1902 VON BÖTTICHER, 1970 JACOB LANGEBERG

Icebreaker/Tug (sisterships: VON BÖTTICHER, BARTELS, BANTSCH, PIRALIJ, FUCHS, KOCH)
displ.170t, L26,75m, B6,63m, D3,20m – ice, salv.
1 scr, T3cyl by shipbuilder (nr.2026), 700ihp-515kW @190rpm, sp 11kn

VON BÖTTICHER
1902: Built by Gebr. Schichau at Elbing, Ost Preussen (DEU) (YN 1224)
1902: delivered to Kaiserliche Kanalamt at Kiel (Ost Preussen – DEU) (for RM 117.000)
(named after a former president of Schleswick-Holstein: Carl Heinrich van Bötticher (1833-1907))
1904: transferred to WMA – Wasserstrassenmachineambt at Rendsburg (DEU)
193x: modernised, new icebreaking bow, teack decks converted to metal
195x: wheelhouse put on top of the boiler room
1969: To shipbreaker A.C. Slooten at Wormerveer (NLD), sailed to Holland by the brothers Langeberg
1970: To Langeberg Cleaning BV (J.A. Langeberg) at Amsterdam (NLD), renamed JACOB LANGEBERG
1970: rebuilt, steel bridge
1978: laid up with defective boiler
198x: new boiler acquired, which was rejected at inspection
199x: new boiler found in the old Y 8262 (ex Pauline) on the Rijkswerf at Den Helder, but was never installed
1995: To Stichting tot Behoud van het Stoomschip at Wormerveer (NLD) for preservation, but laid up due to financial shortage
1999: funding from the Prins Bernhard Fonds, boiler installed, engine room refit
2001: boiler placed, fit for oil firing
2004: teack wheelhouse built as original
2005: boiler refit, replacement of steamgauges started, new funnel fit

http://www.tugspotters.com/tugs/JACOB.LANGEBERG.htm
http://www.elfin.nl/jacob.htm
Hinweis Ole Pfeiler 5.1.2012