MS Bremen
 MS Seaventure (then Bremen) in Ushuaia, Argentina | |
| 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 [2] | |
| 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 |
MS Seaventure is a cruise ship with a capacity of 155 passengers designed for the polar expedition market. She was built as Frontier Spirit at the Mitsubishi Shipyard, Kobe, Japan, in 1990 and operated by Hapag-Lloyd Cruises GmbH as MS Bremen beginning in 1993.
In January 2019 the ship was sold to Scylla AG with a planned handover date of May 2021.[3] She was renamed Seaventure in 2020[4] and was chartered by expedition cruise company Polar Latitudes in the austral summer and by Iceland ProCruises in the boreal summer.[5] In 2024, the ship was sold to Chinese company 66expeditions,[6] and in May 2025 the new owner took over.
During a storm in the Southern Atlantic in March 2001, a rogue wave caused heavy damage, breaking a window on the bridge. It left the ship adrift for two hours without propulsion.[7] Bremen was featured in the TV show Killer Waves.
Bremen discovered a previously uncharted island in the Antarctic in 2003, and it was named Bremen Island in 2004.
In 2006 she successfully ran the Northwest Passage,[8] 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 said that the incident could not have been avoided and was an act of self-defense.[9] Another crew member, who was leading passengers on a shore excursion, was injured by the bear and was evacuated by helicopter.[10]
References
[edit]- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "▷ Scylla AG kauft MS BREMEN | Presseportal". www.presseportal.de. Archived from the original on 16 January 2019.
- ↑ "DNV Vessel Register".
- ↑ "MS Seaventure Itinerary, Current Position, Ship Review". CruiseMapper. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
- ↑ "Scylla Reportedly Selling the Seaventure - Cruise Industry News | Cruise News".
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "MS Seaventure accidents and incidents". CruiseMapper. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
External links
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