Wappen Von Hamburg

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#003399" TEXT="#080000" background="041c8c00erkjxk.jpg"> <div> <B>WAPPEN VON HAMBURG</B></div> <div> <B>The "Escutcheon of A" I which, according to Happel, was also</B></div> <div> <B>named the "Empress", was built in the Deich-Tor shipyard in</B></div> <div> <B>Hamburg by the same unknown Dutch shipbuilders who constructed</B></div> <div> <B>the "Leopold I". The blue prints were started in 1663, but</B></div> <div> <B>consultations and negotiations hampered the actual construction</B></div> <div> <B>work until the spring of 1667, when work on the hull actually</B></div> <div> <B>commenced. The wood work was finished in 1668, the armaments</B></div> <div> <B>were then installed, and the ship took up service in 1669. The</B></div> <div> <B>sculpture work was done under the guidance of Precht.</B></div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#0066CC" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#99CCFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Model Ships</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFF99" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#CC0000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT>  |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Model Ships"><U>home</U></A></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="16"><B>     </B><A HREF="id57.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="US Constitution"><U><B><IMG SRC="04710100.gif" border=0 width="16" height="16" ALT="previous" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>     </B><A HREF="id59.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Wasa"><U><B><IMG SRC="04810100.gif" border=0 width="16" height="16" ALT="next" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Model Ships"><U><B><IMG SRC="049100e0.gif" border=0 width="16" height="14" ALT="up" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B> </B></div> <div> Wappen Von Hamburg</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="1ab8ce40.jpg" border=0 width="652" height="484" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>  </div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> From 1669 to 1683 the ship saw service as an escort vessel on voyages to the</div> <div> Spitzbergen and the west: On the 10th October 1683, whilst she was</div> <div> on the Cadiz route, a fire broke out in the bows, quickly spreading</div> <div> throughout the entire ship. In spite of valiant efforts to extinguish</div> <div> the flames, the fire eventually reached the arsenal and the ship</div> <div> exploded. The cause of the fire remains unknown.</div> <div> Admiral B. Karbfanger, along with 42 of his 170 sailors and 22 of the</div> <div> 50 soldiers, lost his life in an attempt to save his ship. The body of the</div> <div> Admiral received formal honors from all the ships at anchor in the</div> <div> port, and was buried with great ceremony in the Foreigners'</div> <div> Cemetery on the sea front at Puntales (Cadiz). A monument erected</div> <div> on the tomb by King Charles II of Spain to honor the Admiral,</div> <div> remained standing for 125 years, till 1808, when the cemetery was</div> <div> removed by the French in order to enlarge the fort at Puntales. It was</div> <div> not until 1897 that Hamburg honored her great son by erecting a</div> <div> monument designed by the sculptor R. Okelmann on the Kersten</div> <div> Miles bridge. Detailed information about the tragedy of the</div> <div> "Wappen von Hamburg" can be found in the letters of the shipbuilder</div> <div> Rudolf Menche. The four-master "UAvenir" built for Belgium, was,</div> <div> in 1937 rebaptised the "Admiral Karbfanger" when it was purchased</div> <div> by the HAPAG as a training ship. She was recorded lost will all</div> <div> hands aboard in 1938.</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>