In the early 1960s, HAPAG ordered three motor ships of the same type from Howaldtswerke Hamburg . On October 31, 1961, the shipping company was able to take over the type ship Blumenthal from the shipyard. Half a year later, on April 17, 1962, Wolfsburg completed the series.
Use at HAPAG
Until 1970, the three ships were used as planned by HAPAG and, when it merged with NDL, were taken over by the new Hapag-Lloyd .
Later career
In the summer of 1971, Hapag-Lloyd sold all three sister ships to Portuguese shipping companies. Two of the ships were sold for demolition in 1986/87. The former Blumenthal remained in service until 1992, then was initially hung up in Luanda and finally partially canceled there.
technology
The ships of the series were conventional general cargo ships with superstructures just aft amidships above the propulsion system and versatile loading facilities. The ships were equipped with numerous conventional loading booms as well as a heavy lift boom to take over heavy lifts. The hatches were closed with MacGregor hatch covers.
The ships
The motorized cargo ships of the "Nürnberg" type
Surname
Launch
delivery
Build number
measurement
Renaming and whereabouts
Blumenthal
May 27, 1961
October 31, 1961
952
9443 GRT
1971 N'Gola , launched in 1992, deleted from the register in 1994
Nuremberg
June 26, 1961
December 29, 1961
955
9464 GRT
1971 Congo , demolition from April 24, 1986 in Kaohsiung
Wolfsburg
February 21, 1962
April 17, 1962
938
9464 GRT
1971 Muxima , 1985 Vasco Fernandes , demolished on February 27, 1987 in Ningbo
literature
Witthöft, Hans Jürgen: HAPAG . Hamburg-America Line. Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft, Hamburg 1973, ISBN 3-7822-0087-X .
Haws, Duncan: Merchant Fleets in Profile 4 . The ships of the Hamburg America, Adler and Carr lines. Patrick Stephens, Cambridge 1980, ISBN 0-85059-397-2 .
Krüger-Kopiske, Karsten Kunibert: The ships of Hapag-Lloyd . Drawings and CVs. Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft, Hamburg 2003, ISBN 3-7822-0861-7 .
