Permission granted by Wim van der Moolen
Original photo
Hamburg, Germany on 10th June 2011.
The steelmounted Lightvessel "ELBE 3" was constructed as "WESER (I)" to substitute the 1874 builded "WESER" on it's station in the estuary of the river WESER. It was build in the year 1888 and positioned in june 1889 onto the station to supersede in a sequence of a half year rythem the older one. The usuality against other lightvessels the ships in the river WESER were not dubbed with names of important persons like mayors, they only got the station-name on both sides of the ship. Now she is the oldesd operability Lightvessel of the world and calls ports at the Baltic- and German- Seashores for presentation by invitations.
Lightvessel: ELBE 3
Lenght o. all : 45,1 m
Breath, moulded : 7,1 m
Depth, moulded : 3,95 m
Deadweight 600 tons
Measurement : 256 BRT