The boat is a pinasse that has been used for many years in the
Bundeswehr. It is built entirely of wood. Under the hood chugging
a 70 hp diesel engine from Mercedes Benz. Condor has
a saloon with up to 8 seats. The pinasse is equipped with echo sounder, sumlog (mechanical
and GPS with logging on SD card) and compass. To operate
electronic devices, 12V and 24V car sockets are available (small
chargers for mobile phones or similar). The blast discs guarantee a good view even
in heavy rain. For safety, life jackets and 2 lifebuoys, a
Fire extinguisher and a fire blanket available. The boat has been carefully - where
necessary - modernized. Thus, after 65 years, it has been preserved almost in its original condition.
Copies of the original construction and equipment drawings from 1961 are
available. In 2008 the galley was rebuilt, the cabin almost completely
revised and a new driver's cover was made according to original templates. With her
the Condor becomes a convertible in just a few simple steps.
Engine: Mercedes OM 312, 70 hp
Hull: karweel-planked (mahogany planks on oak frames)
Superstructure: teak, mahogany
Equipment: VHF radio for inland navigation radio, echo sounder,
Sumlog, compass, centrifugal discs, bilge pumps,
Searchlight
Safety equipment: life jackets (also for children), fire extinguishers,
Signal flag, sound signal device, manual and electric
Galley: with two-burner stove (spirit) and small
Washbasins
The boats of these ship classes were probably built at several shipyards, for example
at the Schweers shipyard in Bardenfleth/Weser, which has been part of the Lürssen Group since 2001.
. Possible shipyards are also the Hatecke shipyard in Drochtersen or the
Everswerft in Niendorf. According to copies of the original building and construction documents available to us,
equipment drawings, Mr. Kurt A. H. Oehlmann (naval architect,
Travemünde), the designer of the pinasse. Further documents are available from the shipyards
no longer available, these are lost due to floods and other events
gone.
This type of boat was used, among other things, as a commander's boat on the tender ships
(supply ship), for example on the "Tender Elbe".
The Pinasse belonged to the ship class 936, of which according to the ship number list
about 15 were built, only a few were motorized with 70 hp and equipped with
Special equipment such as blast discs, searchlights and
self-steering system. Of the sister class 935, about 24 were
one of them, the pinnace "Nordwind" (formerly the dinghy of the tender "Saar" of the
German Navy), is used in the Yacht Club Kassel for harbor tours. A
further pinasse of this type is maintained by the Marinekameradschaft Heilbronn.
The ship class 935 was later replaced by the class 954. It distinguishes between
Visually different from the 935. However, these were made of GRP. A
Pinasse of this type was in service in the naval port of Olpenitz until June 2006. Whether the
Class 936 had a successor is not known to us, but there are photos of
GRP pinasses with cabin. Whether these are conversions of the Class 954,
We don't know.
Around the beginning of the eighties, our pinnace was retired by the navy,
it has been privately owned ever since. Since her decommissioning, she has been lying in the marina
"Munkmarsch" on Sylt, then from 1989 in Husum and on the Eider.
More class 954 pinasses are being trained at the Mürwik Naval School on the
Flensburg Fjord is used for training.
Of the pinasses built with cabins, there are two more in addition to ours, the
were until recently employed by the Bundeswehr in naval technology schools. They
were decommissioned and were for sale at Vebeg. About other
We don't know anything about Pinassen so far.