"Bibby Altona" Floatel (Hamburg)

Germany / Hamburg / Hamburg
 ship, hostel, accommodation, historical layer / disappeared object
BIBBY ALTONA was built in 1993 by Neptun Industrie (Rostock) G.m.b.H. with a tonnage of 8448g and measuring (LxBxH) 94.1 x 26.2 x 22.0 metres. Sister of the Bibby Kalmar she was completed as the Floatel Altona for Grizzly Shipping AB and acquired by Bibby's on 28th February 1995. Renamed Bibby Altona, with accommodation for 620 persons and flying the Bahamian flag, she was stationed in Hamburg on a contract with the City of Hamburg to accommodate refugees where she was based till Sept. 2006.
Wikipedia article: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibby_Line
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Coordinates:   53°32'38"N   9°55'45"E
This article was last modified 12 years ago