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Tuesday, October 8, 2013

MS Bremen


Date of the photograph - 2013-10-08

Operator - Hapag Lloyd
Type - Cruise Ship
Name - Bremen
Year - 1990
Flag - Bahamas
IMO - 8907424
Status - Active
Tonnage (GT) - 6752GT
Deadweight tonnage (Dwt) - 1226t
Length - 112m
Beam - 18m
Draught - 4.8m
Propulsion - 2
Speed - 16 Knots
Capacity - 188 Passengers
Crew - ?

This vessel was built in Mitsubishi Shipyard, Kobe, Japan. In 2001 during a huge storm in the Southern Atlantic this ship was hit by a "killer wave" that cause heavy damaged into the ship, it left the ship adrift for about two hours without any propulsion. In 2003 this vessel discovered an uncharted island in the Antartic. That island was named  "Bremen Island".

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