FLIPPER

IMO number:

7641190

Call sign:

DCVT

MMSI number:

211208420

Flag:

Germany

Port of registry:

Cuxhaven

Registered owner:

Reederei Cassen Eils GmbH, Cuxhaven

Commercial manager:

Reederei Cassen Eils GmbH, Cuxhaven

Shipyard:

Mützelfeldtwerft GmbH, Cuxhaven / 196

Keel laid:

12-02-1976

Launch date:

11-05-1977

Delivery date:

24-05-1977

In service:

24-05-1977

Route:

Cuxhaven-Neuwerk and harbor tours

Gross tonnage:

406

Net tonnage:

159

Deadweight:

51

Length overall:

46.61 M

Length BPP:

42.30 M

Beam:

8.00 M

Depth:

1.75 M

Draught:

1.241 M

Passengers:

499

Main engine:

2x 2x MWM-TBD D601-6K12

Power:

713 kW

Speed in knots:

12

Ship history & data

Ship history data

1977: FLIPPER
DCVT
Norderney / Germany
(24-05-1977)
Owner: Reederei Cassen Eils GmbH & Co. KG, Norderney
Manager: Reederei Cassen Eils GmbH & Co. KG, Norderney
1997: FLIPPER
DCVT
Cuxhaven / Germany
(01-06-1997)
Owner: Reederei Cassen Eils GmbH & Co. KG, Cuxhaven
Manager: Reederei Cassen Eils GmbH & Co. KG, Cuxhaven
2011: FLIPPER
DCVT
Cuxhaven / Germany
(01-09-2011)
Owner: Reederei Cassen Eils GmbH & Co. KG, Cuxhaven
Manager: GBS-Shipmanagement GmbH & Co. KG, Stade

Additional info

12-02-1976:Keel laid.
11-05-1977:Launched.
24-05-1977:Delivered to Reederei Cassen Eils GmbH & Co. KG, Norderney.
In service for daytrips Norderney-Helgioland.
00-10-1977:Extended to 46.61 M (l.o.a.), 412 GT , 297 NT, 581 passengers.
Original: 36.70 M (l.o.a.), 351 GT, 400 passengers.
Re-engined: 2x MWM-TBD D601-6K12, 668 kW.
00-04-1979:In charter Günther Heise, Flensburg.
00-00-1984:Re-engined: 2x MWM-TD 226-6, 713 kW.
00-00-1994:Remeasured: 406 GT, 157 NT, 499 passengers.
20-05-2021:Departed from Cuxhaven to Emden.
21-05-2021:In charter Aktien-Gesellschaft ‘Ems’, Emden, in service Emden-Borkum.
11-06-2021:In service Cuxhaven-Neuwerk and harbor tours.
25-06-2023:On departure from Neuwerk to Cuxhaven ran aground on a sandbank with 385 passengers on board. Passengers had to spend the night in Neuwerk, were brought to Cuxhaven the next day with the “WAPPEN VON BORKUM”. “FLIPPER”was freed at the next high tide.


Latest data adjustment: 21-07-2024