TK Bremen

TK Bremen

The stranded TK Bremen

Ship data flag  Malta other ship names Melinau Satu Melinau Elm Ship type General cargo ship Callsign 9HXQ5 home port Valletta Owner Blue Atlantic Shipping Ltd. Shipping company Adriyatik Gemi Isletmeciligi ve Ticaret AS, Istanbul Shipyard Daesun, Busan Launch 1982 Whereabouts Stranded on the coast of Brittany on the night of December 16, 2011.

Ship dimensions and crew length 109.05 m ( Lüa ) width 16.4 m Draft Max. 6.74 m measurement 3,992 GT / 2,519 NRZ   crew 19 people

Machine system machine 1 × diesel engine Machine performance 2,944 kW (4,003 hp) Top speed 12.5 kn (23 km / h) propeller 1

Transport capacities Load capacity 6,605 dw

Others Classifications Bureau Veritas Registration numbers IMO no. 8113487

The TK Bremen was under the flag of Malta propelled cargo ship .

The ship was built in 1982 under the hull number 261 at the Daesun shipyard in Busan , South Korea . It was driven by a four-stroke - six-cylinder - diesel engine with a power of 2,944  kW . The engine was manufactured under license by Hanshin Diesel Works.

The ship had two holds and two hatches . Two cargo booms were installed per hatch for cargo handling. The individual loading booms could each lift up to 20 t.

The ship was operated by Kiran Holding in Istanbul .

Average on December 16, 2011

Demolition of the ship on the beach

The TK Bremen left in the afternoon on December 15, 2011 despite storm warning the port of Lorient , with the aim Harbor Ipswich . Because of hurricane Joachim, the ship initially anchored eight kilometers east-northeast under the protection of the Île de Groix , but drove away at anchor on the night of December 16 and called for help at 0.40 a.m. The tug Abeille Bourbon stationed in Lorient could not reach the damaged vessel in time due to the weather. The TK Bremen ran aground about two o'clock local time near the village of Erdeven on the south coast of Brittany . The hull of the ship was badly damaged and lost around 180 tons of oil. From three o'clock the entire crew, consisting of 19 people, was picked up in two attempts by an NH90 helicopter from the Lanvéoc-Poulmic naval base and flown to Lann-Bihoué.

The ship was dismantled on the spot in early 2012.

Web links

Commons : TK Bremen  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Data sheet of the classification society Bureau Veritas (English, complete entry has since been deleted because the ship has been scrapped)
• Information on salvage , Smit Salvage

Footnotes

1. ↑ Kiran Holding website ( Memento of the original from December 10, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ^ "TK Bremen" ran aground ( memento from January 22, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) , THB - Deutsche Schiffahrts-Zeitung , December 17, 2011
3. ↑ Helicopter rescues 19-member ship's crew  ( page can no longer be accessed , 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.   , Free Press , December 16, 2011
4. ↑ Photo January 2012 ( Memento from March 1, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) , Seanews Turkey, January 16, 2012
5. ↑ Costa model: A freighter, dismantled in 17 days  ( 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.   , www.derstandard.at, January 26, 2012
6. ↑ Salvaging the TK Bremen , www.theatlantic.com, January 24, 2012

Coordinates: 47 ° 37'56 "  N , 3 ° 12'6"  W.