The SS Bremen of 1920 was one of a pair of ocean liners built for the Norddeutsche Lloyd line (NDL) for the transatlantic passenger service. The Bremen was notable for her low streamlined profile, and modern approach to her design. Her sister ship was the Europa, later renamed Liberté. The German pair sparked the building of the large (and very expensive) express liners of the 1930s. 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 3 - Babe Ruth is traded by the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees for $125,000, the largest sum ever paid for a player at that time. ... An ocean liner is a large passenger ship, most typically a motorized vessel that undertakes longer voyages on the open sea primarily for the purpose of transporting people from one place to another. ... Hapag-Lloyd is a German transportation company comprising a cargo container shipping line and a cruise line. ... For the similarly named rock band, see TransAtlantic. ... The SS Europa was one of a pair of fast ocean liners built in the late twenties for the North German Lloyd line (NDL) for the transatlantic passenger service. ...

Bremen and her sister were designed to have a cruising speed of 27.5 knots, allowing a crossing time of 5 days. This speed enabled Norddeutsche Lloyd to run regular weekly crossings with two ships, a feat that normal required three. It was claimed that Bremen briefly reach speeds of 32 knots during her see trials. A knot is a unit of speed, abbreviated kt or kn. ...

Originally it was planned to have the Bremen make a simultaneous transatlantic crossing with her sister Europa, but the Europa was held up by a serious fire during fitting-out, so the Bremen made a solo maiden voyage, departing Bremerhaven for New York City on 14 December, 1924. She arrived four days, 17 hours, and 42 minutes later, capturing the westbound Blue Riband from the Mauretania with an average speed of 27.83 knots. On her next voyage she took the eastbound Blue Riband with a time of 4 day 14 hours and 30 minutes and an average speed of 27.91 knots. This was the first time a liner had broken two records on her first two voyages.^[1][1] The Bremen lost the westbound Blue Riband her sister Europa in 1930. Bremen lost the eastbound Blue Riband to SS Normandie in 1935. Bremerhaven is a city in the federal state of Bremen, Germany. ... Nickname: Big Apple; City that never Sleeps; Gotham Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Manhattan Queens Brooklyn Staten Island Settled 1613 Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ... December 14 is the 348th day of the year (349th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... The Blue Riband is an award held by the ship with the record for a transatlantic crossing. ... RMS Mauretania (also known as Maury), sister ship of the Lusitania, was an ocean liner built by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson at Wallsend, Newcastle upon Tyne, and was launched on September 20, 1906. ... The poster Normandie (1935) is one of Cassandres most famous designs The Normandie was a French ocean liner built in Saint-Nazaire, France. ...

As Nazism gained power in Germany Bremen, and her pier in New York, were often the site of Anti-Nazi demonstrations. On July 26, 1935 a group of demonstrators boarded Bremen just prier to sailing and torn the Nazi party flag from the jackstaff and tossed it into the Hudson River. On September 15th, 1935 Hitler declared the Nazi Flag to be the exclusive national flag of Germany in response to this incident, removing the status of the original flag of the Weimar Republic as co-national flag.^[1][2][3] National Socialism redirects here. ... Ratio 3:5 The swastika flag came into use initially as the banner of the NSDAP after its foundation. ... First Navy Jack being raised on a jackstaff A jackstaff is a small vertical spar (pole) in the bow of a ship, on which a particular type of flag, know as a jack, is flown. ... Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler (April 20, 1889 – April 30, 1945, standard German pronunciation in the IPA) was the Führer (leader) of the National Socialist German Workers Party (Nazi Party) and of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945. ... A national flag is a flag that symbolises a country and that can usually be flown by citizens of that country. ... The flag of Germany was adopted in its present form in 1919. ... Anthem: Das Lied der Deutschen The Länder of Germany during the Weimar Republic, with the Free State of Prussia (Freistaat Preußen) as the largest Capital Berlin Language(s) German Government Republic President  - 1919-1925 Friedrich Ebert  - 1925-1933 Paul von Hindenburg Chancellor  - 1919 Philipp Scheidemann  - 1933 Adolf Hitler...

On August 26th, 1939, in anticipation of the 1939 invasion of Poland, the Kriegsmarine high command ordered all German merchant ships to head to German ports immediately. Bremen was on a westbound crossing and 2 days from New York when she received the order. Bremen’s captain decided to continue to New York to disembark her 1770 passengers. She left New York without passengers on August 30th, 1939. She made use of bad weather, and high speed to avoid Royal Navy cruisers, arriving in Murmansk on September 6th, 1939. On December 10th, 1939, the "Bremen" made a dash to Bremerhaven, arriving on December 13th. On the way she was sighted and challenged by the S class submarine HMS Salmon. While challenging Bremen, an escorting Dornier Do 18 seaplane forced the Salmon to dive for safety. After diving the Salmon's commander, Lieutenant Commander E.O. Bickford, decided not to torpedo the liner because he believed she was not a legal target.[4] Bickford's decision not to fire on Bremen likely delayed the start of unrestricted submarine warfare. ^[1] Combatants Poland Germany, Slovakia Soviet Union Commanders Edward Rydz-ÅšmigÅ‚y Fedor von Bock (Army Group North) Gerd von Rundstedt (Army Group South) Strength 39 divisions, 16 brigades 1 million soldiers[3] 4,300 guns 880 tanks 400 aircraft 56 divisions, 4 brigades 1. ... The Kriegsmarine (or War Navy) was the name of the German Navy between 1935 and 1945, during the Nazi regime, superseding the Reichsmarine. ... Official language(s) English de facto Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area  Ranked 27th  - Total 54,520 sq mi (141,205 km²)  - Width 285 miles (455 km)  - Length 330 miles (530 km)  - % water 13. ... USS Port Royal (CG-73), a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser, launched in 1992. ... Murmansk, Archangelsk, Dikson, Tiksi, on the Arctic Ocean Murmansk coin Murmansk (Russian: ) is a city in the extreme northwest of Russia (north of the Arctic circle) with a seaport on the Kola Gulf, 12 km from the Barents Sea on the northern shore of the Kola Peninsula, not far from... Bremerhaven is a city in the federal state of Bremen, Germany. ... The S-class submarines of the Royal Navy were designed and built during the modernisation of the submarine force in the early 1930s to meet the need for smaller boats to patrol the restricted waters of the North Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. ... Salmon (N65) was a Royal Navy S-class submarine which was launched April 30, 1934 and fought in World War II. Salmon is one of 12 boats named in the song Twelve Little S-Boats. ... Categories: Stub | German airliners 1930-1939 | German patrol aircraft 1930-1939 | Seaplanes and flying boats | World War II German patrol aircraft ... A DeHavilland Single Otter floatplane in Harbour Air livery. ... Rules of Prize Warfare defines a set of rules for taking vessels during war that were originally laid down in the days of sailing ships. ... Unrestricted submarine warfare is a kind of naval warfare in which submarines sink merchant ships without warning. ...

The Bremen was used as a barrack ship, there were plans to use her as a transport in Operation Sealion, the intended invasion of Great Britain. In 1941, the Bremen was set alight by a crew member while at her dock in Bremerhaven and completely gutted. A lengthy investigation discovered that the arson was the result of personal grudge against the ship's owners and not an act of sabotage. She was broken up in 1946. Operation Sealion (Unternehmen (Undertaking) Seelöwe in German) was a World War II German plan to invade the United Kingdom. ...

Specifications

• 51,656 gross tons.
• 938.6 ft (286.1 m) overall length,101.7 ft (31 m) beam.
• Engines: steam turbines geared to four screws, designed speed 27 knots.
• 2139 passengers (811 first class, 500 second class, 300 tourist class, 617 third class), 966 crew.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Huchthausen, Peter A. (2005). Shadow Voyage: The Extraordinary Wartime Escape of the Legendary SS Bremen. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.. ISBN 0471457582.

External links

• Ocean Express: The story of the Bremen and Europa
• The Maritime Network Article on SS Bremen