Hohenzollern (Imperial Yacht)

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Hohenzollern (Imperial Yacht)

Post by shipstamps » Tue Jan 06, 2009 6:46 pm

The German Emperor Wilhelm II was very unsatisfied with the imperial yacht Hohenzollern, an outdated paddlewheel steam ship. As it got difficult to approve the budget for such an imperial yacht, the ship was planned as a dual usage vessel: Imperial Yacht and armed Aviso during wartime.
The second SMY Hohenzollern was built by AG Vulcan Stettin; it was 120 m long, 14 m wide and 5.6 m deep, with 9,588 hp.
It was in use as Imperial Yacht and aviso from 1893 to July 1914. From 1894 to 1914, with the exception of 1906, Emperor Wilhelm II used it on his annual prolonged Nordlandfahrt trips to Norway. In total he spent over four years on board.
In June 1914 the ship 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.
At the end of July 1914 it was put out of service in Kiel, the last captain being Kapitän zur See Johannes v. Karpf. The ship became property of the Weimar Republic in 1918. It was struck on 27 February 1920 and scrapped in 1923 in Wilhelmshaven.

By 1913, the ship was also seen as obsolete for its usage as an imperial yacht, and a successor - twice as big as the Hohenzollern - was laid down but never completed.

Dimensions
Size (Max): 4460 t
Length (Total): 122,0 m
Length (Waterline): 116,0 m
Beam: 14,0 m
Draft: 6,21 m
Crew: 313 - 354
Weapons
10,5 cm L/35: 3 (in case of military operations)
5,2 cm L/55: 2 (since 1911)
5 cm L/40: 8 (12 in case of military operations)
Engines
Shafts: 2
Engines: 2
Type: Triple expansion
Performance
Total Performance: 9588 shp
Speed: 21,5 kn
Range: 2520 sm at 14kn; 1260 sm at 20 kn
08.04.1893: Hohenzollern is commissioned.
-24.04.1893: Trials.
1893: Two visits in Sweden.
1894: Voyage to Drontheim.
1895: Opening of the Kiel-Channel, the Hohenzollern is the first ship to make a transit. Voyages to Sweden and England.
1896: Voyages to Italy and Norway.
1897: Voyages to Mole, Kronstadt and Sweden.
1898: Voyages to the Lofoten, Italy, Palestine and Pola.
1899: Voyages to Drontheim, Bergen and England.
1900: Voyages to Drontheim and England. During a refit, the Hohenzollern is equipped with a wireless radio.
1901: Voyage to Britain to the funeral ceremony of the British Queen and to Mole.
18.01.1902: Voyage to New York. To enlarge the operational range of the ship, additional coal is stored in various rooms of the ship. Prinz Heinrich von Preussen, who wants to use this trip to visit the launch auf a sailing yacht which was ordered by the Emperor in the USA, does not use the Hohenzollern for the trip, but the passenger liner Kronprinz Wilhelm .
12.02.1902: Arrival in New York. During the time in New York, about 6000 guests visit the ship each day.
11-27.03.1902: Return to Germany.
1902: Voyages to Drontheim, Russia and Britain.
1903: Voyages to Denmark and Drontheim.
1904: Voyages to the Mediterranean and Drontheim.
1905: Voyages to the Mediterranean, Denmark and Sweden.
05.05.1906: Decommissioned for refits. All guns except two 5,2 cm ones are removed.
15.04.1907: Recomissioned.
1907: Voyages to the North Cape, Denmark, Great Britain and the Netherlands.
1908: Voyages to Molde, Pola and Korfu.
1909: Voyages to the Mediterranean, Sweden and Norway.
1910: Voyages to Great Britain, Sweden and Norway.
1911: Voyages to Italy, Corfu, Great Britain and Denmark.
1912: Voyages to the Mediterranean, Baltischport and Denmark.
1913: Voyages to Demark and Norway.
1914: Voyages to Italy and Greece.
July 1914: Despite the death of the Austrian crown prince, Kaiser Wilhlem II starts to his Nordic voyage up to Balholmen.
27.07.1914: Return to Kiel.
31.07.1914: Hohenzollern is decommissioned. In difference to the original plans, the ship was not used during the war.
27.12.1920: Striken form the list of warships.
1923: Scrapped in Wilhelmshaven.
Various web sites.
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Re: Hohenzollern (Imperial Yacht)

Post by aukepalmhof » Sun Aug 31, 2014 3:26 am

Palau 1991 30c sg398, scott263c, and 30c sg406, scott263k
Togo 2012 3000f sg?, scott? (in margin of sheet)
German New Guinea 1901 3pf/5m, sg 7/19 scott?
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Re: Hohenzollern (Imperial Yacht)

Post by Arturo » Mon Nov 17, 2014 9:21 pm

Hohenzollern (Imperial Yatch)

German East Africa, 1900, S.G.?, Scott: 21.

German East Africa, 1905, S.G.?, Scott: 25.
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Re: Hohenzollern (Imperial Yacht)

Post by Arturo » Mon Apr 06, 2015 8:15 pm

Hohenzollern

Cameroon 1977, S.G.?, Scott: C252.
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Re: Hohenzollern (Imperial Yacht)

Post by D. v. Nieuwenhuijzen » Sun Oct 29, 2017 8:33 pm

Marshall Islands 1984, 40 c. StG.22; 40 c. StG.24
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