Adler von Lübeck

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Adler von Lübeck by Olaf Rahardt, painted in 2004.
History
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NameAdler von Lübeck
BuilderWallhalbinsel in Lübeck
Laid down1565
LaunchedMarch 1566
Commissioned1567
FateBroken up in 1588
General characteristics
Displacement2,000–3,000 tons
Length78.30 m (256.9 ft) (overall)
Beam14.50 m (47.6 ft)
Draught5.30 m (17.4 ft)
PropulsionSails — 1,793.53 m2
Complement1,000: 350 crew & 650 marines
Armament
  • 138 cannon
    • Bronze guns:
      • 8 × 48 pounders
      • 6 × 24 pounders
      • 26 × 10 pounders
      • 4 × 5 pounders
      • 8 × 3 pounders
    • Iron guns:
      • 10 × 6 pounders
      • 40 × 112 pounders
      • 36 × varying calibre
NotesHeight from waterline to top of mainmast: 62.51 m

Adler von Lübeck (

Hanseatic city of Lübeck, Germany
. Adler von Lübeck was one of the largest ships in the world at her time, being 78.30 m long overall and displacing 2–3,000 tons.

The war

Iberian peninsula
. The ship was dismantled in 1588 after twenty years of service.

Dimensions

The Lübeck chronicler Peter van der Horst — relying on the building contract of the ship — gave the following dimensions of Adler von Lübeck:[1]

  • Length of head knee: 10.45 m (18 ells)
  • Length of keel: 36 m (62 ells)
  • Length from stern post to stern post: 49 m (85 ells)
  • Length from head knee to stern gallery: 64 m (111 ells)
  • Length overall: 78.30 m (256.9 ft)
  • Clear beam inboards: 13.84 m (24 ells)
  • Beam inboards: 13.84 m (48 ft)
  • Beam: 14.50 m
  • Height overall: 62.15 m

The gun arrangements of the ship have been preserved in the artillery manual of the artillery master Hans Frese.[2]

Gallery

  • Model ship #1 in the Ratskeller at Lübeck
    Model ship #1 in the Ratskeller at Lübeck
  • Model ship #2 in the Ratskeller at Lübeck
    Model ship #2 in the Ratskeller at Lübeck
  • Model ship #2 in the Ratskeller at Lübeck
    Model ship #2 in the Ratskeller at Lübeck
  • Model ship in the Deutsches Museum at München
    Model ship in the
    München
  • Painting in the Schiffergesellschaft at Lübeck
    Painting in the Schiffergesellschaft at Lübeck
  • Pintle and gudgeon rudder as used by the Adler
    Pintle and gudgeon rudder as used by the Adler

See also

  • List of world's largest wooden ships
  • List of ships of the Hanseatic League

References

  1. ^ Van der Horst(e), Peter (1676): "Beschreibung von der Kunst der Schiffahrt – Zum andernmahl auffgeleget und mit einem Anhang vermehret, worin beschrieben wird der Anfang und Fortgang der Schiffahrt", 2nd. ed., Schmalhertzens Erven, Lübeck (PDF)
  2. ^ Frese, Hans (16th century): "Artilleriebuch der Adler von Lübeck", Archive of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck

Further reading

In chronological order

Articles & monographs

  • Van der Horst(e), Peter (1676): "Beschreibung von der Kunst der Schiffahrt – Zum andernmahl auffgeleget und mit einem Anhang vermehret, worin beschrieben wird der Anfang und Fortgang der Schiffahrt", 2nd. ed., Schmalhertzens Erven, Lübeck (PDF)
  • Pâris, Charles François-Edmond (1882-1892): "Le Musée de Marine du Louvre", Paris
  • Pâris, Charles François-Edmond (1962): "Souvenirs de Marine", Partie 1-5, Hinstorff, Rostock [Reprint]
  • Nance, Robert Morton & Anderson, Roger C. (1912): "A Sixteenth Century Ship of Lübeck", The Mariner's Mirror, pp. 152–153
  • Arenhold, Lüder, (1913): "The Adler of Lübeck", The Mariner's Mirror, pp. 152–153
  • Anderson, Roger C. (1913): "Guns of Adler of Lübeck", The Mariner's Mirror, pp. 153, 222, 250, 285 & 345
  • Kloth, Herbert: "Lübecks Seekriegswesen in der Zeit des nordischen 7-jährigen Krieges 1563-1570", Zeitschrift des Vereines für lübeckische Geschichte und Altertumskunde, Vol. 21 (1923), pp. 1–51 & 185-256 plus Vol. 22 (1923–25), pp. 121–152 & 325-379 Details on a number of details on construction, rigging, equipment and crew of the Adler von Lübeck are scattered throughout the article
  • Anderson, Roger C. (1939): "The Mars and the Adler", The Mariner's Mirror, pp. 296–299 [+plates]
  • Reinhardt, Karl (1943): "Der Adler von Lübeck", Die Seekiste - Schiffsmodellbau, Berlin, Iss. 12
  • Pietsch, Ulrich (1982): "Die Lübecker Seeschiffahrt vom Mittelalter bis zur Neuzeit", Catalogue of the Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte der Hansestadt Lübeck, Lübeck
  • Kirsch, Peter (1988): "Die Galeonen. Große Segelschiffe um 1600", Bernard & Gräfe Verlag, Koblenz, p. 67

Modern model ships

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