Logos (ship)
 The wreck of the Logos in the Beagle Channel (April 2009)
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The Logos ex Umanak was the first ship of the Mission Mobilization (OM).
history
Coordinates: 54 ° 58 ′ 12.7 ″ S , 67 ° 7 ′ 52.2 ″ W.
The 2,319 t single screw ship was built in Helsingør in Denmark in 1949 . The first operator was the Royal Greenland Trading Company , which had commissioned the ship to replace the GC Amdrup , which had been lost in a fire . With the Umanak , the line between Denmark and Greenland , which was only established after the Second World War, was established and further expanded from the mid-1950s. In February 1959 she took part in the search for Hans Hedtoft .
On October 15, 1970, the Umanak was bought by OM and extensively renovated and converted into a book and auxiliary ship, with the company Educational Book Exhibits Ltd. (EBE) founded. She was the first Christian auxiliary ship of this type, since then several similar ships have been put into service by other mission societies. In addition to OM, the Mercy Ships mission with its flagship Anastasis is the largest operator of such ships.
The converted ship was renamed Logos , after logos ( Greek λόγος , written word) based on the Bible . The first voyage of the Logos in the service of OM took place in 1971. However, the disadvantages of the ship designed for arctic conditions with its predominant use in tropical and subtropical waters quickly became apparent .
In 1980, the Logos was used in the China Sea to rescue 92 Vietnamese boat refugees who were hungry and thirsty and were crammed into two boats on the sea.
On January 6, 1988, the Logos ran into a rock in bad weather in the Beagle Channel off Tierra del Fuego , was badly damaged and had to be abandoned. However, nobody was injured in the accident . In the 17 years of operation at OM, the ship called at around 250 ports in 103 countries. Over seven million visitors were recorded and over 51 million copies of literature were sold or distributed.
The wreckage of the Logos was handed over by OM to the Chilean Navy, which temporarily used it as a target for training shots. Part of the wreck can still be seen today, the lettering EBE on the chimney can be clearly seen. OM replaced the ship with the Logos II at the end of 1988 .
literature
- Elaine Rhoton: The Logos Story . 2nd Edition. Hänssler, Neuhausen / Stuttgart 1990. ISBN 3-7751-1414-9
- Miguel Vásquez Muñoz: Un Barco Llamado Logos (PDF; 41 kB). In: Revista de Marina 5/2004, pp. 482-486.
Web links
- Report of sea voyages with the logos
- The logos at OM Ships
- Image of the wreckage of the Logos ( memento of November 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- Image of the wreck
- Logos 1
- Beacon for sailors
- Rainbow over LOGOS
- Captain issuing abandonment ship
- Logos crewmembers
Footnotes
- ↑ Ulrich Stock: Christ on board . In: Die Zeit 33, August 12, 1983
- ↑ Miguel Vásquez Muñoz: Un Barco Llamado Logos (PDF; 41 kB). In: Revista de Marina 5/2004, pp. 482-486.