The John Edwards Collection
of Ocean Liner Artifacts and Ephemera
Bremen
1929-1941
| Bremen was North German Lloyd's Art Deco liner of the 1930s. On her maiden voyage, 6 July 1929, she averaged 27.83 knots and won the Blue Riband for the fastest westbound Atlantic crossing. She beat her own record on the return, averaging 27.92 knots. However, when her sister ship, Europa, entered service the following year, she took her fleet mate's title away. Bremen won again in June 1933, but then lost it to the Italian Rex two months later. At the outbreak of World War II, on the sweltering evening of 30 August 1939, Bremen slipped her moorings on Manhattan’s West Side, abandoned all caution (including foghorns and running lights), and sailed out of New York Harbor, commencing a dramatic escape run that would challenge the rules for unrestricted warfare at sea. Although she managed to escape to Germany, Bremen was ultimately destroyed by fire in 1941. |
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