Westerland (ship, 1885)

**Westerland**
	The Westerland (ca.1903)
Ship data
flag	German Empire
other ship names	from 1927: City of Husum
Ship type	Passenger ship
Callsign	LMCP
home port	Munkmarsch / Sylt
Owner	Sylter Steamship Company
Shipyard	Howaldts shipyard , Kiel
Build number	142
Launch	06.1885
Whereabouts	probably broken up in 1935/36
Ship dimensions and crew
length	32.30 m ( Lüa )
width	4.70 m
measurement	86.00 GRT
crew	6th
Machine system
machine	Double expansion steam engine
Machine ; performance	75 hp (55 kW)
Transport capacities
Permitted number of passengers	200

The paddle steamer Westerland of the Sylter Dampfschiffahrtsgesellschaft was a side paddle steamer built by the Howaldts shipyard in Kiel , which was used from 1885 as a passenger and supply ship for the North Frisian island of Sylt .

history

The Westerland was to complement the in-service since 1884 steamer 1885 Sylt by Sylt Steamship Company put into service. The company used the ships in the regular service between Hoyerschleuse (on the mainland) and Munkmarsch (on Sylt) to supply the island and to transport people. Side paddle steamers with shallow drafts had proven themselves for operation in the Wadden Sea and could be used almost all year round, except for extreme weather conditions in the winter months.

In the liner service between Munkmarsch and Hoyerschleuse

From the commissioning until March 1902, the ship was led by Captain Albert Klein from Keitum. After his sudden death, Captain Carl Nicolai Christiansen from Westerland took command on June 1, 1902. When he was supposed to take over the newly built Freya , he handed over the ship's command of the Westerland to his cousin Peter Christiansen on May 1, 1904.

Excursion traffic from Husum

In 1926 the paddle steamer was sold to the city of Husum and renamed "Stadt Husum". From there he provided service with up to 200 passengers and restoration on board until 1935 as an excursion ship in the "Halligwelt".

Whereabouts

In 1936 the city of Husum sold the paddle steamer, which was scrapped immediately afterwards.

literature

Hinrich-Boy Christiansen, Rudolf Kinzinger (Ed.): Between Munkmarsch, Memel and Emden - The story of the Sylt paddle steamer "Freya" 1904 - 1966 . Books on Demand, 2012, ISBN 978-3-8482-0585-1 .
Information from DSM Bremerhaven dated May 31, 2013
Jürgen Dietrich: When Husum was still the "gateway to the Hallig world" . in "Husumer Nachrichten" from August 19, 2009, Society for Husum City History eV 2009.
Thomas Friedrichsen: On a coffee trip with the "City of Husum" . in: Husumer Histories . (p. 75), Erfurt 2005, ISBN 978-3-89702-887-6 .