Loreley (Schiff, 1963) – Wikipedia

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The Loreley was a 1962/63 for the steamship company for the Lower and Middle Rhine ( DGNM ) Built passenger ship, which was used by the Cologne-Düsseldorf German Rhine Schiffahrt until 1996 in the plans service on the Rhine. Three years later, the ship was sold to a Dutch ship broker who wanted to resell it. Without a buyer, the ship sank at its berth in winter 2002 and was scrapped after the lift in 2003. The passenger approval granted for a maximum of 3430 people is the highest that has ever been available for a passenger ship on European inland waters. The Loreley was the third ship of the shipping company, which was named after the legendary slate rock Loreley in the St. Goarer valley.

The Loreley in Mainz (1994)
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After the Cologne-Düsseldorfer with the large-scale triad passenger ships that had previously been served Berlin and Germany had had good experiences on February 20, 1962 at the Cologne shipyard, Ewald Berninghaus another ship of this type. To optimize the driving characteristics, the Experimental Institute for Inland Achreufahrt in Duisburg tested with ship models that had been manufactured according to the shipping company’s plans. After the attempts were completed in June 1962, the Kiellezlitung of the new new building took place in June 1962. The stacking took place on April 6, 1963. On May 31, 1963, the wife of the then Mayor of Düsseldorf was christened the ship in Sankt Goarshausen on the name of the Schieferfelsen Loreley. The subsequent maiden voyage led to Oberwesel, where the ship turned and drove back to Sankt Goar. Two days later, the passenger ship was used in the Pland Service on the Cologne -Mainz speed ride. [first] The Loreley was approved for 3400 passengers when commissioning [2] And so that the ship with the highest passenger approval on European inland waters. In 1964 the approval was increased to 3,430 people. [3]

After the 1995 season, the Loreley ship floor was so dilapidated that it should have been completely renewed. Since the estimated repair costs of DM 500,000 seemed uneconomical, the Cologne-Düsseldorf team declined the passenger ship. The deployment with deletion from the ship register took place in May 1996 – the name was given a new modern passenger ship, the Loreley (IV) from July 6, 1996. After a four-year lying time in the port of Cologne-Niehl, the Dutch bought Schiffsmakler Heuvelmann the old ship and named it in lore around. On October 2, 1999, the removal was carried out in the towing association with the two tractors Albert R and Herman Gre To the port of the new owner in ’S-Grave dealer, Netherlands. In 2000 there was a French company that lore To convert to the restaurant ship and use its Seine in Paris. For the planned conversion, the ship was towed to the De Hoop shipyard in Lobith. As a result of financing difficulties by the prospect, the renovation was not started.
In October 2001 the Loreley dragged after Beuningen-Wurt and offered for 650,000 NLG for sale. She sank at this berth in winter 2002/2003. After the lift, the slaughtered Watches Hendriks BV In Dodewaard Das Schiff Aus. That rest scored that abwrackwerft Hits in Haarlem. [4]

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  • On the occasion of a state visit, Queen Elisabeth II drove on May 20, 1965 with the Loreley From Koblenz to Kaub.
  • As part of the German-French consultation talks, Chancellor Willy Brandt and French President Georges Pompidou drove together from Koblenz to Mainz on July 5, 1971.
  • On October 12, 1971, the Japanese imperial couple Kōjun and Hirohito drove the ship from Bingen am Rhein to Koblenz.
  • Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, Federal President Walter Scheel and the American President Gerald Ford, along with wives, held discussions on international economic policy on July 27, 1975.

The Loreley in March 1978 on the Helling of the Cologne shipyard in the Mülheimer Hafen

The Loreley Was one of a total of four Voith Schneider side drive ships from the Cologne-Düsseldorfer. The drive configuration resembled the older shovel wheel steamer, whereby the Voith Schneider propellers were attached to the hull on the hull on characteristic loading side boxes. The Loreley was largely identical to the Germany , the later one Coat of arms from Mainz . Apart from slight differences in the cavalization of the fuselage, both ships had identical buildings until the Germany After a heavy fire in 1968, larger repair and renovation work had to be subjected to.

The ship was driven via two 12-cylinder diesel engines from Deutz à 625 kW of type SBA12M421/1 over two five-winged Voith cutter drives size 20 of type E/110. The ship was 90.65 m long, 15.80 m wide (9.00 m over frames). The draft is specified at a maximum of 1.48 m.

  1. ↑ Georg Fischbach: The ships of the Cologne-Düsseldorfer 1826–2004, Eigenverlag, Cologne 2004, p. 726
  2. ↑ Ship examination commission Cologne: Official shipping test of May 28, 1963 . Quoted from Georg Fischbach: The ships of the Cologne-Düsseldorf 1826-2004 , S. 727.
  3. ↑ Ship examination commission Cologne: Official shipping test of December 16, 1964 . Quoted from Georg Fischbach: The ships of the Cologne-Düsseldorf 1826-2004 , S. 726.
  4. ↑ Georg Fischbach: The ships of the Cologne-Düsseldorfer 1826–2004, Eigenverlag, Cologne 2004, p. 730.
  • Georg Fischbach: The ships of the Cologne-Düsseldorf 1826-2004 , Eigenverlag, Marienhausen 2004, ISBN 3-00-016046-9

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