Roland von Bremen
1966
(Risawoleska RI-178)
- Type: Passenger
- Displacement: 4,391 grt
- Dimensions: 374 x 51.5 x 13.75 ft.
- Machinery: Two Burn & Wainmeister diesels, 3,700 bhp = 14 knots
- Passengers: 1900
- Builder: A/S Helsingors Jernskibs of Maskinbyggeri, Helsingor, Denmark, 1939
- Service: Built as refrigerated cargo vessel M/S Indian Reefer for J. Lauritzen, Denmark. At Santos, Brazil at time of German occupation 1940; laid up at Buenos Aires, Argentina 1941. Incorporated in the Flota Mercante del Estado and renamed Rio Gallegos 1942. Repurchased by Lauritzen and renamed Indian Reefer in 1946. Sold 1966 to Oltmann & Co. and renamed Roland von Bremen. Rebuilt as a passenger ferry at Mariotti, Genoa, and placed in service between Bremerhaven and Helgoland. Sold for scrapping 1985.
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