ruud
24th October 2006, 16:19
Ahoy,
Sorry but post her here, as the gallery doesn't work by uploading a vessel.
As promised, I will post other scanned piccies, bought on a auction lately, where known the photographers, I will credit them of course, but lots are not known,also because of their age, the collection contains photos from 1925-1958.Some are really historic values, and for that I like to share them, starting in alphabetic order, so with an A.
Hope you will like them, most of them are British vessels, but start with a Danish vessel.
AFRICAN REEFER 1935
Lauritzen-Denmark
1,862 tons
318' x 42'
14 knots Motorship Single Screw
Built at Eltinore,launched as PACIFIC REEFER but delivered as YRSA.
Fruitcarrier 127,000 cu.ft. refrigerated space.
Four passengers.
In 1936 renamed AFRICAN REEFER.
One of new series of refrigerated ships, she was the first Lauritzen vessel to have "REEFER"[refrigerated ship] as part of her name.
She and her sisters sailed world-wide, carrying apples,pears and oranges from South America to Northern Europe,bananas from West Africa, apples and pears from the West Coast of North America.
In 1941 became ROAMER[U.S.MARITIME COMMISSION] as military supply ship.
In 1946 returned to Lauritzen as AFRICAN REEFER
In 1963 scrapped.
Sister[s]:
CANADIAN REEFER 1936-1940
BRAZILIAN REEFER 1936-1971[1941 RIO MENDOZA-Argentina]
CHILEAN REEFER 1936-1941
Note: Will try later to upload the others at the Gallery, so here just an example:
http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/5751/africanreefer1935mediumyf7.jpg
Sorry but post her here, as the gallery doesn't work by uploading a vessel.
As promised, I will post other scanned piccies, bought on a auction lately, where known the photographers, I will credit them of course, but lots are not known,also because of their age, the collection contains photos from 1925-1958.Some are really historic values, and for that I like to share them, starting in alphabetic order, so with an A.
Hope you will like them, most of them are British vessels, but start with a Danish vessel.
AFRICAN REEFER 1935
Lauritzen-Denmark
1,862 tons
318' x 42'
14 knots Motorship Single Screw
Built at Eltinore,launched as PACIFIC REEFER but delivered as YRSA.
Fruitcarrier 127,000 cu.ft. refrigerated space.
Four passengers.
In 1936 renamed AFRICAN REEFER.
One of new series of refrigerated ships, she was the first Lauritzen vessel to have "REEFER"[refrigerated ship] as part of her name.
She and her sisters sailed world-wide, carrying apples,pears and oranges from South America to Northern Europe,bananas from West Africa, apples and pears from the West Coast of North America.
In 1941 became ROAMER[U.S.MARITIME COMMISSION] as military supply ship.
In 1946 returned to Lauritzen as AFRICAN REEFER
In 1963 scrapped.
Sister[s]:
CANADIAN REEFER 1936-1940
BRAZILIAN REEFER 1936-1971[1941 RIO MENDOZA-Argentina]
CHILEAN REEFER 1936-1941
Note: Will try later to upload the others at the Gallery, so here just an example:
http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/5751/africanreefer1935mediumyf7.jpg