Cap San Diego
{{Short description|Cargo ship}}
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{{Infobox ship image | Ship image=Cap San Diego-DSC 0417.jpg | Ship caption=Cap San Diego at St. Pauli Landungsbrücken, Hamburg (2011) }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship country=Germany | Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Germany|civil}} | Ship name=Cap San Diego | Ship namesake= | Ship owner=Hamburg Süd | Ship registry= | Ship route=Germany-South America | Ship ordered= | Ship builder=Deutsche Werft | Ship original cost= | Ship yard number= | Ship way number= | Ship laid down= | Ship launched=December 15, 1961 | Ship sponsor= | Ship christened= | Ship completed= | Ship acquired= | Ship maiden voyage=March 29, 1962 | Ship in service= | Ship out of service= | Ship reclassified= | Ship refit= | Ship homeport=Hamburg | Ship identification={{IMO Number|5060794}} | Ship motto= | Ship nickname= White Swan of the South Atlantic | Ship honours= | Ship honors= | Ship notes= | Ship badge= }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = title |Ship country=Spain |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Spain|civil-1785}} | Ship name = Sangria | Ship owner = Ybarra | Ship acquired = 1981 | Ship identification = {{IMO Number|5060794}} | Ship notes = Sold for scrap; city of Hamburg stepped in and purchased her for preservation. }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = title |Ship country=Germany |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Germany|civil}} | Ship name = Cap San Diego | Ship owner = Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg | Ship acquired = 1986 | Ship identification = {{IMO Number|5060794}} | Ship honours = | Ship fate = Turned over to Hamburger Admiralität foundation for preservation. }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = title |Ship country=Germany |Ship flag ={{shipboxflag|Germany|civil}} | Ship name = | Ship owner = Hamburger Admiralität | Ship operator = Cap San Diego Betriebsgesellschaft mbH | Ship acquired = 1987 | Ship identification = *{{IMO Number|5060794}}
| Ship status = Museum Ship | Ship notes = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Ship class= | Ship type= Freighter | Ship tonnage=9,998 GRT, 5,728 NRT | Ship displacement=17,470 tons fully loaded | Ship length={{convert|159.40|m|abbr=on}} | Ship beam={{convert|21.47|m|abbr=on}} | Ship height= | Ship draught= | Ship draft= | Ship depth= | Ship hold depth= | Ship decks= | Ship deck clearance= | Ship ramps= | Ship ice class= | Ship power={{convert|11,600|hp|abbr=on}} | Ship propulsion= MAN two-stroke 9 cylinder diesel engine | Ship speed={{convert|20.3|kn}} | Ship range= | Ship endurance= | Ship test depth= | Ship boats= | Ship capacity=10,000 dwt | Ship complement= | Ship crew= | Ship time to activate= | Ship sensors= | Ship EW= | Ship notes= }} |
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MS Cap San Diego is a general cargo ship, situated as a museum ship in Hamburg, Germany. Notable for her elegant silhouette, she was the last of a series of six ships known as the White Swans of the South Atlantic, and marked the apex of German-built general cargo ships before the advent of the container ship and the decline of Germany's heavy industry.
History
The Cap San Diego was built and launched by Deutsche Werft in 1961 for Hamburg Süd as the last of a series of six ships. The 159 m, 10000 dwt ship ran a regular schedule between Germany and South America, completing 120 round trips until 1981. After being sold and running under different names and under Spanish flag and also flags of convenience as a tramp trader, the run-down ship was scheduled for scrapping in 1986 when she was bought by the city of Hamburg.
Museum ship
The ship was restored mainly by the labour of enthusiasts and laid-off dock workers, and is kept operational to date. Most of the time, the Cap San Diego is moored at the port of Hamburg where visitors can access virtually all areas of the ship from the bridge to the engine. One of the cargo holds hosts temporary exhibitions. Passenger cabins can be booked for overnight stays. Several times a year, the ship leaves the harbour on her own power for trips mostly on the river Elbe or to Cuxhaven. In 2001, the ship was awarded the Maritime Heritage Award by the World Ship Trust, and in 2003 she was declared a protected item of cultural heritage under Hamburg law.
The ship participates in Hamburg's Long Night of Museums.
Sister ships
The Cap San Diego had five sisterships:
- Cap San Nicolas
- Cap San Marco
- Cap San Lorenzo
- Cap San Augustin
- Cap San Antonio
Gallery
File:Cap San Diego - Hamburger Hafen -01.JPG|Cap San Diego at Port of Hamburg, 2014
File:Phb dt 7976 Cap San Diego.jpg|Aerial view of the museum ship "Cap San Diego" in Hamburg
File:20100718 5703 b.JPG|Cap San Diego on Kiel Canal, July 18, 2010
File:Cap San Diego (ship, 1962)-msu-2021-0694-.jpg|Cap San Diego (2021)
References
External links
{{Commons category|IMO 5060794}}
- {{official|http://www.capsandiego.de/}} {{in lang|de}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140826121224/http://bilder-hamburg.info/index.php/Museumsschiffe/Cap-San-Diego Picture of the Cap San Diego]
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Category:Museum ships in Germany
Category:Heritage sites in Hamburg