The full-rigged ship "BREMEN" (1843–1850)
The full-rigged ship "BREMEN" was built as a whaler at Rickmers shipyard in Bremerhaven. In 1843 it was delivered to the South Seas Fishing Company in Bremen. The whaling business was not very profitable, however, and so, from 1847 the "BREMEN" was used as a passenger and freight ship on the Bremerhaven–New York route, also acting as an emigrant ship.
To make it suitable for emigrant transport a 1.70 meter high 'tweendeck' was built in the storage room. Up to five emigrants slept in two wooden bunk berths. The journey took around six weeks, and in bad weather easily twice that.
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| Technical data | |
| Shipyard: | R. C. Rickmers shipyard, Bremerhaven |
| Year of construction: | 1843 |
| Use: | South seas whaling, later passenger and freight transport |
| Rigging/Type: | Full rigging |
| Building material: | Wood, copper underwater hull |
| Length: | 62.51 meters |
| Breadth: | 9.26 meters |
| Deadweight tonnage: | 350 "Roggenlast" = 850 tonnes |
| Present whereabouts: | Sold to a company in Antwerp in 1850 |
