Built in 1908 at Werft Janssen & Schmilinski,
Hamburg Germany
Call sign
Measures in meter
Tonnage
Engine
kW
Speed
Knots
Length
Beam
Draught
Gross
Net
DJAB
36.96
7.17
2.7
140
55
309
12
Scotch fire tube boiler with two furnaces.
Two cylinder compound expansion engine with Klug
reversing gear.
The saloon steamer Alexandra ready for
departure from Flensburg.
She was launched in April 1908 and sailed under the ownership of
"Vereinigten Flensburg- Ekendsunder und Sonderburger
Dampfsschiffsgesellschaft". She was in service until 1975, when she was
withdrawn as unprofitable.
The engine room onboard SS Alexandra
The boiler with its two coal-fired furnaces.
Maneuvering place for the compound expansion steam engine.
The compound expansion steam engine. The low-pressure cylinders connecting rod
and its crosshead.