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SS Karsik (1938)
SS ''Karsik'' was a German-built Cargo ship, cargo steamship. Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau (Deschimag) built her as ''Soneck'' for DDG Hansa, Deutsche Dampfschifffahrts-Gesellschaft "Hansa" in 1938. The Royal Netherlands Navy seized her in the Dutch East Indies in 1940. She was renamed ''Karsik'' and the Dutch Koninklijke Paketvaart-Maatschappij (KPM) operated her until 1963. In 1963 she was sold, renamed ''Pearl of Victoria'' and registered in Panama. She was wrecked in the Red Sea in 1967. Building Deschimag built ''Soneck'' at its Seebeckwerft in Wesermünde, which is now part of Bremerhaven. As built, her tonnages were and . ''Soneck'' had a three-cylinder Marine steam engine#Triple or multiple expansion, triple-expansion engine plus a Bauer-Wach low-pressure exhaust Steam turbine#Marine propulsion, steam turbine. Exhaust steam from the low-pressure cylinder of the triple-expansion engine powered the turbine. The turbine drove the same shaft as the piston engine by Gea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DDG Hansa
DDG Hansa, short for Deutsche Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft Hansa (German Steamship Company Hansa; in modern orthography, Deutsche Dampfschifffahrts-Gesellschaft Hansa) was a major German shipping company specialising in heavy freight and scheduled traffic between Europe and the Far East. Founded in Bremen in 1881, the company declared bankruptcy in 1980. History Foundation and early years DDG Hansa was founded on 3 December 1881 at the "constituent general assembly" in Bremen by a consortium of 17 Bremen and 2 Bremerhaven companies,"The DDG Hansa, 1881–1980—a missed centenary", in ''100 Years Ahlers in Antwerp: A family business in a world port'', ed. Christian Leysen and Olivier Boehme, Brussels: ASP/University Press Antwerp, , pp. 24–28p. 24 to provide steamship connections for trade with Asia, the Baltic Sea, Baltic, and the Mediterranean. The first voyage was by SS ''Stolzenfels'' from Newcastle to Singapore in February 1882.Raymond Fisch, "The Roots of Heavy Lift Shipp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
