MS Seaventure, formerly Bremen, is a cruise ship operated by Hapag-Lloyd Cruises GmbH since 1993. She was built as Frontier Spirit at the Mitsubishi Shipyard, Kobe, Japan, in 1990. During a storm in the Southern Atlantic in March 2001, a rogue wave caused heavy damage, even breaking a window on the bridge. It left the ship adrift for two hours without propulsion.[4] A previously uncharted island in the Antarctic was discovered by Bremen in 2003, and was named Bremen Island in 2004. Bremen was also featured in the TV show Killer Waves.
 MS Seaventure (then Bremen) in Ushuaia, Argentina
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| History | |
|---|---|
 Bahamas | |
| Name |
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| Owner |
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| Port of registry | Nassau,  Bahamas |
| Builder | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Kobe, Japan |
| Yard number | 1182 |
| Laid down | 26 January 1990 |
| Launched | 20 June 1990 |
| Completed | July 1990 |
| Identification |
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| Status | In service |
| General characteristics [3] | |
| Type | Cruise ship |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | |
| Beam | 17 m (55 ft 9 in) |
| Draught | 4.8 m (15 ft 9 in) |
| Depth | 6.61 m (21 ft 8 in) |
| Decks | 7 |
| Installed power | 2 × Daihatsu 8 km-32 (2 × 2,427 kW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Capacity | 155 passengers |
In 2006 she successfully ran the Northwest Passage,[5] helped by satellite images telling where sea ice was.
In July 2018, a crew member shot and killed a polar bear in the Svalbard archipelago. The company claimed that the incident could not have been avoided and was an act of self-defense.[6]
In January 2019 the ship was sold to Scylla AG with a planned handover date of May 2021.[7] In July 2020, Hapag Lloyd Cruises announced that Bremen had been chartered to Havila Kystruten.[8] She was renamed Seaventure in 2020.[9] In 2024, the sale of the ship was announced.[10]
References
edit- ^ https://cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/2024/12/seaventure-handed-over-to-new-chinese-owners/
- ^ "BREMEN – Details and Current Position". marinetraffic.com. 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
- ^ "Bremen". scheepvaartwest.be. 2012. Archived from the original on 21 January 2013. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
- ^ "BBC – Science & Nature – Horizon – Freak Wave". bbc.co.uk. 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
- ^ "Hapag-Lloyd Kreuzfahrten GMBH, Cruises, Cruise, Travel". www.hl-cruises.com. Archived from the original on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ^ "Outrage after cruise guard shoots dead polar bear". sbs. 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- ^ "▷ Scylla AG kauft MS BREMEN | Presseportal". www.presseportal.de. Archived from the original on 16 January 2019.
- ^ "Bye-bye MS BREMEN. Ein Pionier wird aufgelegt, der Spirit bleibt. - Hapag-Lloyd Cruises Blog".
- ^ "DNV Vessel Register".
- ^ "Scylla Reportedly Selling the Seaventure - Cruise Industry News | Cruise News".
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