SS Bremen German Liner 1929-1941
Jun.01, 2010 in
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Dedicated to the great passenger liner SS Bremen, the ship that took the Blue Riband from the mighty RMS Mauretania in 1929. She was set afire by a drunken sailor in 1941 while berthed in Bremerhaven during World War Two Soundtrack: Going Home by Mary Fahl (Gods and Generals soundtrack)
June 1st, 2010 at 8:45 am
I am appalled that Bremen’s own crewman would killed her. would have been better to be sunk then burn & scrap. Bremen!!
June 1st, 2010 at 9:26 am
Reason why we don’t have such ships arround anymore is change in values. In those days such ships were PRIDE of the country, now they mean only business. Greed and money slowly destroys this world.
June 1st, 2010 at 10:17 am
Willembrock – thank you so much for this stirring tribute to a great old lady. I had just sat down this evening to start Chapter 3 of Herman Wouk’s “The Winds of War”. Pug and Rhoda Henry are about to set sail for Germany on the S. S. Bremen. I wanted to see what she looked like and stumbled upon this video from a Google search. Thank you for showing her in all her glory. Those were the days and old romantics like me wish I’d been born 60 years earlier. Thanks. Good work.
June 1st, 2010 at 10:23 am
The modern day cruise ships are hideous, I love the old ocean liner look to them, they are so beautiful.
June 1st, 2010 at 10:54 am
I wasn’t even born yet, when all those famous ships went on their maiden voyage but somehow I miss the golden age of the ocean liners. Why can’t we turn back the clock – even only for one day? Very nice video and great music, even it makes me sad.
June 1st, 2010 at 11:43 am
Also the Rex incorperates a counter-stern, while the Bremen possessed more of the cruiser type.
June 1st, 2010 at 12:31 pm
“Wow, she bears a strong resemblance to the Rex…”
Actually, externally, they are two very different ships, with the Rex having a more raked bow, as well as sporting a more rectilinear superstructure, while that of the Bremen’s is streamlined.
June 1st, 2010 at 12:46 pm
oh ok =)
June 1st, 2010 at 12:59 pm
no…it’s the rex that bears a strong resemblance with the bremen!…the rex had been built five years later. !
June 1st, 2010 at 1:03 pm
there had been 5 Bremens. This is the fourth. The third was a two funnelled coal burner, famous because in 1912 she crossed Titanic debris field the day after the disaster
June 1st, 2010 at 1:13 pm
wow, she bears a strong resemblance to the ss rex, except for the funnel shape and placing
June 1st, 2010 at 1:58 pm
I purchased a lifeboat binnacle from (?) the SS Bremen 30 years ago from an antique dealer who purchased it from a Capt. Young. The dealer associated a date of 1912 with it, Ideas?
June 1st, 2010 at 2:52 pm
The bedroom suite at 3:29 and the ballroom at 4:00 are actually rooms aboard Bremen’s sister ship, Europa.
June 1st, 2010 at 3:33 pm
ich komme aus bremen und die ss bremen wurde in der AG WESER bremen die bremen ist fast so lang wie die titanic die bremen ist breiter als die titanic die ist einfach besser als die titanic die bremen ist schneller als die titanic
June 1st, 2010 at 4:33 pm
From the photographs i have seen, the Bremen was the more modern of the two. The basic shape of the rooms was of course similar, but the Bremen’s Lounge, Smoking Room and Ballroom were clearly Art Deco, and the swimming pool was pure Bauhaus. The Europa was similar, but more conservative, with more neoclassical elements from Dr Troost.
June 1st, 2010 at 4:50 pm
I always thought that there were very few differences between Bremen’s and Europa’s interiors…but in the book “The Liner” by Philip dawson is written that both artists keep themselves far from embracing the Bauhaus artistic movements…Very innovative interiors, but not too much.
June 1st, 2010 at 5:40 pm
The Bremen had the better, more modern interiors. Europa’s interiors were designed by Troost, who was conservative and old – and it showed. Bremen was an Art Deco and Bauhaus triumph.
June 1st, 2010 at 6:01 pm
Thank you for this poignant musical tribute to a great giant of the past whose memory eclipses that of the politicians who did not understand. I served in Bremerhaven as a general surgeon, and, as a hobby, took organ lessons in Bremen. Two cities of your story. Vielen Dank.
June 1st, 2010 at 6:47 pm
they just ships not big but they need to know we care i cried at this video i never cried at a ship video before sad end my she never be forgotton i suriously cired my eyes out good video
June 1st, 2010 at 7:29 pm
Definately the better of the pair.apparently the comments on the interior are true!bar that domed lounge!Awatea anyone?Shame though…
June 1st, 2010 at 7:32 pm
whats the name of the song?good viedeo i love ships like her
June 1st, 2010 at 8:02 pm
I’ve always been fascinated by the Bremen’s perilous voyage from New York back to Bremerhaven (via Murmansk and the Norwegian coastline) in 1939, and three years ago, a terrific book came out about it. It’s called “Shadow Voyage,” by Peter A. Huchthausen, and I enjoyed it so much I wrote the author a fan letter on actual stationery from the ship. (And he never responded!) It’s available on Amazon–check out the uniformly good reviews. Alas, it makes her torching in 1941 all the more tragic.
June 1st, 2010 at 8:39 pm
Well done.
June 1st, 2010 at 8:57 pm
ein paarmal hat sich das Schwesterschiff Europa “eingeschlichen” – tut aber der gelungenen Collage keinen Abbruch.
Die Bremen war in einigen Details noch etwas eleganter als ihre weitgehend identische Schwester.
June 1st, 2010 at 9:14 pm
Hammer, was für ein Video!!!
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