M/V Gabriele Wehr


Gabriele Wehr.
M/V Gabriele Wehr. Courtesy Ian Boyle.

Gabriele Wehr is a RoRo cargo ship built in 1978 for Oscar Wehr Transport, in order to charter her to other companies. She is one of 5 sister ships built in the late-70s.

She was chartered between 1988 and 1989 by Brittany Ferries. During this period, Gabriele Wehr operated freight-only services on the popular Ouistreham - Portsmouth route.

Renamed Ramine, she was broken up in 2013, after having been chartered out to several operators among which Brittany Ferries and P&O European Ferries (1989 – 1992 & 1993 – 1999).

Technical Datas of M/V Gabriele Wehr
M/V Gabriele Wehr (1988- 1989)
The Ship
Launch 1978 
Shipyard Rickmers Werft, Bremerhaven, Germany 
Owner Oscar Wehr Transport 
Operator Brittany Ferries 
Routes Ouistreham (FRA) - Portsmouth (GBR)
Technical Datas
Length 141.31 m 
Breadth 17.43 m 
Draught 05.23 m 
Tonnage
Gross Tonnage 7,365 GT 
Engines specifications
Engines 2 Krupp-MaK 8M453 engines 
Speed 17.50 knots (service) 
Passengers & Cargo
Passengers Capacity No passengers - 12 crew members only 
Garage Linear Length 1,148 lane meters 

References

  • "M/F Ranine". In The Ferry Site, Koefoed-Hansen, M., 2015. [retrieved 15th August 2015]. Available at www.ferry-site.dk ;
  • "Brittay Ferries". In Simplon Postcards, Boyle, I., 2008. [retrieved the 30th August 2015]. Available at www.simplonpc.co.uk.