Christian Radich is a landmark in Oslo when in harbour, and not many can measure themselves against her, neither in size, beauty nor qualities. But now she needed a replacement part, and we were happy to be able to help this damsel in distress.
Close to 40 years ago, an over-speed safety relay from Auto-Maskin was installed in this great sailing ship. It has been performing faithfully through all these decades, but at last, it gave in and Auto-Maskin was contacted for a replacement. The SDU 404 Safety Unit was a perfect choice and was installed on short notice so that the great ship could continue its service as a training ship for aspiring sailors.
Christian Radich is a three-mast – fully rigged ship that was built as a sail-training ship from the start with berthing for 80-90 students. Sailing ships were the usual vessels around the turn of the century and that is why the school ships were sailing ships later on.
Facts
Christian Radich was built by Framnæs Mech. Yard in 1937, and is 73 m long with a beam of 7.9 m and a height of 37.7 m. Her deplacement is 1050 tons, and she has 27 sails with a total area of 1360 m2. She can maintain a speed of 14 knots sailing, and 10 knots when powered by its 900 hp Caterpillar engine.
Chief Engineer Erik Lindholm thanking Alban Zymberi from Auto-Maskin for saving the damsel in distress.
