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Lubecki
Originally built in 1911 at St Petersburg, Russia
Engines : Diesel
Length : 49.88 m - breadth (overall) : 12.21 m
Lubecki (formerly Warmia, Lubecki, Karl Blumwe, Lubecki,
Zimsen and
originally Poljak) was originally built by the Nobel Shipyard in St
Petersburg, Russia,
in 1911 and transported by rail for reassembly in Wloclawek in Poland.
She was
built with
kerosene-burning engines until converted to diesel in 1964.
She
was in service
as a tow boat on the Vistula between Warsaw and Gdansk. She was taken
over by German owners in 1915 and renamed Zimsen but returned to Polish
ownership after the end of World War I and renamed Lubecki. In 1920 the
ship was taken over by Russian Bolshevik forces but was sunk when used
to attack Wloclawek. Raised and restored she sailed for various
companies out of Warsaw, Plock and Bydgoszcz. She was scuttled in the
face of advancing German forces in September 1939 near Wloclawek but
raised and used by Bydgoszcz based German operators with a new name -
Karl Blumwe. After the war she became Lubecki once again and later
Warmia, sailing until 1972. She became a sports clubhouse at Zeran and
later a floating restaurant on the Zegrze Reservoir near Serok. In 2005
she was bought on behalf of enthuisiasts by the Hydrobudowa civil
engineering. She was towed back to Wloclawek and given the name Lubecki
for the third time. A plan to raise money for her renovation failed and
the ship was donated to the city of Warsaw. Wroclaw-based ship owner
and operator Rafal Hordejuk was contracted to purchase and renovate the
ship but on condition it sailed in Warsaw for 15 years. Hordejuk
regards this purchase as a personal project due to his new love of the
ship and its perceived historical importance. In an almost
derelict state,
the ship was moved to Wroclaw in 2012 for reconstruction by Malbo and
the heavily rebuilt ship relaunched in December 2017 after numerous
delays due to a complete redesign of the ship to meet modern
requirements. In early 2020, plans were being made to move her to Warsaw
Current status : unknown. Possibly still at Wroclaw awaiting delivery to Warsaw via Szczecin and Gdansk
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