Flag-Ship Bremen V
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FLAG-SHIP "BREMEN V Details General: Tonnage
.32360 GRT Over-all-length
,,212 m Beam
,,.30 m Height from top mast to keel
..55 m Number of decks
.12 Crew: 544 crew members are employed aboard the 'Bremen who serve the passengers and operate the ship. There are: 100 employees on deck 76 employees in the engine rooms 70 employees in the kitchens 232 stewards 60 employees for special travel service. To these 60 employees belong secretaries, printers, photographers, nurses, children's attendant, masseur, masseuse, beauticians, sales ladies, hostess, hair dressers, tailors, Pool attendant, musicians, kennel master. Engines: T/S "Bremen' is a quadruple-screw turbine ship. The steam-generating plant consists of: Four main boilers, System 'La Mont' Steam pressure: 43 atue (abtl. 610 psig) Steam temperature: 460° C (860° F) Max. bad of each boiler: 80 t/hr abt. 176 500 lbs/hr Two auxiliary boilers (water tube boilers) Steam pressure: 32 atue (abt. 455 psig) Steam temperature: 370° C (698° F) Capacity of each boiler: 25 t/hr (abt. 55 000 lbs/hr) The boilers are oil-fired (automatic control), consuming about 400 tons of fuel oil in 24 hrs. Total capacity of oil tanks about 6000 tons. T/S Bremen is equipped with 4 main turbine blocks, each driving one shaft. Bach of the main turbine blocks consists of one high-pressure, one intermediate pressure, and one bow-pressure turbine. Their driving power is transmitted to the propeller shafts via reduction gears. These 4 main turbine blocks have a total output of: Normal
..approx. 53 000 HP Maximum
..approx. 60 000 HP The 4 four-bladed propellers have a total weight of 29 600 kilograms; each propeller shaft is approx. 52 meters long. With such powerful engines the "Bremen" can cruise at a speed of 23 nautical miles per hour (42.6 km/hr). Electric Power Supply: Total output of power plant 6600 kW. The plant consists of: 3 turbine generators, D. C. (direct current) each rated 1100 kW 3 turbine generators, A. C. (alternating current) each rated 1100 kW. The general lighting on the "Bremen" works on 220 volts A, C. All outlets in cabins and rooms as well as the outlets for electric shavers are for 110 volts A. C. The lights above the berths are connected to the 220 volts D. C. circuit, thus they can also be used as emergency lights; they are also wired to the battery-fed emergency power supply System of 220 volts. Fresh Water Supply: For the production of drinking water, there are on board two seawater
steam conversion plants, each producing in 24 hours 200 tons; i. e. a total quantity of 400 000 litres drinking water per day. In addition there are two seawater steam conversion plants each supplying 60 tons of fresh water for the boilers in 24 hours, or a total of 120 000 litres of distillate per day. Air Conditioning: All rooms are connected to the air-conditioning system, since the T/S "Bremen" is airconditioned throughout. This System is the largest one of its kind ever installed in a ship under the German Federal Republic. The total capacity of the Frigen unit installed is 3 million kcal/hr*. The brine is cooled by two turbo compressors of 645 HP (480 kW) each. *One kcal is the quantity of heat necessary to heat one kilogram water by 1 degree from 14.5° C to 15.5° C. This is reversed in the cooling process. Nautical Equipment: T/S "Bremen" is equipped with the most modern, the most efficient and, therefore, most dependable nautical devices. For instance: Two Radar sets: one 10 cm RCA unit one 3 cm Decca-true-motion unit one radio direction finder for use within range of radio-beam stations "Plath" one Duplo- sounding machine with automatic depth recorder and optic indicator one Dectra- instrument course recorder rudder control: Telemotor set with Atlas control board ultra short wave telephony equipment. Radio Equipment: Radio station with four transmitters including one combined medium wave-, marine band-, and short-wave transmitter for telegraphy and telephony (600 Watts); one short-wave transmitter for telegraphy and telephony (375 Watts), and one marine band transmitter for telegraphy and telephony (100 Watts) as well as four receivers which include two long-wave marine receptors, and one special receptor for short-wave. Stabilizers: T/S "Bremen" is equipped with Denny-Brown-Stabilizers. These stabilizers are movable fins installed mid ships below the water line. Each fin is 4.5 meters long and 2 meters wide. Together with the 70 centimetres wide rudder, which can be operated separately, the overall length of the fins is 2.70 meters. A gyroscopic unit controls stabilizers blades in a way which is contrary to the movements of the ship thus assuring smooth sailing. In order to facilitate the berthing of the ship, the stabilizers can be retracted into fin housings installed within the ship. These housings weigh 66.5 tons and are 7 meters long. The stabilizers are operated from the bridge. (They were installed by the Technische Betrieb of the Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremerhaven.) Safety Equipment: T/S "Bremen" is equipped with all necessary safety devices such as a smoke detection system and sprinkler system (automatic fire extinguishing system) as well as a bulkhead closing system which operates hydraulically. All safety devices are supervised controlled, and operated centrally from the Control Room located behind the bridge. There are 14 life-boats aboard (6 motor boats and 8 screw-driven boats operated manually) as well as other life-saving equipment. Gastronomy on the "Bremen": Earlier and even today the large passenger liners are called "Floating Luxury Hotels". This is exactly the right term insofar as it applies to the entire gastronomically organization aboard an ocean giant. A modern passenger liner is virtually a metropolis in itself.
A wealth of experience is tapped to satisfy all passengers on board. The cuisine should and must be international; on the other hand it must also retain its national character. This is no easy task. However, on North German Lloyd vessels only masters in their trade are responsible for the menu. The ships flying the Key and Anchor Flag have always been famous for their excellent cuisine; therefore, during the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, all the provisions for the international "Olympisches Dorf" were assigned to North German Lloyd. The satisfaction of sports men from all parts of the world was at that time the most eloquent expression of their gratitude to the chefs and stewards of North German Lloyd who had been called from the "Bremen" and the "Europe", North German Lloyd Liners of those days. and well pleased passengers is also the goal of the kitchen and dining room personnel of the fifth "Bremen". This staff aboard the T/S "Bremen" has been provided with every technical device; the kitchen, the pastry- and meat department as well as the bakery are equipped with the most modern devices; they utilize the latest developments in gastronomically efficiency. 3 kitchens each with 2 huge stoves provided with 32 electrical plates, 3 kitchens for hors-d'oeuvre, etc., 3 coffee kitchens with the latest coffee machines, 1 pastry kitchen equipped with mixers, refrigeration facilities for partly frozen food, deep freezers for ices, electrical super toaster, etc., 1 bakery with 2 huge ovens, 1 butcher department with meat grinder, cutter, hacksaw, its own separate cold storage rooms and refrigerators, 1 special storage room for potatoes and vegetables, 1 room for staple foods and 20 cold storage rooms with temperatures ranging from below 20° up to 6° above 0 (Celsius); all these are included in the facilities found on the T/S "Bremen".
The corps of the kitchen personnel rank as follows: 1 Chef for First Class 4 butchers 1 Chef for Tourist Class 6 bakers 2 Assistants to the chefs 3 pantry men 7 first cooks 3 pantry assistants 8 second cooks 2 coffee men 7 third cooks 1 chief cooks mate 2 cooks for the crew 19 cooks mates 4 pastry bakers
Only male personnel is employed in the kitchens. The numbers of provisions on a roundtrip sailing could almost be called astronomical. The commissary rooms contain: 15,000 kg meat 1,600 litres cream 5,600 kg poultry 3,500 kg butter and shortenings 2,400 kg fish 60,000 eggs 2,000 canned fish 30,000 apples 6,600 canned fruit and vegetables 35,000 oranges 5,800 kg frozen vegetables 900 kg bananas 7,500 kg flour 4,000 grape fruits 2,500 kg sugar 1,000 kg tomatoes 1,000 kg coffee 20,000 kg potatoes
6,000 litres milk 6,000 lemon
The food range on the new "Bremen" includes almost 7,000 categories, from common foods to those of exotic origin. Just the spices alone number 47 single items and under fresh food one finds over 70 different kinds. There is an impressive array of 13,000 bottles of wines, liquors, and other dry drinks on the ship. 19,000 litres of beer are waiting to be consumed by thirsty throats, not counting mineral waters and soft drinks. By no means on the diminishing side but far larger is the inventory count on the T/S "Bremen" for linens, porcelain, glass and silver ware. Textiles? There are whole mountains of fabrics on board, almost enough to take care of the needs of a small town. 63,000 towels 30,000 napkins 26,000 pillow cases 19,000 bath towels 15,000 sheets 15,000 table cloths Add to this covers for blankets, bath mats, kitchen towels, napkins, which are used in numbers that reach five digits. The carefully planned inventory list furthermore includes 168 diapers (washable?), 24 layettes, 18 umbilical bands to be harnessed for any eventuality. In glass and china there are 28,900 glasses of every description and 25,500 pieces of china. 4,100 water glasses top the list of the "Bremen" Wine, champagne, cocktails, beer, and other drinks command another 24,800 glasses of 23 different varieties. There are 12,150 plates in 11 different attractive patterns. 4,100 cups belong to one collection and stand side by side with genuine Chinese Curry Plates and authentic Swedish hors- oeuvre dishes. But this is not all. In the array of eating utensils there are: 150 corn holders 36 grape shears 36 forks for snails 25 "Speiseschieber" children's eating utensils (not known in this country). This impressive list is concluded with 31,200 individual pieces of silver ware on board (cutlery, dishes, platters). And here is a bit of information for the quizzical house wife; to polish all the silver, they have the latest silver-polishing and -buffing machine on board. And now a bit of information for the statistical minded: total living area for passengers: 18,300 qm o . . to achieve the maximum output of the "Bremen's" engines of 60,000 HP, 2,000 Volkswagen engines operating at full power would be required, towels napkins pillow cases bath towels sheets table cloths o . there are 125 fire alarms on board in strategic locations throughout the ship (that number of fire alarms would be more than adequate to take care of & town approximately the size of Bremerhaven), o . . there are 9 elevators, including 3 for freight (suitable also for cars of every size); the other 6 are reserved for the traffic of passengers and their comfort. Those who prefer to mount stairs have a wonderful climb over 156 steps from the Finnish Bath below to the Sun Deck above. o . . 70,000 complete meals are prepared and served during one roundtrip. Breakfast on board actually is a complete meal in itself, it includes meat- and fish, dishes, egg specialties, soups, etc., o . 7 kitchens are equipped with the latest and most modern facilities, I. e. there is an electrically operated rotisserie and a tine charcoal grill (for the connoisseur),
145,000 kg of food and delicacies (everything needed for a roundtrip) are stored in ten separate cold storage- and commissary rooms, the 7-day output of the seawater steam conversion plant for the production of drinking water and boiler water is adequate to till 182 tank cars (20-ton cars equalling 5 freight trains); or in figures: 2.8 million litres drinking water and 0.84 million litres fresh water for boilers, 30,000 kilograms of ice could be produced at a temperature of 20° Celsius from the output of the air-conditioning each and every hour which equals 30,000 litres of water, the total current supply of 6,600 kW would be more than enough to feed a small town with domestic electricity, at least 2 average refrigerators are used for each and every passenger. The total output of the refrigerating plant for food corresponds to 130,000 kcal, 2,500 home refrigerators which are continuously in operation, there are 15,000 electric bulbs on board including 8,287 fluorescent tubes that would reach & length of 5.3 km it they were placed end to end. Add to that nearly 4500 switches, the cinema on board is equipped to show standard as well as Cinemascope films, more than 100 different chair models were tried in extensive tests to find those that offer the greatest comfort, o specially starched and ironed men's shirts were obtained for the designer to create laundry chests spacious enough to house the shirts without creasing them, there are 168 (washable) diapers and 18 umbilical bands on board, o . . the emergency ration in dogs biscuit is set at 10 kilograms, 80 electric docks give the exact time of the day and night. Even if you tried hard, it would be impossible to miss out on a rendezvous because of inaccurately running docks. All docks are regulated and checked automatically every hour from a central self-regulating system, 15 freight cars were needed to deliver the china, the glasses, the cutlery, and the linens to the ship; total value of this equipment: 2.500 million Deutsche Marks, approximately 300 kilometres of electric cable had to be installed, o 220,000 pieces of linen are carried on board and 12 protective covers for bassinets, o . . the contents of 8,400 cans of vegetables, fruit, and fruit juice are consumed on every roundtrip, o .. only dial telephones are used throughout the ship over a relay switchboard, o the 14 men in the ships orchestra master 53 instruments.
steam conversion plants, each producing in 24 hours 200 tons; i. e. a total quantity of 400 000 litres drinking water per day. In addition there are two seawater steam conversion plants each supplying 60 tons of fresh water for the boilers in 24 hours, or a total of 120 000 litres of distillate per day. Air Conditioning: All rooms are connected to the air-conditioning system, since the T/S "Bremen" is airconditioned throughout. This System is the largest one of its kind ever installed in a ship under the German Federal Republic. The total capacity of the Frigen unit installed is 3 million kcal/hr*. The brine is cooled by two turbo compressors of 645 HP (480 kW) each. *One kcal is the quantity of heat necessary to heat one kilogram water by 1 degree from 14.5° C to 15.5° C. This is reversed in the cooling process. Nautical Equipment: T/S "Bremen" is equipped with the most modern, the most efficient and, therefore, most dependable nautical devices. For instance: Two Radar sets: one 10 cm RCA unit one 3 cm Decca-true-motion unit one radio direction finder for use within range of radio-beam stations "Plath" one Duplo- sounding machine with automatic depth recorder and optic indicator one Dectra- instrument course recorder rudder control: Telemotor set with Atlas control board ultra short wave telephony equipment. Radio Equipment: Radio station with four transmitters including one combined medium wave-, marine band-, and short-wave transmitter for telegraphy and telephony (600 Watts); one short-wave transmitter for telegraphy and telephony (375 Watts), and one marine band transmitter for telegraphy and telephony (100 Watts) as well as four receivers which include two long-wave marine receptors, and one special receptor for short-wave. Stabilizers: T/S "Bremen" is equipped with Denny-Brown-Stabilizers. These stabilizers are movable fins installed mid ships below the water line. Each fin is 4.5 meters long and 2 meters wide. Together with the 70 centimetres wide rudder, which can be operated separately, the overall length of the fins is 2.70 meters. A gyroscopic unit controls stabilizers blades in a way which is contrary to the movements of the ship thus assuring smooth sailing. In order to facilitate the berthing of the ship, the stabilizers can be retracted into fin housings installed within the ship. These housings weigh 66.5 tons and are 7 meters long. The stabilizers are operated from the bridge. (They were installed by the Technische Betrieb of the Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremerhaven.) Safety Equipment: T/S "Bremen" is equipped with all necessary safety devices such as a smoke detection system and sprinkler system (automatic fire extinguishing system) as well as a bulkhead closing system which operates hydraulically. All safety devices are supervised controlled, and operated centrally from the Control Room located behind the bridge. There are 14 life-boats aboard (6 motor boats and 8 screw-driven boats operated manually) as well as other life-saving equipment. Gastronomy on the "Bremen": Earlier and even today the large passenger liners are called "Floating Luxury Hotels". This is exactly the right term insofar as it applies to the entire gastronomically organization aboard an ocean giant. A modern passenger liner is virtually a metropolis in itself.
A wealth of experience is tapped to satisfy all passengers on board. The cuisine should and must be international; on the other hand it must also retain its national character. This is no easy task. However, on North German Lloyd vessels only masters in their trade are responsible for the menu. The ships flying the Key and Anchor Flag have always been famous for their excellent cuisine; therefore, during the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, all the provisions for the international "Olympisches Dorf" were assigned to North German Lloyd. The satisfaction of sports men from all parts of the world was at that time the most eloquent expression of their gratitude to the chefs and stewards of North German Lloyd who had been called from the "Bremen" and the "Europe", North German Lloyd Liners of those days. and well pleased passengers is also the goal of the kitchen and dining room personnel of the fifth "Bremen". This staff aboard the T/S "Bremen" has been provided with every technical device; the kitchen, the pastry- and meat department as well as the bakery are equipped with the most modern devices; they utilize the latest developments in gastronomically efficiency. 3 kitchens each with 2 huge stoves provided with 32 electrical plates, 3 kitchens for hors-d'oeuvre, etc., 3 coffee kitchens with the latest coffee machines, 1 pastry kitchen equipped with mixers, refrigeration facilities for partly frozen food, deep freezers for ices, electrical super toaster, etc., 1 bakery with 2 huge ovens, 1 butcher department with meat grinder, cutter, hacksaw, its own separate cold storage rooms and refrigerators, 1 special storage room for potatoes and vegetables, 1 room for staple foods and 20 cold storage rooms with temperatures ranging from below 20° up to 6° above 0 (Celsius); all these are included in the facilities found on the T/S "Bremen".
The corps of the kitchen personnel rank as follows: 1 Chef for First Class 4 butchers 1 Chef for Tourist Class 6 bakers 2 Assistants to the chefs 3 pantry men 7 first cooks 3 pantry assistants 8 second cooks 2 coffee men 7 third cooks 1 chief cooks mate 2 cooks for the crew 19 cooks mates 4 pastry bakers
Only male personnel is employed in the kitchens. The numbers of provisions on a roundtrip sailing could almost be called astronomical. The commissary rooms contain: 15,000 kg meat 1,600 litres cream 5,600 kg poultry 3,500 kg butter and shortenings 2,400 kg fish 60,000 eggs 2,000 canned fish 30,000 apples 6,600 canned fruit and vegetables 35,000 oranges 5,800 kg frozen vegetables 900 kg bananas 7,500 kg flour 4,000 grape fruits 2,500 kg sugar 1,000 kg tomatoes 1,000 kg coffee 20,000 kg potatoes
6,000 litres milk 6,000 lemon
The food range on the new "Bremen" includes almost 7,000 categories, from common foods to those of exotic origin. Just the spices alone number 47 single items and under fresh food one finds over 70 different kinds. There is an impressive array of 13,000 bottles of wines, liquors, and other dry drinks on the ship. 19,000 litres of beer are waiting to be consumed by thirsty throats, not counting mineral waters and soft drinks. By no means on the diminishing side but far larger is the inventory count on the T/S "Bremen" for linens, porcelain, glass and silver ware. Textiles? There are whole mountains of fabrics on board, almost enough to take care of the needs of a small town. 63,000 towels 30,000 napkins 26,000 pillow cases 19,000 bath towels 15,000 sheets 15,000 table cloths Add to this covers for blankets, bath mats, kitchen towels, napkins, which are used in numbers that reach five digits. The carefully planned inventory list furthermore includes 168 diapers (washable?), 24 layettes, 18 umbilical bands to be harnessed for any eventuality. In glass and china there are 28,900 glasses of every description and 25,500 pieces of china. 4,100 water glasses top the list of the "Bremen" Wine, champagne, cocktails, beer, and other drinks command another 24,800 glasses of 23 different varieties. There are 12,150 plates in 11 different attractive patterns. 4,100 cups belong to one collection and stand side by side with genuine Chinese Curry Plates and authentic Swedish hors- oeuvre dishes. But this is not all. In the array of eating utensils there are: 150 corn holders 36 grape shears 36 forks for snails 25 "Speiseschieber" children's eating utensils (not known in this country). This impressive list is concluded with 31,200 individual pieces of silver ware on board (cutlery, dishes, platters). And here is a bit of information for the quizzical house wife; to polish all the silver, they have the latest silver-polishing and -buffing machine on board. And now a bit of information for the statistical minded: total living area for passengers: 18,300 qm o . . to achieve the maximum output of the "Bremen's" engines of 60,000 HP, 2,000 Volkswagen engines operating at full power would be required, towels napkins pillow cases bath towels sheets table cloths o . there are 125 fire alarms on board in strategic locations throughout the ship (that number of fire alarms would be more than adequate to take care of & town approximately the size of Bremerhaven), o . . there are 9 elevators, including 3 for freight (suitable also for cars of every size); the other 6 are reserved for the traffic of passengers and their comfort. Those who prefer to mount stairs have a wonderful climb over 156 steps from the Finnish Bath below to the Sun Deck above. o . . 70,000 complete meals are prepared and served during one roundtrip. Breakfast on board actually is a complete meal in itself, it includes meat- and fish, dishes, egg specialties, soups, etc., o . 7 kitchens are equipped with the latest and most modern facilities, I. e. there is an electrically operated rotisserie and a tine charcoal grill (for the connoisseur),
145,000 kg of food and delicacies (everything needed for a roundtrip) are stored in ten separate cold storage- and commissary rooms, the 7-day output of the seawater steam conversion plant for the production of drinking water and boiler water is adequate to till 182 tank cars (20-ton cars equalling 5 freight trains); or in figures: 2.8 million litres drinking water and 0.84 million litres fresh water for boilers, 30,000 kilograms of ice could be produced at a temperature of 20° Celsius from the output of the air-conditioning each and every hour which equals 30,000 litres of water, the total current supply of 6,600 kW would be more than enough to feed a small town with domestic electricity, at least 2 average refrigerators are used for each and every passenger. The total output of the refrigerating plant for food corresponds to 130,000 kcal, 2,500 home refrigerators which are continuously in operation, there are 15,000 electric bulbs on board including 8,287 fluorescent tubes that would reach & length of 5.3 km it they were placed end to end. Add to that nearly 4500 switches, the cinema on board is equipped to show standard as well as Cinemascope films, more than 100 different chair models were tried in extensive tests to find those that offer the greatest comfort, o specially starched and ironed men's shirts were obtained for the designer to create laundry chests spacious enough to house the shirts without creasing them, there are 168 (washable) diapers and 18 umbilical bands on board, o . . the emergency ration in dogs biscuit is set at 10 kilograms, 80 electric docks give the exact time of the day and night. Even if you tried hard, it would be impossible to miss out on a rendezvous because of inaccurately running docks. All docks are regulated and checked automatically every hour from a central self-regulating system, 15 freight cars were needed to deliver the china, the glasses, the cutlery, and the linens to the ship; total value of this equipment: 2.500 million Deutsche Marks, approximately 300 kilometres of electric cable had to be installed, o 220,000 pieces of linen are carried on board and 12 protective covers for bassinets, o . . the contents of 8,400 cans of vegetables, fruit, and fruit juice are consumed on every roundtrip, o .. only dial telephones are used throughout the ship over a relay switchboard, o the 14 men in the ships orchestra master 53 instruments.