List of ships with the name Europa

Europe has been used several times as the name of ships or is used as such.

origin

The term Europe stands for the continent or a figure in Greek mythology .

Name bearer

Ship name	Ship type	Year of manufacture / launch	Shipyard / location	Owner	Length / breadth / draft	Drive type / power	GRT / GT / tdw	general description
Europe	roman merchant ship	1st century?						Depicted on a graffito in the peristyle of a residential building in the ancient city of Pompeii
Europe	64-gun ship of the line	1765		Royal Navy	159 ″ / 44 ″		1366 tons	This two-decker was built at Adams in Bucklers Hard. Their plan is based on the concept of Bately's Exeter Class . From 1796 she was used as a prisoner of war hulk .
Europe	Steamship	1889	Sunderland Ship Building Company, Sunderland	Steam. Ges. Argo, North German Lloyd	98.45 m / 12.25 m / 5.85 m	Sailing steamer	2737 GRT	The ship was built in 1889 as a Gutenfels for the German Steamship Company "Hansa" and served as an emigrant ship. 1904 sold to the steamship company "Argo" and renamed in Europe . 1905 sold to Norddeutscher Lloyd. In 1908 this Europa with a crew of 28 on board got into distress on the North Atlantic and has been considered lost ever since.
Europe	Aircraft mother ship	1895	Charles Connell & Company	Italian Royal Navy	119.5 m / 14.1 m / 5.9 m	Triple expansion machine / 3000 hp	6400 GRT	The Europa was originally a merchant ship that was converted into a seaplane carrier in 1915.
HMS Europe	protected cruiser	1897		Royal Navy	132.76 m / 21.05 m / 7.77 m			The HMS Europa sailed for the Royal Navy from 1897 to 1920 and was the only ship in its class to be in service throughout the First World War .
Europe (1901)	Excursion boat	1901	Schichau shipyard, Elbing	Shipping company Paul Grüttke, Brandenburg (Havel)	30.00 m / 5.50 m	Steam engine		The ship was sold in 1939 and continued to be used as a tugboat.
Europe	Auxiliary sailor / barque	1911	HC Stülcken Sohn , Hamburg	Harry Smit Tall Ship BV	56.00 m / 7.45 m / 3.90 m	Barkrigg / 2 × 365 hp	303 ts	1911 under the name of Senator Brockes as unpowered Lightship been launched. As lightship Elbe 4 and pilot station on the Elbe, as well as Elbe 3 and Elbe 2 in use until 1977 without interruption. Home port since 1987 Scheveningen .
Europe	Passenger ship	August 15, 1928	Blohm & Voss	North German Lloyd	282.77 m / 30.65 m / 06.50 m	Steam turbines	49,746 GRT	The Europa was a turbine ship of 49,746 GRT built by the Hamburg shipyard Blohm & Voss for North German Lloyd . The launch took place on August 15, 1928. The ship was intended for the North German Lloyd.
Europe		1953	KMS “De Schelde” , Vlissingen	North German Lloyd	183 m / 23.50 m / 8.5 m	10,294 kW (14,000 PS) / V max 19 kn (35 km / h)		This ship, named Europa , the third of the North German Lloyd, initiated the transition from liner shipping to cruise shipping in the 1960s.
Europe	Cabin passenger ship	1960	Shipyard Christof Ruthof Mainz-Kastel	Cologne-Düsseldorfer Deutsche Rheinschiffahrt Bonaventura Cruises BV	88.60 m / 11.60 m / 1.52 m after conversion: 88.48 m / 11.56 m / 1.140 m	4 × 425 PS Klöckner-Humboldt-Deutz After conversion: 2 × 850 PS		The Europa was a ship of the Köln-Düsseldorfer Deutsche Rheinschiffahrt for 205 passengers in 69 outside cabins. In 1998 she was sold, converted for only 128 passengers and used as the Victoria Cruziana for river cruises on the Rhine between Cologne and Basel. On November 19, 2010, the ship laid up in Passau sank after a water ingress.
Europe	Day trip boat (inland)	1969	Schmidt shipyard , Oberkassel	Rhine-Neckar passenger shipping, Heidelberg	40.00 m / 8.20 m / 1.10 m	2 × 155 hp		The ship is mainly used for scheduled trips between Heidelberg and Neckarsteinach, but also for charter trips. It is approved for a maximum of 600 passengers.
Europe	Passenger ship	1976	SGV shipyard, Lucerne	Marine company of Lake Lucerne stättersees	58.36 m / 11.27 m / ...			The Europa was originally supposed to replace the paddle steamer of the same name on Lake Lucerne under the name Unterwalden , which was then renovated and put back into operation.
Europe	Cruise ship	1980	Bremer Vulkan AG		199.62 m / 28.50 m / 8.40 m		37,049 GT / 5168 dwt	At the beginning of 1982, the Europa started her maiden voyage. The ship was built by Bremer Vulkan AG . In 1998 the ship was sold to Singapore to Star Cruises and started sailing there as the superstar Aries . She drove as Holiday Dream for the Spanish Pullmantur Cruises until the beginning of 2008 and then as Bleu de France for Croisières de France (CDF). The ship has been in service as Saga Sapphire for Saga Cruises since 2012 .
Europe	Day trip boat (inland)	1986	Lux shipyard , Mondorf	Bernkastel-Kueser Mosel passenger shipping	45.50 m / 8.20 m / 1.00 m	2 × 240 hp	117 m³	The ship, which is approved for a maximum of 400 passengers, was in use on the Berlin waters for the Winkler shipping company until 1997.
Europe	Day trip boat (inland)	1988	Lux shipyard, Mondorf	Mindener Fahrgastschifffahrt GmbH	39.00 m / 7.64 m; / 0.60 m	2 × 242 hp		The ship, which is approved for a maximum of 350 passengers, carries out canal cruises with locks at the Minden waterway intersection and trips on the Weser.
Europe	Day trip boat (inland)	1995	Placke shipyard Aken / Elbe	Rehbein Line Kassel / Kassel Passenger Shipping Rehbein	30.38 m / 6.32 m / 0.65 m	2 × 165 hp		With the yacht-look ship built in 1995 in Saxony / Anhalt on the Elbe, trips to the Fulda reservoir and the Weserbergland are carried out, among other things. It is approved for a maximum of 300 passengers.
Europe	Day trip boat (inland)			Exclusiv-Yachtcharter.de, Berlin				The motor ship that operates on Berlin's waterways is a replica of a paddle steamer . It has a total of 210 seats, 90 of which are indoors.
Europe	Cruise ship	1999	Kvaerner Masa Yards AB	Hapag-Lloyd cruises	198.52 m / 24.0 m / 6.3 m		28,890 GT	The ship, built by Kvaerner Masa Yards AB in Helsinki , was put into service on September 15, 1999 and has already been awarded the 5-star-plus award several times by the Berlitz Cruise Guide.
Europe 2	Cruise ship	2012	STX France	Hapag-Lloyd cruises	225.38 m / 26.70 m / 6.30 m	Diesel-electric, total output (including all generators) 24,000 kW	42,830 GT	The Europa 2 was built by STX France in Saint-Nazaire , France , and christened on May 10, 2013 in Hamburg .

literature

• Kurt Groggert: Passenger shipping on the Havel and Spree . Berlin contributions to the history of technology and industrial culture, Vol. 10. Nicolaische Verlagsbuchhandlung, Berlin 1988, ISBN 3-7759-0153-1 .
• Claus Rothe: German ocean passenger ships 1919 to 1985 . transpress - VEB publishing house for transport, Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-344-00164-7 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Pompei, Casa della Nave Europa  ( 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. . Casa della Nave Europa (I, 15.3) .  
2. ↑ Kurt Groggert: Personenschiffahrt on Havel and Spree . Berlin Contributions to the History of Technology and Industrial Culture, Vol. 10, Nicolaische Verlagsbuchhandlung, Berlin 1988.
3. ↑ Website about the Bark Europa
4. ↑ Exclusive yacht charter
5. ↑ Brief information about the owner and the equipment of the Europa ( Memento of the original from July 17th, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Accessed May 7, 2012. 
6. ↑ Europe - Ship Portrait ( Memento of the original from May 9, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Accessed May 7, 2012.