Otto Lauffer

Update 06.09.2018
Current Name Otto Lauffer
Previous Name Hafenpolizei VI (until 1969)
Call Sign DB9574
Manager Museumshafen Oevelgönne e.V., Hamburg, Federal Republic of Germany
Owner Museumshafen Oevelgönne e.V., Hamburg, Federal Republic of Germany
Flag Federal Republic of Germany
Port of Registry Hamburg
Type of Ship personnel launch, steam engined
Completion 1928
Shipyard H. C. Stülcken & Sohn Werft, Hamburg, German Empire "Republic of Weimar"
Overall Length [m] 17,00
Registered Breadth [m] 3,88
Maximum Draught [m] 1,65
Propulsion [KW] 128
Propulsion [BHP] 174
Additional Information the ship was in service on the river Elbe for the financial deputation Hamburg until 1968 as >Hafenpolizei VI<. From 1969 until 2004, the ship was part of the "Museum of Hamburg History" and was renamed >Otto Lauffer< in 1969 after the founding director of the museum. In 2004 the ship changed in the possession of the current owner. The ship was extensively restored 1983 - 1984 for the first time at "Blohm & Voss, Hamburg", then 2016 - 2017 a second time at the "Hitzler shipyard, Lauenburg".
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