Bussard, 102 year old steamship blowing her whistle

Kieler Förde passing Düsternbrook 2008/05/17
Steam (coal) powered buoy dropper owned by Kiel Ship Museum
*1906 Meyerwerft, Papenburg
540 PSi 12kn
Decommisioned in 1979 as Germany's last steampowered seagoing
ship, later museum ship in Kiel

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• Kiel
• schiff
• steamship
• horn
• whistle
• steam
• ship
• oldship

[bundytrombone]

That is really old for a steamship i hate to see them all either sunk or scrapped

[WhyAyeMann]

I like the little "tewt" at the end :)

[123retrogamer]

beautiful



[Squarerig]

Wait until you see the Twin Screw tug Portwey.Built in 1927 and still going strong-still coal fired.

[MultiDollar1234]

nice



[Fatstratmatt96]

What I wouldn't give to sail on a ship like that. What a beautiful piece of machinery!

[Oldsteamer2]

@WhyAyeMann "Bussard" served as a buoy-tender from 1905 till the 1970s, therefore the big crane on her foredeck. She was decommissioned and moored at the local maritime museum. Sadly they cut the prop off and welded the sterntube tight. After many years the idea took shape to steam her up again. Parts of the propshaft had to be rebuilt, which was very costly. Boiler and triple-expansion engine are still the original ones.

She is steamed up regularly in summer.

[mccarthymcfamily]

cool i'v allways wanted to do that

[jonagilly]

Loved your quick video.

[druisteen2]

cargo ?

[selenabieberbabe]

its funny whean the horn blows thean the the whistle

[GoVNO1998]

I watch this almost every day,gotta love that sound...