MS Bremen
Cruise ship
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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.[3] 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.
- Frontier Spirit (1990–1993)
- Bremen (1993–2020)
- Seaventure (2020–present)
- Frontier Cruises (1990–1993)
- Hapag-Lloyd / Hapag-Lloyd Cruises (1990–present)
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 |
In 2006 she successfully ran the Northwest Passage,[4] 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.[5] Another crew member, who was leading passengers on a shore excursion, was injured by the bear and was evacuated by helicopter.[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] and was chartered by expedition cruise company Polar Latitudes in the austral summer and Iceland ProCruises in the boreal summer.[10] In 2024, the sale of the ship was announced.[11]
May 2025 the new owner 66expeditions from China took over.
