{"product_id":"berlin-admiral-nakhimov-1925-deck-plan-interiors-brochure-from-disaster-ship","title":"BERLIN\/ADMIRAL NAKHIMOV: 1925 - Deck plan \u0026 interiors brochure from disaster ship","description":"\u003cp\u003eNorth German Lloyd \u0026amp; Black Sea Shipping - A large deck plan from 1930 and a 1950 interiors brochure for the cursed ship BERLIN\/ADMIRAL NAKHIMOV which had the misfortune to hit minefields twice and sink three times, the third causing a massive loss of life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA deck plan dated March 1930 opens to  34\" by 34\" and shows seven decks. All three classes are shown - First, Second, and Third. The ship sailed the Bremerhaven to New York route.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSkipping ahead to 1950 brings us to this fold-out 18\" by 21.5\" Soviet cruise brochure for the ship, now called ADMIRAL NAKHIMOV. The same seven decks are shown in smaller scale but with color-coding for cabin type. Fully open, the brochure reveals a route map of the Black Sea and illustration of the lightly modified ship. Eleven color photos show off cabins and public rooms, all decorated in a dour Kremlin-esque grandma style.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe BERLIN sailed for twenty years without major incidents. But in January 1945, as a rescue ship for Germans fleeing the Russians, the ship hit a minefield. She stayed afloat and was taken under tow. The next day she hit another minefield, and had to be beached as a total loss.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut the ship-starved Soviets saw an opportunity and began raising the liner, only to have it sink again. The second attempt succeeded and the liner was rebuilt as the ADMIRAL NAKHIMOV.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThirty years later the ship was in cruise service on the Black Sea. Just minutes after departing port late at night on August 31, 1986, the ADMIRAL NAKHIMOV was fatally struck broadside by a tanker. Just seven minutes later she sank, taking with her 423 passengers and crew. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVery good condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FR","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52905543139609,"sku":"5494a","price":295.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2236\/1411\/files\/5494a.jpg?v=1785249170","url":"https:\/\/nautiques.net\/products\/berlin-admiral-nakhimov-1925-deck-plan-interiors-brochure-from-disaster-ship","provider":"Nautiques","version":"1.0","type":"link"}