Kuhwerder

Update 09.11.2021
Current Name Kuhwerder
Previous Name Mescherin (until 2005)
Manager Reginal Finance Office Hamburg, Hamburg, Federal Republic of Germany
Owner Federal Ministry of Finances, Bonn, Federal Republic of Germany
Flag Federal Republic of Germany
Port of Registry Hamburg
Type of Ship customs patrol boat
Completion 1997
Shipyard Schiffswerft Ernst Menzer, Geesthacht, Federal Republic of Germany
Overall Length [m] 15,60
Registered Breadth [m] 4,67
Maximum Draught [m] 0,70
Propulsion [KW] 514
Propulsion [BHP] 699
Speed [Kn] 22,0
Additional Information displacement: 15 ts - in 1997 ZB >Kuhwerder< was commissioned by the former Regional Finance Office Cottbus as ZB >Mescherin< - in 2005 the boat was renamed by the Regional Finance Office Hamburg and is now used in the Hamburg Harbour as well as on the upper and lower parts of the river Elbe - the boat was decommisioned in Hamburg in 2016 and offered for sale - due to an engine failure on another customs boat, it was rebuilt and put back into service in 2017 on Lake Constance under the name >Hochwart<
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