Seebäderschiff

Resorts ships are passenger ships for transporting people between the seaside resorts on the German North Sea coast, to Helgoland or to the East and North Frisian Islands. They are sometimes, especially in Helgoland traffic, seaworthy, but not designed because of their equipment for the great ride. You do not have cabins in the rule. There are usually several decks with large salons. In some cases - for the island tour ( except Helgoland) - they have a small deck on which individual cars can also be taken.

Ships in Helgoland traffic

On Helgoland is generally during the tourist season, not at a jetty moored ( exception: the catamaran fast ferry, which may call at the port of the island), but the disembarkation of passengers carried by Börtebooten. During the winter, however, the Funny Girl the shipping company Cassen Eils, the year-round starts as a single ship Helgoland may invest in the port, as a disembarking at the harsher weather in the winter months poses a significant risk. Even in the off-season is not booted normally.

The coat of arms of Hamburg was the largest German cruise liner with 109.6 meters long and 15.0 meters wide. With a top speed of 22 knots ( 10 160 hp) up to 1800 passengers could be carried. Last company was called the FRS Fjord cruise line cruise industry. The 2006 season was the last for the coat of arms of Hamburg. On 31 May 2007 FRS sold the ship to a shipping company in the British Virgin Islands. Her new name was Mercator II Following the bankruptcy of the new owner, the former coat of arms of Hamburg was in very poor condition in Bremerhaven's fishing port before it was towed to a Danish scrap yard, where she was scrapped in 2011.

Selection of other seaside resorts ships in Helgoland traffic:

  • Cobra, 1890-1914 and 1920-1921
  • Roland, 1927-1939
  • Hein Godenwind, 1960-1969
  • Atlantis, 1956-1970
  • Seute Deern, 1961-2003
  • Wilhelmshaven, 1963-2004

The current (2012 ) resorts ships in Helgoland service:

  • The Atlantis (BRZ 1586 2300 horsepower ) the shipping line Cassen Eils is 76 meters long and 12 meters wide and can carry 1000 passengers at a top speed of 18 knots. Currently she drives in the summer in the charter FRS shipping company Fjord cruise tourism and operated since 2007, the route Cuxhaven - Helgoland.
  • The Funny Girl is 68.57 meters long and 10 meters wide. It carries a maximum of 800 passengers at a speed of 19 knots ( 3800 hp, GT 999). In the summer she travels from Büsum, in winter from Cuxhaven to Helgoland. Reederei Cassen Eils
  • The Lady of Büsum that the route Büsum - served Helgoland is 45.7 meters long and 8.5 meters wide. Are permitted a maximum of 483 passengers on board. The speed is 14 knots (1700 hp). Cruise Line: Rahder
  • The Helgoland is 77.9 meters long and 12.6 meters wide. It carries maximum of 1200 passengers at a speed of 16 knots (GT 1850) from Wilhelmshaven to Helgoland. Shipping company: AG Ems
  • The Fair Lady is the sister ship of Funny Girl. The ship reversed until 2011 when Lady Assa in Poland. In January, the shipping line Cassen Eils then bought back the ship. The Fair Lady will sail under the flag of the shipping line Cassen Eils from Bremerhaven to Helgoland from May 2011. Ex - name the fair lady eagles Baltica and Lady Assa.

Other ships on the North Sea

  • The Spiekeroog II is 47.9 meters long and 9 meters wide. You can store up to 700 passengers transported at a speed of 12.5 knots. Shipping company: North Sea resort Spiekeroog GmbH
  • The Harlingerland is 46.4 meters long and 9 meters wide. You can store up to 635 persons at a speed of 11 knots carrying (GT 477, 820 KW). It is used mainly in Wangerooge service DB AG Harlesiel makes from here but also trips to Spiekeroog and Helgoland. Shipping company: DB AutoZug

Ships on the Baltic Sea

On the German Baltic coast seaside resorts offered on ships on the one rides in the lake, on the other trips along the coast and travel between the islands of Rügen, Usedom and Hiddensee and between the mainland and the islands.

Examples:

  • Crown Prince, is the oldest still preserved cruise liner ( built in 1910, 500 passengers, length between perpendiculars: 31,78 meters Draft: 1.83 meters). Earlier trips from Rostock on the Unterwarnow, after cooling Born and Graal- Müritz. The hull was converted several years ago to Dresden bower guest, a reconstruction process remained.
  • Baltica, Warnemünde, trips to cooling Born, Graal- Müritz, and fish / Darß.
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