SS Pasteur (1939)
- Pasteur (1939-1957)
- Regina Magna (1972-1977)
- Saudi Phil (1977-1980)
- Filipina Saudia (1980 )
Registration Number: 166305
The Bremen was occupied for the passenger transport turbine ship of the North German Lloyd. She was dressed as the fifth ship of the Lloyds name Bremen.
Construction
The French shipping company Compagnie de Navigation Sud -Atlantique planned in 1936 as a replacement for the L' Atlantique to build a passenger and cargo transport ship for scheduled service on the Südatlantikrouten that should compete by the shipping company Hamburg Süd with the Cap Arcona. The new building was on 15 February 1938 on the shipyard Chantiers de Penhoët in Saint -Nazaire from the stack and was christened after the scientist Louis Pasteur in the name of Pasteur. A fire in March 1939 delayed its completion, so that the first test drive was in August 1939, shortly before the Second World War.
The 29 253 -ton Pasteur was 212.4 m long and 26.8 m wide. She had 11 decks and had extensive holds. Outfitted it was for 751 passengers. The boat with four screws could run up to 26 knots, but ran in the general service to 22 knots. Your draft was 9.3 m.
Rebuilding
1957 acquired the North German Lloyd ship, leaving the future of Bremen comprehensively renew at the shipyard Bremer Vulkan in Bremen- Vegesack. Their size was measured now with 32,336 GRT and their carrying capacity with 8,700 dwt. She received new boilers and four turbines with a max. Power of 60,000 hp for a speed of max. 26 knots and 23 knots in operation with 53,500 hp. Her three 1,375 KVA generators had a capacity of 6,600 kilowatts. When remodeling the silhouette of the ship was, especially by the new teardrop-shaped chimney, elegant. She received two 4.50 m long stabilizers for a quieter ride with very rough seas. In June 1959, their test drive.
History
The first is already fully booked journey of Pasteur could not be performed because of the outbreak of the Second World War. They remained in St. Nazaire and Brest. 1940 200 tons of gold reserves of France were shipped to Canada on her. After the defeat of France Great Britain took over the ship. It was used as a troop transport and hospital ship between Canada, South Africa, Australia and South America and transported it a total of about 300,000 soldiers. After returning to France, the ship sailed in 1946 in the French service as a troop transport to Vietnam ( Indochina War) and from 1954 to 1957 to Algeria.
1957 bought by the North German Lloyd ship for 30 million DM This sparked violent protests in the French population. The transfer took place in September 1957 by Brest to Bremerhaven. The Lloyd left the ship on the Bremer Vulkan yard for more about DM 65 million to rebuild and put it under the name Bremen in the North Atlantic service a. On 9 July 1959 she broke her maiden voyage from Southampton and Cherbourg to Bremerhaven to New York City. She was considered one of the finest passenger ships of her time.
1960 was the Bremen 14,000 guests from Europe to the United States and as many guests transported in the opposite direction. In addition, it was used from 1960 also in cruise traffic in the Caribbean and South America. Also in 1961 was their utilization with 85 % very good. From 1964/65 the utilization and especially the economic situation were less satisfactory, as air travel was a significantly increasing competition. From 1965/67 had to be recorded for the Bremen increasing losses. The rides were more and more and in 1971 moved almost exclusively on the cruise. 1970 merged with Hapag Lloyd to the shipping company Hapag-Lloyd. In October 1971, the Bremen was sold to 175 Atlantic crossings and cruises for 117 DM 40 million to Greece at the Chandris shipping company.
Now, went as Regina Magna in the Mediterranean, but was laid up in Piraeus in 1974. From 1977 it was under the name of Saudi Phil I a hotel ship in Jeddah. In 1980 she was sold as Filipinas Saudi I to the Phil Import International in Hong Kong; on the towing trip to Taiwan for scrapping the ship sank on 6 June in the Indian Ocean.
Crew and passengers
The Bremen had a crew of 545 people, 300 of whom were in the service sector operates. More than 1,150 passengers were transported, of which 216 in the first class.
The following captains led the Bremen:
- Heinrich Lorenz (1959-1960)
- Leusner Fritz (1960)
- Günter Rössing (1960-1965)
- Heinz Vollmer (1965-1967)
- Behnsen Heinrich (1967-1969)
- Walter Schott (Captain representations to 1965)
- Paul Vetter (1966-1972)
- Hamje Claus (1971)