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- M/S "JUTLANDIA" -
- a first generation super
container ship of the seventies -
Built by the B&W shipyard
for the East Asiatic Company of Copenhagen.
"JUTLANDIA" represents the first
generation super container ships that started to show up on the oceans
in the early seventies.
She and her sister ship
-the "Selandia" - became the "grandmothers" of the big container ships
of our time, and since then Denmark has become the home of the biggest
fleet of container ships in the World, and is now according to Lloyd's
List the greatest maritime nation in Europe.
Danish ship owners now control
about 10 % of the World trade at sea, and that is quite amazing when taking
the very small size of the country into consideration.
Also it is quite amazing, that
more people in Denmark are now employed by the "Blue Denmark" than in the
famous farming sector.
This is a "super ship".
"JUTLANDIA" is the second
of the "SELANDIA" class from the East Asiatic Company, and when those
ships came out, they had the biggest diesel engine plants the world had
ever seen,- 75.000 bhp - ,delivered by 3 huge B&W diesel engines.
Also they were the fastest
merchant ships on the Oceans in those days.
They could do more that 30
knots,- but when I served on her,- the speed was "only" 26 knots in order
to save fuel.
M/S "Jutlandia"
-a VERY impressing ship approaching
the container terminal in Hong Kong -
(Photography by Karsten Petersen)
M/S "Jutlandia"
- here with the pilot boat
ready to pick up the pilot -
(Photography by Karsten Petersen)
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Builders: B & W , Copenhagen
Delivered:
1972
Tonnage: 49.890
tons gross weight
Length overall:
274,6 m.
Breadth: 32,2 m.
Propulsion: 3 pcs. B&W
diesels, type K84EF
Service speed:
28.2 knots
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M/S "Jutlandia"
Take
note of the split flag.
The East Asiatic Company was the
only shipping company in Denmark who were allowed to fly this flag,- which
is usually used only on government owned ships. And ,- of course-, also
please take note of the ship's impressive bow.
(Photography by Karsten Petersen)
M/S "Jutlandia"
- the stern -
(Photography by Karsten Petersen)
Now we are in the seventies.
The nicely rounded sterns you
see on the ships from the fifties and the sixties are now gone.
It was much easier,- and cheaper-,
just to make it like you see on this picture! Also the beautiful deck sheer
disappeared during that time.
M/S "Jutlandia"
(Photography by Karsten Petersen)
The ship appeared massive,- even by to-day's
standards. Ships and sailing NEVER became the same after this.
It is said,- that when the East Asiatic
Company introduced "SELANDIA" and "JUTLANDIA" on the Far East run,- those
two ships replaced 16 of the traditional cargo ships of the "BORIBANA"
and "SAMOA" type.
Not only because they were so much bigger,
but also because they were very much faster.
Indeed a sad day for the Far East sailors.
M/S "Jutlandia"
- handling containers in Gothenburg
-
(Photography by Karsten Petersen)
M/S "Jutlandia"
- no cranes,- no winches,-
only an endless flat steel deck -.
Here we are at sea with very
little deck cargo,- so that the huge container deck is exposed.
(Photography by Karsten Petersen)
M/S "Jutlandia"
- the two massive funnels -
(Photography by karsten Petersen)
M/S "Jutlandia"
Here is the reason why no cranes
were needed on "JUTLANDIA".
In the seventies all major
ports built container terminals,- with the type of crane you see on this
picture.
(Photography by Karsten Petersen)
Kobe
- here is what it is all about,
- containers! -
(Photography by Karsten Petersen)
M/S "Jutlandia"
- in Kobe, -handling thousands
of containers -
(Photography by Karsten Petersen)
M/S "Jutlandia"
- Yokohama night , - the ship
never sleeps -
(Photography by Karsten Petersen)
M/S "Jutlandia"
- night operation in Yokohama,
- the container deck rapidly filling up -
(Photography by Karsten Petersen)
M/S "Jutlandia"
- at sea again -
(Photography by Karsten Petersen)
M/S "Jutlandia"
- the mighty bulb cutting the
waves -
(Photography by Karsten Petersen)
M/S "Jutlandia"
- the wake from three propellers
-
(Photography by Karsten Petersen)
M/S "Jutlandia"
- superstructure and funnel
casing seen from aft -
(Photography by Karsten Petersen)
M/S "Jutlandia"
- a front view of the massive
accomodation -
(Photography by Karsten Petersen)
M/S "Jutlandia"
- through the Panama Canal
-
(Photography by Karsten Petersen)
M/S "Jutlandia"
- in the Panama Canal -
(Photography by Karsten Petersen)
M/S "Jutlandia"
- close encounter -
Take note of the difference
in size between the passing bulk carrier and the huge "Jutlandia" -
(Photography by karsten Petersen)
M/S "Jutlandia"
- an open sea, - sailing into
dusk -
(Photography by Karsten Petersen)
M/S "Jutlandia"
- the wheel house -
(Photography by Karsten Petersen)
M/S "Jutlandia"
- looking forward -
(Photography by Karsten Petersen)
M/S "Jutlandia"
- looking aft -
(Photography by Karsten Petersen)
M/S "Jutlandia"
- and more looking aft, - between
the two big funnels -
(Photography by karsten Petersen)
NOTE: You can see much
more about the "Finest Shipping Company in the World",- the East Asiatic
Company of Copenhagen -, at following address www.snesejler.dk
where a lot of old EAC sailors like myself have contributed with pictures,
stories and memories. A great site well worth a visit for its historical
and cultural content, showing how seaman's life was in the "good old days"
- - -
Click HERE
for "JUTLANDIA", part 2 ,- the most impressive engine room -
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