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ATLANTIC CONVEYOR - IMO 6926036
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Photographer:Dick Nootenboom [ View profile ]
Title:Atlantic Conveyor
Photo Category:Ro/ro
Added:Oct 1, 2009
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Image Resolution:2,721 x 1,974
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14946 GRT; Dwt.: 18146 tons; 738 TEU; loa.: 212,10 m.; Br.: 28,05 m.; Dght.: 9,280 m.; 23,00 knots; Built at: Swan Hunter Shipbuilders Ltd. - Walker Shipyard, Newcastle; Yardno. 2.
02-1982: In requisitation by the British Government because of the Falkland-war.
31-05-1982: Sunk in the South Atlantic after being hit by an Exocet missile during the Falkland-war.
Picture taken on the Mersey early '70 (Old ACL-logo)
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Current name:ATLANTIC CONVEYOR
Vessel Type:Naval/naval Auxiliary Vessel
Gross tonnage:14,946 tons
Summer DWT:18,146 tons
Photos:8 photos by 5 photographers
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The replacement is pretty ordinary. (in my view.) And none of the Atlantic Causeway, which also served in that war: No mention at all on here.
Both the originals were interesting concepts as ships, with their stern access for vehicles & ramped access to upper decks & capable of loading double-decker buses.
I sailed on Causeway on her scrapping voyage to Kaoshiung: 55 days at 7 knots!
For that voyage she was "re-named" ATLANTIC...i.e., they merely painted out "Causeway"!
That's re-naming on the cheap! (although sticking "NEO" between names come pretty cheap too)
Regards.
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