Uwe Lütgen - Passagierschiff IMPERATOR der HAPAG, Hamburg

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Description

oil painting by Uwe Lütgen

Additional product information

Item number
1005
Painter
Uwe Lütgen
Biographical
* 1944 in Hamburg
Title
Passagierschiff IMPERATOR der HAPAG, Hamburg, auslaufend vor St. Pauli um 1913 (passenger ship IMPERATOR of the HAPAG, Hamburg, outbound at St. Pauli around 1913)
Year
2020
Technique
oil on canvas
Width [cm]
80
Height [cm]
60
Width incl. frame [cm]
86
Height incl. frame [cm]
66
Frame
handmade gold frame
Special features
The passenger ship IMPERATOR was built in 1913 as the biggest ship of the world at that time by the AG Vulcan Hamburg for the HAPAG, Hamburg. She was 276 meters long, 29.4 meters wide, the draught was 11 meters, she measured 57,117 GRT and the construction costs amounted to 40 million Marks. The ship was powered by steam turbines with 62,000 HP and had a crew of 1,200 people, 350 of them were firemen. In 1946 the ship was broken up in Scotland. Signed.