Hohenzollern (1893)
built in 1892 in Szczecin on the Vulcan shipyard as a referee steamer.
• Scale: 1:100
• Hull length: 122,5 cm / 122,5 m
• Width: 14,0 cm / 14 m • Height: 48,5 cm / 48,5 m
• Drive: Steam engine with coal firing twin screw drive 9’588 hp
• built: 2000 – 2001 by H. Raschle, according to the plans of Wolfgang Bohlayer, Hamburg
• Workload: ca. 500 hours
• Display case: yes
• Construction materials: different types of wood and brass / aluminum. Decorations and windows / doors etched in brass
• Price: 4’800 sFR
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Story:
On June 27, 1892 Emperor Wilhelm II personally held the christening speech in Stettin and Empress Victoria performed the baptism of the new state yacht „Hohenzollern“.
The ship is a masterpiece of 19th century German shipbuilding.
It was used by the emperor as a referee ship in fleet maneuvers, in peacetime for visits by foreign princes, and in recreational trips to the north and south of Europe.
A double bottom with many cells and several bulkheads ensured the vessel’s buoyancy even in case of damage.
The interior equipment was of a distinguished kind. Practical, comfortable and tastefully without quibbles.
The ship had a very bad sea behavior.
The longest journey took the „Hohenzollern“ to New York.
On July 30, 1917 she was decommissioned and deleted on December 27, 1920 from the list of warships.
In 1923 she was then scrapped in Wilhelmshaven.
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