Passenger Ship FRITZ HECKERT passing Rendsburg/Kiel Canal eastbound | Photo: 05/1970 | © Hans-Wilhelm Delfs, Kiel
IMO: 5121835 | Call sign: DAYO | Classification Society: DSRK | Flag: German Democratic Republic/Rostock |
GT 8.115 | NT 3.654 | dwt 1.923 | Crew: 181 - passengers 379 ||
Loa 141,30 m | Lpp 125,00 m | Br 17,60 m | Draught 5,56 m |
Engine: 2 x VEB Dieselmotorenwerk Rostock – Diesel – 4.600 bhp and 2 x VEB Turbinenfabrik, Dresden gas turbines later replaced by Sigma Venissieux turbines – 5.400 BHP – 17 kn
Shipbuilder: VEB Mathias-Thesen-Werft, Wismar – keellaying 28.11.1959 – launching 25.06.1960 – delivery 04/1961 |
Owner: VEB Deutsche Seereederei, Rostock |
Historical data:
FRITZ HECKERT (1961-1964) - FDGB - Freier Deutsche Gewerkschaftsbund, Rostock
FRITZ HECKERT (1964-1973) - VEB Deutsche Seereederei, Rostock
1970 decommissoned
1971/72 as an accommodation ship to Volkswerft, Stralsund
later until 22.04.1991 accommodation ship Kernkraftwerk Lubmin (nuclear power plant)
GULF FANTASY (1991-1999) - as a hotelship in Dubai/United Arab Emirates
04.03.1999 broken up Mumbai