Arenberg (ship)
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The motor ship Arenberg was a bulk carrier of the Rheinische Stahlwerke AG . The ship was managed by the Frigga shipping company .
history
The Arenberg was the second of a class of four ships. It ran on July 30, 1958 at Rheinstahl Nordseewerke GmbH in Emden with construction no. 324 was launched and delivered on October 21 of that year.
The Arenberg was named after a Rheinstahl AG mine . She mainly drove in the coal and iron ore freight business as a supplier to the German and European steel industry, but was also employed for a long time on time charter in grain transport.
In 1969 the Arenberg was sold to the Indian Dempo Steam Ship Ltd. sold and continued to operate as Jagat Padmini . In 1979 it was scrapped in Cartagena, Spain .
Sister ships of the Arenberg were the Rheinstahl , Otto Springorum and Anita Thyssen .
Incidents
In 1967, on the journey from Pepel to Rotterdam in the Bay of Biscay, a fire broke out in a crew chamber, which quickly spread. After hours of attempting to extinguish the fire, the crew had to give up the ship. Several ships had come to the rescue. After the crew had left the ship, they were salvaged by the GDR general cargo ship Malchow and brought to Spain. The Arenberg remained buoyant and was later salvaged by a Dutch tug . After repairs in Emden, it went back into service in the same year.
In 1978 another fire broke out on the journey from Casablanca to Bombay with a load of phosphate in the Mediterranean. The 43 crew members of the ship now flying the Indian flag were rescued by ships of the 6th US fleet . A helicopter of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz crashed, the crew of which could also be rescued. The ship was towed to Valletta , Malta , where the damage was classified as a total economic loss. The ship was then sold to Spain for scrapping.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information on the US Navy rescue operation , history.navy.mil. Retrieved January 2, 2009