Bremerhaven was a German fishing trawler that was built in 1929 as Ernst Kühling.

The engine was built by the Ottensener Maschinenbau GmbH, Altona, Germany.

[1] Ernst Kühling was built as yard number 270 by the Schiffswerft von Henry Koch, AG, Lübeck, Germany for the Hochseefischerei Julius Weeting AG, Bremerhaven, Germany.

The fishing boat registration BX 193 was allocated,[3] as were the Code Letters OVLS.

On 10 November, she was placed under the management the Nordsee Deutsche Hochsee Fisherei Bremen-Cuxhaven AG.