4,437 grt; 635 dwt; 1,800 passengers. Operator: HADAG Seetouristik und Fährdienst AG, Hamburg. Built: 1965 by Howaldtswerke Hamburg AG. Yard no: 973. Propulsion: twin-screw with 2 x vee-12-cylinder, four-stroke MAN V6V40/54 of 10,159 bhp at 353 rpm. Speed: 15 knots. Operating between Hamburg and Heligoland
2007-sold/renamed MERCATOR II with plans to rebuild for cruising. Conversion started but not completed. 2010-to breakers at Esbjerg, Denmark.