Steamship Alexandra

Steamship Alexandra from Flensburg

Steamship Alexandra
Built in 1908 at Werft Janssen & Schmilinski, Hamburg
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.
Compound steam engine with Klug's valve-gear.

Steamship Alexandra ready for departure
Steamship Alexandra ready for departure from Flensburg.
She was launched in April 1908 and sailed under the ownership of "Vereinigten Flensburg- Ekendsunder und Sonderburger Dampfsschiffsgesellschaft". The steamer was in service until 1975, when she was withdrawn as unprofitable.

 

The engine room onboard Steamship Alexandra

Steam boiler with two furnaces
The Scotch fire tube boiler with its two coal-fired furnaces onboard steamship Alexandra.

 

Steam engine maneuvering place
Maneuvering place for the compound steam engine onboard the Steamship Alexandra.

 

Steam engine
The compound expansion steam engine. The low-pressure cylinders connecting rod and its crosshead. The steamship boiler is visible in the backbround.

Steamship Alexandra from Flensburg

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