ACL G2 series

**ACL G2 series**
	The Atlantic Conveyor in the Falklands
Ship data
associated ships	6th
Ship type	ConRo ship
Shipping company	Atlantic Container Line, Southampton
Construction period	1968 to 1970
Cruising areas	Transatlantic service
Ship dimensions and crew
length	212.10 m ( Lüa )
width	28.05 m
Draft	Max. 9.27 m
measurement	14,946 GRT , 7408 NRT
Machine system
machine	4 × steam turbine
Machine ; performance	28,721 kW (39,050 hp)
Top ; speed	23.0 kn (43 km / h)
propeller	1 × fixed propeller
Transport capacities
Load capacity	18146 dwt
Container	1200 TEU
Others
Others
annotation
Data	Atlantic causeway

The G2 series was a series of ConRo ships of the shipping company consortium Atlantic Container Line . The six ships were built in 1968/69 at four different shipyards and could transport containers and RoRo cargo at the same time .

The ships

ACL G2 series
Building name	Shipyard / construction number	IMO number	delivery	Client	Later names and whereabouts
Atlantic causeway	Swan Hunter & Tyne Shipbuilders Ltd / 1	6913106	November 1969	The Cunard Steamship Company, Liverpool	Used in the Falklands War from May 1982 and then hung up in Liverpool, arrived in Kaohsiung on August 16, 1986 for demolition
Atlantic Crown	Ateliers et Chantiers de Dunkerque / 269	6912126	December 12, 1969	Nederlandsche Amerikaansche Stoomvaart Maatschappij (Holland America Lijn), Rotterdam	To crash in at Desguaces Aviles in on April 20, 1985 de San Esteban Pravia arrived
Atlantic Champagne	Chantiers de l'Atlantique / N24	7002514	December 1969	Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, Le Havre	Arrived at Desbar in Santander for demolition on March 14, 1985
Atlantic Cinderella	Ateliers et Chantiers de Dunkerque / 270	6926505	February 1970	Wallenius Container Line, Bremen	Launched in 1984 in Jacksonville, arrived at the Chi Shun Hua Steel Company in Kaohsiung on January 19, 1986 for demolition
Atlantic Conveyor	Swan Hunter & Tyne Shipbuilders Ltd / 2	6926036	March 1970	The Cunard Steamship Company, Liverpool	Used in the Falklands War from April 1982, hit there on May 25, 1982 by an Argentine Exocet missile and burned out, killing twelve crew members. Sunk on May 28th.
Atlantic cognac	Chantiers Navales de la Ciotat / 254	7004366	May 1970	Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, Le Verdon	Arrived at Desbar in Santander for demolition on March 30, 1985
Data: Equasis, large tonnage