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MESzHART Hungaro-Soviet Shipping Co., 1946-1955
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- Active:1946-1955▼Country:HUCity:BudapestOn Soviet pressure the Hungaro-Soviet Shipping Company MESZHART was formed in the spring of 1946 and besides river navigation Danube-sea shipping was given to it as its task. DTRT was existing without ships. Of the ships left home the TISZA was completed first and was transferred into the new company. The Soviets did not see it neccessary to put anything from the stolen material into the company. The KOLOZSVÁR as URAL, the KOMÁROM as DESNA and SZOLNOK (refloated and towed back from Austria) as MANICH became Sovtorgflot property as war prize. And this was only the beginning! As soon as building the hull commenced in 1943 to replace the UNGVÁR was finished it was taken away named SIMEIZ. Steel plates left at the Ganz yard and intended for DTRT ships were used to build the KOREIZ, DON, KALMIUS, MASSANDRA, LIVADIA in the framework of war indemnity. The fate of those remained trapped on board of DTRT ships in Austria were not promising either. By the end of 1946 many sailors left their ships, even though DTRT did everything to bring its ships back home. Homecoming was postponed time after time. Crews were involved in maintaining their ships, the BUDAPEST's engines were even replaced in Deggendorf. Continously diminishing crews were to be filled up with seamen sent from home but there were always more that left than those came then it was given up. Lakos the new and Roediger the old directors negotiated until the Americans gave in at last and the ships could return home in 1947. After short repairs they were lined up along the TISZA in the MESZHART fleet. Only the KASSA went through an overhaul and was renamed to DEBRECEN because of the repeated territorial change after the war (KASSA is now in Slovakia). Nothing changed seemingly, the ships sailed as normal between Budapest and the Levante. They conquerred back their old markets along their usual lines. Reputation of Hungarian merchant marine was the warranty and our sailors coped with this new situation, too. Only something was brewing in the deep! Best captains were forced ashore doing office works, at worst cases they were locked in labor camps. The quick officer courses were filled up with men attended only six grade elementary school. The output of MESZHART's four ships reached its maximum in the crazy workrace of that era and it could not be increased without jeopardizing ships and men even though demands grew steadily. These small ships carried everything from oillamps to the Heluan bridge elements which could be loaded into them. Leadership of the company turned to the government for loans in vain, it was still not possible to buy new ships. Capacity of Hungary's shipyards was entirely bound to construct ships in indemnity. Between 1947-55 there were 65 sea-going ships built to the USSR. In spite of this the Soviet co-owner did not apported a single vessel in the company.
József Horváth: What happens to you Hungarian se navigation? Aqua Magazin, vol. 23., 2001.Predecessor in titleAssign 1955
sidewheeler passenger steamer-A/1.
1. ÁLLÓHAJÓ Built 1916 Ganz & Co. Danubius Machine-, Waggon- & Shipyard Co. Ltd.L:61,80m B:15,80m D:1,30m MP:550 LEDEÁK FERENCZ Built 1896 United Schönichen-Hartmann Shipyard, Machine & Boiler WorksL:77,90m B:15,40m D:1,70m MP:800 LEFELSZABADULÁS Built 1917 Ganz & Co. Danubius Machine-, Waggon- & Shipyard Co. Ltd.L:77,40m B:15,313m D:1,75m MP:840 LEKOSSUTH Built 1913 Ganz & Co. Danubius Machine-, Waggon- & Shipyard Co. Ltd.L:62,72m B:15,72m D:1,66m MP:580 LEKÖRÖS Built 1939 Ganz & Co. Electrical-, Machine,- Waggon- & Shipyard Co. Ltd.L:48,52m B:13,17m D:1,30m MP:380 LESZENT ISTVÁN Built 1918 Ganz & Co. Danubius Machine-, Waggon- & Shipyard Co. Ltd.L:77,40m B:15,29m D:1,50m MP:800 LEVISEGRÁD Built 1896 Danubius Hungarian Shipyard & Machine Works Co. Ltd.L:63,43m B:12,00m D:1,63m MP:350 LEscrew propelled passenger steamer-A/2.
I. Built 1918 Schlick-Nicholson ShipyardL:27,18m B:5,20m D:1,50m MP:120 LELIII. Built 1921 Ganz & Co. Danubius Machine-, Waggon- & Shipyard Co. Ltd.L:35,80m D:1,65m MP:260 LEsidewheeler steam tug-B/1.
BIHAR Built 1894 Óbuda Shipyard of DDSGL:62,90m B:14,92m D:1,40m MP:680 LECSABA Built 1915 Ganz & Co. Danubius Machine-, Waggon- & Shipyard Co. Ltd.L:30,94m B:8,63m D:0,85m MP:120 LEELŐD Built 1915 Ganz & Co. Danubius Machine-, Waggon- & Shipyard Co. Ltd.L:59,05m D:1,15m MP:650 LEHALADÁS Built 1891 Allgemeine Österreichische Baugesellschaft HajógyárL:57,75m B:14,13m D:1,35m MP:650 LETIHANY Built 1914 Ganz & Co. Danubius Machine-, Waggon- & Shipyard Co. Ltd.L:55,10m B:14,24m D:1,10m MP:450 LEmotor freighter-B/5.
ADONY Built 1919 Ganz & Co. Danubius Machine-, Waggon- & Shipyard Co. Ltd.L:59,84m D:2,10m MP:2x80 LEBUDA Built 1937 Ganz & Co. Electrical-, Machine,- Waggon- & Shipyard Co. Ltd.L:67,50m D:2,00m MP:2x400 LEETELE Built 1937 Ganz & Co. Electrical-, Machine,- Waggon- & Shipyard Co. Ltd.L:67,50m D:2,00m MP:2x400 LEHUNOR Built 1938 Ganz & Co. Electrical-, Machine,- Waggon- & Shipyard Co. Ltd.L:67,50m D:2,00m MP:2x400 LEMAGYAR Built 1939 Ganz & Co. Electrical-, Machine,- Waggon- & Shipyard Co. Ltd.L:67,50m D:2,00m MP:2x400 LEdiesel-electric sidewheeler tugs-B/9.
BAROSS Built 1940 Ganz & Co. Electrical-, Machine,- Waggon- & Shipyard Co. Ltd.L:61,30m B:17,75m D:1,24m MP:3x400 LESZÉCHENYI Built 1938 Ganz & Co. Electrical-, Machine,- Waggon- & Shipyard Co. Ltd.L:61,30m B:16,80m D:1,20m MP:3x400 LEriver-sea going ship-C/1.
BUDAPEST Built 1934 Ganz & Co. Electrical-, Machine,- Waggon- & Shipyard Co. Ltd.L:56,52m D:2,30m MP:2x180 LEDEBRECEN Built 1939 Ganz & Co. Electrical-, Machine,- Waggon- & Shipyard Co. Ltd.L:77,30m D:3,10m MP:2X400 LESZEGED Built 1936 Ganz & Co. Electrical-, Machine,- Waggon- & Shipyard Co. Ltd.L:59,13m D:2,55m MP:2X180 LETISZA Built 1937 Ganz & Co. Electrical-, Machine,- Waggon- & Shipyard Co. Ltd.L:73,22m D:3,10m MP:2x400 LE