M/V Karen Danielsen
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The M/V Karen Danielsen, is a multipurpose container feeder, built in March 1985 by J.J. Sietas KG, at their shipbuilding yard in Hamburg-Neuenfelder, Germany, and labelled a type 111a. This ship is registered as the 970 new-build ship by J.J. Sietas KG.
Chartered 1987 by Herbert Drewes under the name Esperanza. Sold 1988 and renamed to Mánafoss and registered in Antigua. In 1992 it returned to Herbert Drewes and was again renamed to Esperanza and sailed under German flag.
Bought by the Danish shipping company Otto Danielsen (located in Virum, Denmark) December 30, 2002 and renamed M/V Karen Danielsen, but registered under Bahamas flag.
M/V Karen Danielsen crashed into the Danish Great Belt Bridge on March 3, 2005, during a trip from Svendborg to Finland and is currently out of service. The second mate was at the helm during the crash, he was the only fatality, and an autopsy revealed that he was intoxicated with alcohol at the time of the crash. All of its crew members were from Croatia.
