POLIZEIBOOT OTTENSTREUER

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Former heavy harbour patrol boat “Wasserschutzpolizei 3”
Year of construction: 1957/58
53 m3 displacement
320 hp (235 kW) engine power, MAN 12-cylinder V-engine
Reintjes reversing gearbox, type BGA 300 A, year of construction 1980
Auxiliary diesel: Deutz
Speed: max 11.5 knots

Length overall: 19.70 m
Beam overall: 4.50 m
Draught: 1.80 m
Hull plating thickness, riveted steel: 6 to 8 mm (last hull survey 06/2021)

Frame spacing: in the forward third 200 mm
in the middle third 350 mm
in the aft third 300 mm

Equipment features:
§ 2 VHF radios
§ Echo sounder with depth display
§ Magnetic compass
§ GPS
§ Navton system: warning tones, tri-tone
§ 3 transparent windows for forward visibility
§ Anchor gear with windlass
§ Searchlight
§ 4 lifebuoys
§ Fuel tank capacity: approx. 800 litres of diesel (duty paid)

Registration:
The boat is currently registered in the German Inland Waterways Register:
Uniform European Vessel Number: 05105640
EU CERTIFICATE No.: HH 4311 U (valid until 2026 – renewal has been applied for).
Valid on the waterways of EU Zones 3+4 and 2 + 2 within the waterways of the Federal Republic of Germany.


Due to its design as a seagoing vessel, the boat could probably be entered in the Register of Seagoing Vessels as a motor yacht and fitted out and manned as a pleasure craft if purely private use for sporting and recreational purposes is intended (information provided without guarantee).

History:
The ‘Ottenstreuer’ was built in 1957 and, as WS 3, later WS 33, was part of a unit of four particularly robust harbour patrol boats belonging to the Water Police, which could be deployed in the Port of Hamburg and on the Lower Elbe even in heavy ice conditions. The boats shaped the harbour landscape for almost five decades, an unusually long period. After being decommissioned in 2006, the Museumshafen Oevelgönne e.V. was able to take over the boat in order to preserve it, together with its members, as a testament to Hamburg’s port history. The ship was only given its current name in 2007, following its decommissioning, in memory of the former head of the Water Police, Hans Ottenstreuer. With its rounded deck superstructure, the harbour patrol boat is representative of an official vessel from the 1950s.


Condition:
Generally in need of significant maintenance and repair
· Last visit to the shipyard for anti-corrosion treatment: June 2021
· Severe rust damage to superstructure and deck
· The window seals need replacing
· The hydraulics of the signal mast are not working

Sale:
The Museumshafen Oevelgönne e.V. has decided to sell the vessel because, for several years now, it has been unable to find a volunteer crew to maintain the OTTENSTREUER.