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Saturday 19 July 2014

German oil steam tanker Glückauf 1885-1893

Drawing made by G.J. Frans Naerebout and published in Op de Lange Deining

The first ocean going tanker with 8 compartment to be filled directly with oil instead of oil stored in barrels/drums. Laid down on 26 November 1886 at the shipyard of Armstrong, Mitchell and Company, Newcastle-upon-Tune 25 November 1886 with yard number 473, launched 16 June 1886 maiden voyage 10 July and wrecked 23-25 March 1893 at Fire Island, New York, USA. What is left of her is still lying in the water. Callsign KRBH. Owned and managed by Wilhelm Anton Riedemann, Geestemünde, Germany and since 1890 of the Deutsche-Amerikanische Petroleum Dampschiff Gesellschaft, Geestemünde, Germany. With a gross register tonnage 2.307 tons, net register tonnage 1.687 tons were her dimensions 91,59 (over all) x 11,33 x 7,09 metres or 300.6 x 37.2. x 23’3”feet. The one 3-cylinder triple expansion engine of Wallsend Slipway&Engineering Company supplied via one shaft 200 nhp allowing a speed of 10,5 knots.