SMY Hohenzollern
Imperial Yacht Hohenzollern I (Willy Stöwer, ca. 1888)
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History | |
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German Empire | |
Name | S.M.Y. Hohenzollern I |
Builder | Norddeutsche Schiffbau-Gesellschaft, Kiel |
Laid down | 1876 |
Launched | 1878 |
Renamed | Kaiseradler 1892 |
Fate | Scrapped in 1912 |
German Empire | |
Name | S.M.Y. Hohenzollern II |
Builder | AG Vulcan Stettin |
Launched | 27 June 1892 |
In service | 1893 |
Out of service | 1920 |
Fate | Scrapped in 1923 |
German Empire | |
Name | S.M.Y. Hohenzollern III |
Launched | September 1914 |
Fate | Scrapped in 1923 |
Notes | Never finished |
General characteristics SMY Hohenzollern I | |
Type | Royal Yacht |
Displacement |
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Length | 88 m (288 ft 9 in) |
Beam | 17.7 m (58 ft 1 in) |
Draft | 4.8 m (15 ft 9 in) |
Propulsion | Triple-expansion steam engine |
General characteristics SMY Hohenzollern II | |
Type | Royal Yacht |
Length | 120 m (393 ft 8 in) |
Beam | 14 m (45 ft 11 in) |
Propulsion | Triple-expansion steam engine |
Notes | The ship became property of the Weimar Republic |
SMY Hohenzollern (German: Seiner Majestät Yacht Hohenzollern) was the name of several yachts used by the German Emperors between 1878 and 1918, named after their House of Hohenzollern.
History
SMY Hohenzollern I
The first Hohenzollern was built 1876–1878 by
SMY Hohenzollern II
Hohenzollern II was launched on 27 June 1892,[1] the build completed the same year by AG Vulcan Stettin. She was 120 metres (390 ft) long, had a beam of 14 metres (46 ft) and drew 5.6 metres (18 ft), with 9,588 indicated horsepower (7,150 kW).
She was used as the Imperial Yacht and
In June 1914 Hohenzollern II attended the Kiel regatta and on 25 June the last state banquet was held on board to entertain officers of the British fleet whose ships had been invited to attend.[2]
At the end of July 1914 Hohenzollern II was put out of service in
SMY Hohenzollern III
Hohenzollern III was launched in September 1914 in
Philately
The imperial yacht was the subject of the Yacht issue produced for postal use in German colonies.
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Hohenzollern II is depicted on the Yacht issue.
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Postcard depicting SMY Hohenzollern II in Norway
References
- ^ "The Marshall Islands - Marshall Islands history Sources". 2005-10-09.
- ^ George von Hase (c. 1921). Kiel and Jutland. Skeffington and son Ltd.
Bibliography
- Frampton, Viktor; Freivogel, Zvonmir; Kindrachuk, Mark & Smyers, Richard Paul (2010). "Question 25/46: German Imperial Yachts". Warship International. XLVII (3): 209–211. ISSN 0043-0374.
- Warship International Staff (2015). "International Fleet Review at the Opening of the Kiel Canal, 20 June 1895". Warship International. LII (3): 255–263. ISSN 0043-0374.
External links
Media related to Ships named Hohenzollern at Wikimedia Commons