"The Ships"
Ship Photos
Container Ships
1977-12-066
"Falstria"
(Note: This could also be her
sister ship "Meonia", - but I'm not sure.)
Container ship of the East
Asiatic Company, Copenhagen, Denmark
launched 1971, 18.002 tons
deadweight, - dimentions: 637 x 85,2 x 45,3 feet, - B&W diesel, 27.300
bhp, 22,3 knots
Photographed between San Francisco
and Los Angeles in 1977
(Photography by Karsten Petersen ©)
1977-12-066
"Falstria"
Another one of the "Falstria",
- which was the first ocean-going container ship built in Denmark.
(Photography by Karsten Petersen ©)
"Korrigan"
Built in Germany in 1973 for
French flag, - here photographed off Hong Kong 1976.
DWT.: 49904, - LOA.: 288,6
m, - Beam: 32,3 m, - Speed: 26,5 knots
Rebamed: 1992 "CGM Korrigan",
- 1995 "Nedlloyd Korrigan", - 1998 "Korrigan" and then scrapped in 1998.
(Photography by Karsten Petersen ©)
"Korrigan"
- another picture off "Korrigan"
off Hong Kong in 1976 -
(Photography by Karsten Petersen ©)
"Mærsk Tempo"
- feeder container ship of
A.P. Møller , Cobenhagen, Denmark -
Photographed in Hong Kong,
1977
(Photography by Karsten Petersen ©)
"Mærsk Tempo"
- another picture of "Mærsk
Tempo, - photographed in the South China Sea 1977 -
(Photography by Karsten Petersen ©)
"Neptune Jade"
- photographed in the South
China Sea, 1981 -
(Photography by Karsten Petersen ©)
"Tokio Express"
- photographed in Malacca Strait,
1981 -
(Photography by Karsten Petersen ©)
"Clara Mærsk"
Built as refrigerated cargo
ship in 1968 for Maersk Line, - Copenhagen, Denmark -, and converted to
container ship in 1980.
DWT.: 14164, - LOA.: 170,6
m, - Beam: 24,5 m, - Propulsion: Diesel - 22,5 knots
Renamed "TFL Adams" in 1984,
- "Clara Maersk" in 1986, - "Yi He" in 1988, - Scrapped in China in 2004.
- photographed in the Red Sea,
1981 -
(Photography © Karsten Petersen)
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"Clara Maersk"
- another photo of "Clara Maersk"
in the Red Sea in 1981
(Photography © Karsten Petersen)
"American Leader"
- photographed in the Atlantic
Ocean 1982 -
(Photography by Karsten Petersen ©)
1980-14-056
"Axel Mærsk"
Danish Container Ship
Photographed during a Panama
Canal pasage in Dec. 1980.
(Photography by Karsten Petersen ©)
1980-14-057
"Axel Mærsk"
Danish Container Ship
Photographed during a Panama
Canal pasage in Dec. 1980.
(Photography by Karsten Petersen ©)
1980-14-059
"Axel Mærsk"
Danish Container Ship
Photographed during a Panama
Canal pasage in Dec. 1980.
(Photography by Karsten Petersen ©)
1972-08-071
A "MINI" class feeder container
ship.
Photographed "somewhere" in
the Far East in 1972
(Photography © Karsten Petersen)