Fehmarnbelt Lightship

  • Outside Eider

The Lightship Fehmarn Belt is a German lightship that is no longer as such is in position, but as a museum ship is still moving.

History

It was built from 1906 to 1908 on the Thyen shipyard in Brake on the Weser as a three -masted schooner with Notbesegelung and put fire in 1908 as ship's Eider in service. It was intermittently until 1944 at the position outside Eider off the mouth of the Eider in the North Sea, on the years 1914 to 1916 Southshore position beep. 1918/19, it was involved in military operations in the Baltic Sea. 1931 engine was installed. 1945 to 1948 it was used as a guard ship at Minenzwangsweg P 11 -P 15 in the German Bight. 1949-1953 it was spare lightship for the position Amrumbank (P 15). 1954 and 1956 there were several conversions. The beacon has been strengthened, a beacon retrofitted. In the years 1956-1965 there was a reserve Holtenau (reserve lightship ) used on the positions of Flensburg, Kiel and Fehmarn, 1961 a short time on the Elbe 1, and then from 1965 to 1984 under its present name on position in the Fehmarn Belt. On March 31, 1984, was placed as the last German lightship on the Baltic Sea out of service; the position was taken over by an unmanned United tonne.

In the same year the ship ( The Lightship by Siegfried Lenz on the story ) served as the film ship Hatteras for shooting the U.S. film, The Lightship on Sylt. Since 1986 it is a museum ship.

Today the ship is owned by the non-profit organization lightship eV for Lübeck and is since autumn 2009 in the winter Behnkai in the Hanseatic City of Lübeck from the Media Docks on the north Wallhalbinsel. It is kept in top condition and fahrtüchtigem since 1989 in the summer trips to test all equipment under sea conditions; also visits on board are possible.

Lightship Fehmarn Belt on Behnkai on the northern Wallhalbinsel

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