed for the Saxon-Bohemian Steamship Company (SBDA), which was newly founded in 1923 . The white painting of the ships, which was customary from 1926, earned it the name White Fleet .
In 1911/12 the steam engine and the boiler system were converted. The paddle steamer received a steam control machine for better maneuvering and a steam turbo generator to generate electrical power (direct current). The lighting was switched from petroleum to electric light. On May 25, 1919, like all ships bearing the name of a monarch or monarchy, it was renamed and named Diesbar after the town of Diesbar between Meißen and Riesa .
After the merger of the SBDG and the Neue Deutsch-Böhmische Elbschifffahrts-AG (NDBG) , the NBDG took over the ship in 1923. It was to be used as an express steamer under the name Elida . In February 1924, the ship hit the Korrektionsdamm in floods and snowstorms near Loessnig . With the help of a tug it could be pulled from the dam. In 1924, the SBDA, newly founded in 1923, leased the ship and bought it back in 1925. In the winter of 1926/27 the ship was completely rebuilt. It was extended by 3.66 m from the original 60.53 m to 64.19 m, equipped with steam heating and received an upper deck and a rear deck saloon. Due to this modernization work and the resulting enlargement of the ship, the passenger capacity was increased in 1927 from the original 640 to 788 passengers. Ten men were required for operation. The draft, which was 0.54 m empty, increased to 0.74 m as a result of the modifications. The eleven wooden blades with a length of 2.2 m per wheel were replaced by blades made of steel. At the same time there was a name change with the Diesbar and the ship sailed under the name Pillnitz from 1927 . The reasons for this are unknown. In the winter of 1927/28 the previous green and white paintwork was changed and the ship was given a white color.
On June 28, 1931, the Pillnitz collided with the Bodenbach . The Pillnitz had to be taken out of service.
On July 29, 1933, the Pillnitz was pushed onto the bank by a storm in the area of the ferry house sign and suffered a tax loss.
On July 14th, the Pillnitz ran aground due to low water near Hosterwitz and was leaked.
In 1935 the ship collided with an arch of the Augustus Bridge , with the right wheel arch being badly damaged.
During the Second World War , the Pillnitz, like other ships in the company, were given a camouflage and were used to evacuate victims of the bombing raids on Hamburg . On February 15, 1945, the Pillnitz was hit by a bomb dud on the Terrassenufer . This caused the ship to suffer minor damage.
The time after 1945
The SBDA was transferred to public ownership on February 1, 1947 and was given the name VEB Elbeschiffahrt Sachsen . From 1950 to 1957 it belonged to the VEB Deutsche Schiffahrts- und Umschlagszentrale (DSU). After its dissolution, the VEB Fahrgastschiffahrt und Reparaturwerft Dresden was established in 1957 and from 1967 the VEB Fahrgastschiffahrt Dresden .
The Pillnitz was made after the repair in the summer of 1945 with white paint back into service. In 1950 she hit a boulder in the river bed while traveling down below the Kleinzschachwitz pier when the tide was low, causing five leaks and sinking. After the leaks had been sealed, the ship was lifted and taken to the Laubegaster shipyard. Here it was overhauled and put back into service on May 1, 1952 under the name Weltfrieden .
On August 13, 1955, the ship took part in a special voyage for the pioneer organization Dresden together with the friendship and the Meissen .
The upper deck was extended forward by 3 m in 1955 and the wheel arches were renewed. In 1963/64 Weltfrieden received a new boiler house and a new electrical system. In 1966/67 the machinery was overhauled and a front deck saloon was built.
During the regular overhaul in the winter of 1979/80, severe signs of wear were found on the boiler and the ship was then decommissioned. Between 1981 and 1983 the ship underwent a general overhaul. The deck saloons were renewed, the wheelhouse replaced and the technical facilities modernized. The chimney and the chimney winch for folding down the chimney when crossing bridges have been renewed.
In the machine area, the boiler was replaced by a new boiler from VEB Dampfkesselbau Übigau with roughly the same technical data. In addition, a new fire pump was installed, the low-pressure piston replaced and the steam turbine of the generator overhauled.
On April 13, 1983, the ship was put back into service and completed its first scheduled voyage on April 27, 1983. After the renovation, the number of passengers was 805. The crew was given as seven people.
In 1986 it celebrated its 100th anniversary as the sixth ship.
The time with the Saxon steamship
After German reunification, the company was transferred to Treuhand and was privatized in 1992 by being sold to the Conti shipping company in Putzbrunn near Munich. The new name was Sächsische Dampfschiffahrts-GmbH & Co. Conti Elbschiffahrts KG. On November 23, 1992, the ship was taken ashore in the Laubegaster shipyard. All the superstructures protruding above the upper deck were removed here. In December 1992 the ship was transferred from the tugboat Sachsenwald to the shipyard in Genthin . The shipbuilding reconstruction took place here. On May 19, 1993, world peace reached Laubegast again, maneuvered by a push boat. The historical reconstruction was completed here. On July 10, 1993 the ship was put back into operation and at the same time received its old name Pillnitz .
After 10 months of repairs, the Pillnitz was launched again on July 30, 2018. The reason for the stay in the shipyard was the renewal of the substructure of the steam engine. To do this, the machine had to be completely removed. The hand-made component was installed in April 2018. Inaccuracies were found. The part could not be used and had to be remade. On July 12, 2018, the high-pressure and low-pressure cylinders of the machine were lifted into the ship with the help of a crane. A wave coming from the Czech Republic caused the Elbe level to rise from 55 cm to 87 cm on July 30th. This made it possible to lower the ship into the water.
The steam engine
The steam engine is an oscillating high-pressure two-cylinder compound steam engine with injection condensation. It was built by the Sächsische Dampfschiffs- und Maschinenbauanstalt of the Austrian Northwest Steamship Company in Dresden with construction no. 254 as an oscillating low-pressure two-cylinder twin steam engine with injection condensation. The power was 120 PSi. In 1911/12 the machine was converted to a compound machine. The power was now 230 PSi. The existing three-flame tube suitcase boiler with construction number 451 was replaced by a two-flame tube cylinder boiler with 10 bar steam pressure from Dresdener Maschinenfabrik and Schiffswerft Uebigau AG with construction number 2414. Also of Übigau comes the built in the same year steam control machine with the hull number 1379. 1982 was a new boiler with 10 bar of vapor pressure VEB Dampfkesselbau Übigau built with the hull number 15,783th Automatic oil firing has existed since 1993 .
Captains of the ship
- Friedrich Ignatz Beckel 1887-1894
- Carl Friedrich Hering 1895–1897
- Heinrich August Keilig 1898–1911
- Johannes Heinrich Horn 1912–1920
gallery
On the upper deck of the Pillnitz on the way to Bad Schandau
View into the rear saloon of the Pillnitz
Pillnitz steam engine
View into the boiler room of the Pillnitz
Pillnitz's steam rowing machine
literature
- Peter Blath: Saxony's White Fleet - Steamboat Rides on the Elbe. Sutton Verlag, Erfurt 2006, ISBN 3-89702-949-9 .
- Frank Müller, Wolfgang Quinger: With steam and paddle wheel on the Upper Elbe . transpress VEB Verlag for Transport, Berlin, 1988, ISBN 3-344-00286-4 .
- Shipping calendar for the Elbe area from 1887 to 1914
- Shipping calendar for the Elbe area and the Märkische Wasserstrassen from 1915 to 1920
Web links
- Pillnitz paddle steamer on the Saxon Steamship website
- Pillnitz passenger steamer - data sheet
- Pillnitz passenger steamer - steam engine
- Pillnitz passenger steamer - steam control machine
- List of paddle steamers of the Saxon-Bohemian Steamship Company
Individual evidence
- ↑ Captain without a ship. SZ-Online.DE, May 1, 2018, accessed on August 1, 2018 .
- ^ Pillnitz launched. Radio Dresden, July 30, 2018, accessed on August 1, 2018 .