Liverpool Bay Cardigan Bay Tokyo Bay Kowloon Bay Osaka Bay
The ships of the Liverpool Bay class , sometimes also called Tokyo Bay class , were commissioned by Overseas Containers Limited in early 1972 as the first ships of the third generation of full container ships .
The ship design of these newbuildings of the OCL went back to Marshall Meek, the chief shipbuilding engineer and director of the Blue Funnel / Ocean Fleets construction department belonging to the OCL and was based on the experience gained through the Encounter Bay class . The two-screw turbine ships with Panama Canal dimensions without stern with bulbous bow and transom stern belong to the so-called open ships , the cargo hold openings of which do not leave much space on deck for the upper structural bond. The superstructures and the engine room are located between the sixth and seventh hold. The eight rooms in cells accommodate 1086 20-foot containers and 418 40-foot containers. Three layers of 352 TEU each can be operated on the upper deck. The ship type is driven by two Stal-Laval geared turbines , each of which is supplied by a Foster-Wheeler boiler with a steam output of 145 tons per hour. Power is supplied by two 1250 kW diesel generators and two 2500 kW turbo generators. There is also a 165 kW emergency power generator on board. Two bow thrusters, each with 1000 HP output, with controllable pitch propellers and a fin stabilization system contribute to the improvement of maneuverability and the better sea behavior of the ship type.
K. Dreßler: Yearbook of Shipping 1974 . transpress VEB Verlag for Transport, Berlin, p. 99
M. Meek, R. Adams, C. Chapman, H. Reibel, P. Wieske: The Structural Design of the OCL Container Ships . In: Ship and Harbor . tape23 , no.8 . Seehafenverlag, August 1971, p.614-615 .
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