E-Ship 1

E-Ship 1 in Dieppe
History
Name	E-Ship 1
Owner	Enercon
Builder	Lindenau GmbH shipyards in Kiel, Germany Cassens Werft in Emden, Germany
Launched	2 August 2008[1]
Completed	6 August 2010
Identification	IMO number: 9417141 MMSI number: 218108000 Callsign: DGFN2
Status	In active service, as of 2010
General characteristics
Tonnage	10,500 DWT
Length	130 m (426 ft 6 in)
Beam	22.5 m (73 ft 10 in)
Draught	6 to 9 m (19 ft 8 in to 29 ft 6 in)
Installed power	Two diesel engines (2 × 3.5 MW)
Propulsion	Four Flettner rotors (0-350 RPM 25m high, 4m dia.) Two propellers
Speed	Max 17.5 knots (32.4 km/h; 20.1 mph)
Capacity	3 holds below deck, 20,580 m3 (727,000 cu ft)
Notes	Special classification: Germanischer Lloyd

E-Ship 1 is a roll-on/lift-off (RoLo) cargo ship that made its first voyage with cargo in August 2010. The ship is owned by the third-largest wind turbine manufacturer, Germany's Enercon GmbH. It is used to transport wind turbine components. The E-Ship 1 is a Flettner ship: four large rotorsails that rise from its deck are rotated via a mechanical linkage to the ship's propellers. The sails, or Flettner rotors, aid the ship's propulsion by means of the Magnus effect – the perpendicular force that is exerted on a spinning body moving through a fluid stream.