List of passenger ships named Berlin

Numerous passenger ships were and are named after the city of Berlin . The Berlin cruise ship is best known for the television series Das Traumschiff .

Norddeutsche Lloyd internally numbered its ships as Berlin (I) to (IV) according to their names .

Passenger ship "Berlin" (I) from 1868

Ridden as Berlin from 1868 to 1894.

Steamship flying the flag of Prussia . The ship was built in 1868 at the Caird & Co. shipyard in Greenock for Norddeutscher Lloyd in Bremen with a 50% share in the cost of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad ( USA ). In 1882 the drive power was improved by installing new steam boilers and a compound machine . The ship was sold to Italy in 1894 .

Measurement: 2333 BRT / 1588 NRT
Length: 86.90 m
Width: 11.90 m
Drive: low pressure steam engine with 1000 PS (746 kW )
Speed: 10 knots (18.5 km / h)
Crew: 60 men
Passengers: 84 people in 1st class and 600 people in the intermediate deck

Passenger ship "City of Berlin" from 1874

Steamship flying the flag of Great Britain . The ship was built in 1874 at the Bourdler, Chaffer and Co. shipyard in Liverpool for the shipping company Palgrave, Murphy Co. in Dublin .

Measurement: 999 GRT / 594 NRT
Length: 74.50 m
Width: 9.40 m
Draft: 5.30 m

Passenger ship "City of Berlin" from 1875

Steamship flying the flag of Great Britain . The ship was built in 1875 at the Caird & Co. shipyard in Greenock for the Inman Line shipping company in Liverpool . Due to its length-width-aspect ratio, the steamer was considered the slimmest North Atlantic ship . The City of Berlin unveiled in its entry with 7 days, 18 hours and 2 minutes set a record for the route Cork ( Ireland ) to New York ( United States of). In 1877 the propeller shaft broke twice. In 1879 she was the first passenger ship to have electrical lighting in the saloon and in the boiler and engine room. The Inman Line sold the ship in 1893 to the American Line shipping company in Liverpool, which shortened the ship's name to Berlin . In 1898 the US Navy took over the ship and renamed it Maede . Initially, the steamer was used as a troop transport during the Spanish-American War and later as a training ship . In 1921 the ship was scrapped.

Measurement: 5490 GRT
Length: 149.04 m
Width: 13.41 m
Drive: compound steam engine
Speed: 15 knots (about 28 km / h)
Passengers: 202 people in 1st class / 1500 people in the tween deck

Ferry " Berlin " from 1894

Steamship flying the flag of Great Britain . The ship was in 1894 for the shipping company Great Eastern Railway in London built and was on the ferry Harwich - Hoek van Holland used. On the morning of February 21, 1907, the ship was thrown rudderlessly onto the pier at Hoek van Holland in a storm after the oar chain broke and broke in two. The front part immediately sank. The storm severely impeded the rescue of the 183 passengers and crew, so that only four people could be saved.

Measurement: 1775 GRT
Length: 91.44 m
Width: 10.97 m

Passenger ship "Berlin" from 1903

Steamship flying the flags of Great Britain , the German Empire and the United States. The ship was built in 1903 at the Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast for the Wilson, Furness & Leyland Line shipping company as Servian . In December 1906, HAPAG bought the ship in Hamburg and renamed it Berlin . The ship was finally put into service under the name President Grant and began the Hamburg - New York liner service in the same year . With the outbreak of the First World War , the President Grant (ex Berlin , ex Servian ) was interned in New York and, after the USA entered the war, confiscated by the United States Navy and converted into a troop transport. In 1952 the ship was scrapped in Baltimore .

Measurement: 18,072 GRT / 11,171 NRT

Length: 182, 52 m

Width: 20.78 m

Drive: 2 quadruple expansion steam engines with 3825 HP (2853 kW ) each on 2 screws

Speed: 14 knots (about 27 km / h)

Crew: 344 men

Passengers: 200 people 1st class / 150 people 2nd class / 704 people 3rd class / 2300 people 4th class

Passenger ship "Berlin" from 1906

Steamship flying the flag of the German Empire and the Soviet Union . The ship was built in 1906 at the Nüscke & Co. shipyard in Stettin with hull number 138 for Swinemünder Dampfschiffahrts-AG (SwiDAG). On July 24, 1914, the Berlin sank after a collision with the Swedish ore freighter Porjus , but was later lifted and repaired. In 1935, the ship came into the possession of the Stettiner Dampfschiffs-Gesellschaft JF Braeunlich , which had already taken over the majority of SwiDAG in 1928. During the Second World War , the steamer was confiscated by the Navy and from 1940 onwards was used as a harbor protection boat for the Wilhelmshaven harbor protection flotilla with the registration number H 208 . After the war, the ship was first in Vordingborg (Denmark) issued and delivered to the Soviet Union 1946th It was repaired in the ship repair yard in Wismar and then used by the Soviet Union under the name Pestel in the Black Sea . In 1960 the ship was removed from Lloyds' register of ships.

Measurement: 503 GRT / 144 NRT
Load capacity: 50 tons
Length: 56.18 m
Width: 8.05 m
Draft: 3.74 m
Drive: triple expansion steam engine with 850 PS (634 kW )
Speed: 12.5 knots (23 km / h)
Crew: 22 men
Passengers: 120 people + limited cargo

Passenger ship "Berlin" (II) from 1909

The third White Star steamer named Arabic

Ridden as Berlin from 1909 to 1914.

Steamship flying the flag of the German Empire and Great Britain . The ship was built in 1909 at the Werft AG Weser in Bremen for the shipping company Norddeutscher Lloyd in Bremen. The maiden voyage took the steamer from Bremerhaven to New York . After that, the Berlin was mainly used in liner service from the United States to the Mediterranean . With the outbreak of World War I, the ship was from the Imperial Navy seized on 18 September 1914 and the auxiliary cruiser C remodeled. In October and November 1914, the auxiliary cruiser was used to lay mines off the English coast, followed by an unsuccessful pirate voyage in the North Sea . Due to a lack of fuel, the ship had to call at the port of Trondheim ( Norway ) and was then interned in the Hommelvika Bay near Hommelvik , later in the Lofjord . After the end of the war, Great Britain received the ship as spoils of war on December 13, 1919. The shipping company P&O first converted it into a troop transport. The White Star Line became the new owner in November 1920 . Another conversion followed, this time back to a passenger ship. In Arabic renamed, carried out in 1921, the first trip from Southampton to New York. Then the ship was used again in the Mediterranean - New York service. From 1926 to 1930 the Arabic (ex Berlin ) was chartered to the Red Star Line shipping company from Liverpool . In December 1931 the ship was sent to Genoa ( Italy ) for scrapping .

Measurement: 17,327 BRT / 9834 NRT

1920 after conversion: 16,768 GRT

Displacement: 25,500 tons

Deadweight: 11,450 tons

Length: 179.20 m

Width: 21.20 m

Draft: 11.70 m

Drive: 2 quadruple expansion steam engines each 16,000 PS (11,931 kW ) on 2 screws

Speed: 17.5 knots (about 32.5 km / h)

Fuel: 4000 tons of coal

Crew: 410 men

Passengers: 266 people in 1st class / 246 people in 2nd class / 2700 people in the tween deck

Ferry "Berlin I" before 1914

Steamship flying the flag of the German Empire . The ship was built before 1914. With the beginning of the First World War, the ship was confiscated by the Imperial Navy and used as an outpost boat in Kiel .

Ferry "Berlin II" before 1916

Steamship flying the flag of the German Empire . The ship was built before 1916. During the First World War, the ship was confiscated by the Imperial Navy and from 1916 used in the merchant protection flotilla. The ship sank on November 11, 1918 after a mine hit .

Measurement: 158 GRT

Ferry "Berlin III" before 1916

Steamship flying the flag of the German Empire . The ship was built before 1916. During the First World War, the ship was confiscated by the Imperial Navy and from 1916 used in the merchant protection flotilla. After the end of the war, the ferry was returned to its owner.

Passenger ship Berlin from 1925

The passenger ship Berlin sailed from 1955 to 1966 under the flag of the Federal Republic of Germany . It was built in 1924/25 at the Armstrong Whitworth & Co. shipyard ( Newcastle upon Tyne ) for the shipping company Svenska Amerika Linien ( Göteborg ) as Gripsholm .

Passenger ship Berlin (III) from 1925

Ridden as Berlin from 1924 to 1938.

Steamship flying the flag of the German Empire and the Soviet Union . The ship was built in 1925 at the Bremer Vulkan shipyard in Bremen for the shipping company Norddeutscher Lloyd . The maiden voyage took the steamer from Bremerhaven to New York (United States). On November 13, 1928, the Berlin was involved in the rescue of survivors of the sunken Vestris . On October 17, 1938, the ship was decommissioned and laid up in Bremerhaven. In 1939 the passenger ship was to be handed over to the Navy as hospital ship A - Berlin . On the way to Świnoujście, however, a boiler explosion occurred off the island of Usedom , which killed 17 people and made it necessary to stay in the shipyard. After being repaired, the steamer was used as a hospital and residential ship . On February 1, 1945 the A - Berlin sank after 2 mines off Swinoujscie. The wreck was lifted by Soviet salvage specialists in 1947, and from 1951 to 1957 it was repaired and made ready for use at the Warnow shipyard in Warnemünde . On May 2, 1957, the passenger ship was put back into service for the Soviet Union under the name Admiral Nachimov . After a collision with the cargo ship Petr Vasev off the port of Novorossiysk , the Admiral Nachimov sank in the Black Sea on September 1, 1986 . 398 passengers and crew members were killed.

Measurement: 15,286 GRT / 8,988 NRT

After conversion: 17.053 BRT / 8.496 NRT

Displacement: 23,480 tons

Load capacity: 9000 tons

Load capacity: 5010 tons

Cargo space: 6191 m³

Length: 174, 30 m

Width: 21.10 m

Drive: 2 triple expansion machines with 5940 HP (4430 kW ) each on 2 screws

Speed: 16.5 knots (about 31 km / h)

Crew: 326 people

After renovation: 350 people

Passengers: 220 people in 1st class / 284 people in 2nd class / 618 people in 3rd class

After renovation: 1100 people (one class)

Port ferry "Berlin" from 1965

Motor ship flying the flag of the Federal Republic of Germany. The ship was built in 1965 at the Seebeck shipyard in Bremerhaven for the shipping company AG Weserfähre in Bremerhaven.

Measurement: 750 GRT
Load capacity: 340 tons
Length: 55.00 m
Width: 12.70 m
Draft: 3.05 m
Drive: 2 diesel engines with 500 HP (373 kW ) on 2 screws
Speed: 11.5 knots (about 21 km / h)
Passengers: 500 people
40 cars

Port ferry "Berlin" from 1973 (Lübeck)

Motor ship flying the flag of the Federal Republic of Germany. The ship was built in 1973 at the Hitzler shipyard in Lauenburg for the Lübecker Stadtwerke in Lübeck .

Load capacity: 45 tons

Length: 27.50 m

Width: 9.90 m

Draft: 1.70 m

Drive: 2 diesel engines with 178 HP (133 kW ) each on 2 screws

Car ferry "Berlin" from 1973 (Brunsbüttel)

Motor ship flying the flag of the Federal Republic of Germany. The ship was built in 1973 at the Rendsburg-Saatsee state shipyard in Rendsburg for the Brunsbüttel hydraulic engineering office in Brunsbüttel for use on the Kiel Canal .

Load capacity: 100 tons

Length: 40.00 m

Width: 12.30 m

Draft: 2.65 m

Drive: 2 diesel engines with 480 HP (358 kW ) each on 2 screws

Speed: 7.5 knots (about 14 km / h)

Cruise ship "Berlin" from 1980

Motor ship flying the flag of the Federal Republic of Germany. The ship was in 1980 at the shipyard German Howaldtswerke shipyard for Peter Deilmann Reederei in Neustadt / Holstein built. In 1986 the ship was converted and lengthened. The last trip as Berlin ended in Venice on November 29, 2004 . In March 2005 the ship was sold to the British SAGA Cruises. After a short journey as Orange Melody , the ship was renamed Spirit of Adventure . The FTI Group bought the ship in August 2011 .

Measurement: 7812 BRT / 4597 NRT

after conversion: 9570 BRZ / 3542 NRZ

Length: 122.50 m

after renovation in 1986: 139.62 m

Width: 17.52 m

Draft: 4.81 m

Drive: 2 diesel engines with 4735 HP (3530 kW ) each on 2 screws

Speed: 17.5 knots (about 32.5 km / h)

Passengers: 330 people in 150 cabins

after renovation: 420 people

Ferry "Berlin Express" from 1995

Ridden as Berlin Express from 1996 to 2000.

The Monohull Fast Ferry was built in 1995 as a Kattegat at Mjellem & Karlsen in Bergen , together with sister Djursland , for the Grenaa ↔ Hundested line. However, the operator of the ferry connection went bankrupt in February 1996 . The Danish DSB Rederi A / S acquired the Kattegat for the route Aarhus ↔ Kalundborg , but was faced with competition from the faster P&O Ferries with 2 Cat-Link fast ferries. The ship then operated as Berlin Express, initially for DSB and from 1997 for Scandlines between Gedser and Warnemünde . Since the ferry was too fast for this short distance, it was initially chartered out as Gomera Express and Ionian Express in 2000 and sold to GA Ferries to Piraeus as Jetferry I in the same year .

Measurement: 2,336 GT
Length: 90.0 m
Width: 18.0 m
Drive: 23,200 kW, 2 water jet drives
Speed: 30 knots
Passengers: 600 plus 160 cars

Ferry "Berlin Nakroma" from 2007

Ferry "Berlin" from 2016

literature

Rammelt, Hans-Georg: “Berlin” on all seas: ships from three centuries . Brandenburgisches Verlagshaus, Berlin 1996, ISBN 3-89488-106-2 .
Special issue “750 Years of Berlin”: Panorama maritim. Bulletin of the GDR working group for shipping and naval history. No. 21, 1987
Gert Uwe Detlefsen: Shipping in the picture Baltic ferry ships , Hauschild Verlag Bremen 1997, ISBN 978-3-89757-372-7

Web links

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