MS Hamburg
{{Short description|Cruise ship}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}}
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| infobox caption = yes }} {{Infobox ship image | Ship image = File:Mscolumbus 1.JPG | Ship caption = C Columbus visiting Cork Harbour }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship country = | Ship flag = | Ship name = *1997-2012: C. Columbus | Ship namesake = | Ship owner = Conti Holding GmbH & Co KG, Munich | Ship operator = *1997-2012: Hapag-Lloyd Cruises, Hamburg
| Ship registry = 1996 onwards: Nassau, {{flag|Bahamas|civil}} | Ship route = | Ship ordered = | Ship awarded = | Ship builder = MTW Schiffswerft GmbH, Wismar, Germany | Ship original cost = | Ship laid down = 5 September 1995 | Ship launched = 30 October 1996 | Ship sponsor = | Ship christened = | Ship completed = 17 June 1997 | Ship acquired = | Ship maiden voyage = | Ship in service = 1997– | Ship out of service = | Ship renamed = | Ship identification = *{{IMO number|9138329}}
| Ship fate = | Ship notes = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = {{csr|register=GL|id=93233|shipname=Hamburg|accessdate=15 November 2012}} | Ship type = Cruise ship | Ship tonnage = *{{GT|15,067}}
| Ship displacement = | Ship length = {{convert|144.13|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|21.50|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship height = | Ship draft = {{convert|5.15|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship depth = {{convert|13.25|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship decks = 6 | Ship deck clearance = | Ship ice class = GL E2 | Ship power = 4{{nbsp}}×{{nbsp}}Wärtsilä 6L32 (4{{nbsp}}×{{nbsp}}2,640{{nbsp}}kW) | Ship propulsion = Two controllable pitch propellers | Ship speed = {{convert|16|kn}} | Ship range = | Ship endurance = | Ship capacity = | Ship crew = 170 | Ship notes = }} |
MS Hamburg is a 15,000-ton, 420 passenger, luxury cruise ship owned by the Conti Group and is now operated by Plantours Kreuzfahrten. She was built in 1997, in Wismar, Germany. Her relative small size allows her to transit the Great Lakes in North America, where she cruised seasonally between 1997 and 2011 and again in 2022, as well as other cruises worldwide as travelling the Mediterranean for cultural cruises with Martin Randall Travel, the north Atlantic and at Asia. Her crew consists of 170 members,{{cite web |url=http://www.eurolloyd.com/columbusreview.htm |title=MS Columbus Review |publisher=Euro Lloyd |accessdate=25 February 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090209152752/http://eurolloyd.com/columbusreview.htm |archivedate=9 February 2009 }} and her top speed is 16 knots.{{cite web |url=http://www.eurolloyd.com/Hapag-Lloyd/COLUMBUS.pdf |title=MS Columbus Ship details |publisher=Hapag-Lloyd |accessdate=25 February 2009 |archive-date=19 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090219061953/http://eurolloyd.com/Hapag%2DLloyd/COLUMBUS.pdf |url-status=live }} She was previously known as Columbus for Hapag-Lloyd, she was since replaced by Columbus 2.{{Cite web|url=http://maritimematters.com/2011/04/make-it-a-double-europa/|title=Make It A Double, EUROPA!|website=Maritime Matters|access-date=7 April 2011|archive-date=10 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110410160053/http://maritimematters.com/2011/04/make-it-a-double-europa/|url-status=live}}
In 2024, a new livery and logo were announced.{{cite web | url=https://cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/2024/03/plantours-introduces-new-livery-and-logo/ | title=Plantours Introduces New Livery and Logo - Cruise Industry News | Cruise News }}
Incidents
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In April 2015, the vessel suffered damage due to an oil leak. The following trips were canceled in Tanger.{{cite web |url=http://www.schiffe-und-kreuzfahrten.de/reederei/plantours/ms-hamburg/ms-hamburg-hat-motorschaden-aktuelle-reise-abgebrochen/68958/ |title=MS Hamburg had Motor problems: Current Trip cancelled |date=27 April 2015 |access-date=28 May 2015 |archive-date=28 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528221033/http://www.schiffe-und-kreuzfahrten.de/reederei/plantours/ms-hamburg/ms-hamburg-hat-motorschaden-aktuelle-reise-abgebrochen/68958/ |url-status=live }}
On 5 May 2015, a fishing net became tangled in the ship's propeller off the South East coast of England. The ship was diverted to Southampton to be inspected.
On 11 May 2015, the ship grounded on charted rocks near the New Rocks buoy in the Sound of Mull, Scotland. The official accident report states that Hamburg's bridge team failed to apply Bridge Team Management tools effectively.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/maib-reports/grounding-of-passenger-cruise-ship-hamburg|title=Grounding of passenger cruise ship Hamburg|website=GOV.UK|access-date=17 June 2016|archive-date=16 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616023149/https://www.gov.uk/maib-reports/grounding-of-passenger-cruise-ship-hamburg|url-status=live}}
The ship needed to be repaired at a shipyard in Belfast and at Bremerhaven and would be completed by 10 August 2015. To continue operations, Plantours chartered {{MS|Deutschland}}.{{cite web |url=http://www.plantours-partner.de/media/pdf/PM_PLANTOURS%20KREUZFAHRTEN_%20MS%20Deutschland_final-219-10.pdf |title=MS Deutschland in Service for PLANTOURS Kreuzfahrten |date=May 2015 |access-date=31 May 2015 |archive-date=29 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429120232/https://www.plantours-partner.de/media/pdf/PM_PLANTOURS%20KREUZFAHRTEN_%20MS%20Deutschland_final-219-10.pdf |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url= http://www.plantours-partner.de/media/pdf/PM_PLANTOURS_MS%20Deutschland%202015_Publikum-219-1.pdf |title= MS Deutschland goes successful at extension |publisher= Plantours Kreuzfahrten |date= 9 July 2015 |access-date= 10 July 2015 |archive-date= 10 July 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150710070625/http://www.plantours-partner.de/media/pdf/PM_PLANTOURS_MS%20Deutschland%202015_Publikum-219-1.pdf |url-status= live }}
On 26 November 2021, the MS Hamburg arrived in the Port of Buenos Aires coming from Cape Verde. The port was operating under a new, more restrictive, protocol for ships arriving from Africa, due to the emergence of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant. However, according to Argentine newspaper Clarín, the Argentine authorities thought Cape Verde was in Asia and not in Africa, and let the ship enter the port without applying the correct protocol. According to the same report, the authorities took 12 hours to realize their mistake. The Argentine authorities, however, denied the mistake, stating that all the passengers in the ship were tested for Covid and that the results returned negative.{{cite web |title=Alerta por Ómicron: hubo un caso de Covid en un barco que llegó de África e investigan de qué variante se trata |url=https://www.clarin.com/viajes/sanidad-confundieron-africa-asia-habilitaron-ingreso-crucero-procedente-cabo-verde-control_0_0tdFvvkjE.html |website=Clarín |date=29 November 2021 |access-date=30 November 2021 |language=Spanish |archive-date=29 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129233842/https://www.clarin.com/viajes/sanidad-confundieron-africa-asia-habilitaron-ingreso-crucero-procedente-cabo-verde-control_0_0tdFvvkjE.html |url-status=live }}
References
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External links
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