Oceana (ship, 1937)

Oceana

Ship data flag  Germany Ship type Passenger ship Callsign DJ7294 home port Bremen Owner Hal över Shipyard Atlas works Build number 322 Launch 1937

Ship dimensions and crew length 55.2 m ( Lüa ) width 9.8 m Draft Max. 2.12 m displacement 460  t   crew 3 + service staff

Machine system machine 2 ×  marine diesel engine Machine performance 882 kW (1,199 hp) propeller 2

Transport capacities Permitted number of passengers 700

Others Registration numbers ENI 05305070

The Oceana is the flagship of the Bremen shipping company Hal över .

history

The Oceana was as hull number 322 on the Atlas plants built and ran in the fall of 1937 for the shipping company Otto Wilhelm August Schreiber from stack . Due to a lack of machinery, the ship did not start sailing until 1938. With up to 1500 passengers , the day trips on the Unterweser led to the Roter Sand lighthouse . During the Second World War , the Oceana had to be handed over to the Navy and was used as a supply ship as far as Heligoland .

Ship operations on the Weser were resumed after the war. The first conversion took place in 1983. A new conversion and simultaneous modernization also included a new engine. In 2002 the Schreiber-Reederei merged with Hal över and with it the Oceana was taken over and the ship in Oldenburg was modernized again.

Decks and equipment

The Oceana has a lounge in the foredeck, a main deck, a closed upper deck and an open aft and an open foredeck. The ship is now approved for 700 passengers. The restaurant has 300 seats and 86 seats for conferences .

commitment

The Oceana is stationed at the Schlachte . From May to September it is mainly used for regular services on the Lower Weser between Bremen and Bremerhaven . In addition, there are special trips and the entire ship can also be chartered .

literature

• Dieter Schubert: German inland passenger ships. Illustrated register of ships. Uwe Welz Verlag, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-933177-10-3 , p. 524

Web links

Commons : Oceana  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Oceana. Hal över , accessed November 9, 2018 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Volker Kölling: Nice, quick, for sale . In: Sport-Schipper . November 2017, p. 18-19 .