Atlantis (ship, 1956)

Atlantis

The Atlantis 2008 in very bad condition

Ship data flag  Germany other ship names Atlantis II (from 1972) home port Büsum Owner Shipping company Cassen Eils Shipyard Jade shipyard in Wilhelmshaven Build number 43 Launch 1956 Whereabouts Scrapped in 2013

Ship dimensions and crew length 52.86 m ( Lüa ) width 7.42 m Draft Max. 2.08 m measurement 359 GT

Machine system machine 1 × diesel engine Machine performance 883 kW (1,201 hp) Top speed 13 kn (24 km / h) propeller 1

Transport capacities Load capacity 92 tdw Permitted number of passengers 456

Others Registration numbers IMO no. 5029740

The Atlantis was a German seaside resort ship that was built in 1956 under construction number 43 at the Jadewerft in Wilhelmshaven and delivered to the shipping company Cassen Eils . The ship was used in Helgoland traffic until 1970 and ran the Büsum  - Helgoland route in summer , while it served the Cuxhaven  - Helgoland route in winter .

The ship was lengthened twice: in 1960 it was extended from an original length of 32 m to an initial 49.80 m, then in 1964 to 52.86 m. The ship was very popular with the Heligoland, as it was able to cope with the sometimes severe weather conditions and, in particular, reliably maintained the winter connections.

In 1970 the ship was chartered to the shipping company Hansa-Linie for butter cruises on the Baltic Sea between Kappeln and Sønderborg in Denmark . In 1972 the ship was sold to OW Rasmussen in Sønderborg and brought under the Panamanian flag as Atlantis II . It was also used by Hansa-Linie.

In 1996 the shipping company Hansa-Linie went bankrupt. The ship was laid up in Usedom and finally towed to the port of Netzelkow . There the ship sank in 1998 and was salvaged in 2000. In August 2012 it sank again there. In mid-April 2013, the ship was recovered on behalf of the Stralsund Waterways and Shipping Authority and then brought to the Polish city of Szczecin for scrapping .

Web links

Commons : Atlantis II (ship, 1956)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Photos and information on nordschiffe.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} M / S Atlantis , Facta om Fartyg. Retrieved April 24, 2013.
2. ↑ Sandra Grüning: The downfall of Atlantis  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.   , Nordkurier , October 19, 2012. Retrieved April 24, 2013.
3. ↑ Die Nordreportage - The salvage of Atlantis II NDR: " [1] "
4. ↑ Martina Rathke: "Atlantis II" is ready for scrap in front of Usedom , Hamburger Abendblatt , April 22, 2013. Retrieved on April 24, 2013.