Manchester Liners C class

Manchester Liners C class

The Manchester Concorde

Ship data Ship type Container Ship Shipyard Smith's Dock, Middlesbrough

Ship dimensions and crew length 161.27 m ( Lüa ) 151.95 m ( Lpp ) width 19.44 m Side height 14.64 m Draft Max. 8.97 m measurement 12,040 GRT, 7340 NRT

Machine system machine 2 × Pielstick 18-cylinder four-stroke diesel engine Machine performance 12,048 kW (16,381 hp) Top speed 19.5 kn (36 km / h) propeller 1 × controllable pitch propeller

Transport capacities Load capacity 12,320 dw Container 936 TEU

The 1968 than C-Class built ship class of the British shipping company Manchester Liners was a series of four container ships of the second generation. The units were among the first British container ships at the time.

history

The series of this type of ship from the Smiths Dock Company shipyard in Middlesbrough initially consisted of four units of the original C-Class, which were followed by two identical replicas in 1974.

The first four ships served the shipping company's Europe-North America service from 1968, the two replicas were initially chartered for four years to the shipping company China Navigation Company and used in Asia on their Australian Asian Express Line.

Not long after the parent company Furness, Withy & Co. was taken over by CY Tung in 1980, and with the incorporation of Manchester Liners into the parent company, the company lost its former independence. The C-class ships were sold from 1978 to 1982 and the shipping company was discontinued in 1988.

technology

The full container ships had superstructures arranged aft above the machinery. The five holds were equipped with cell guides and closed with 14 hatches . The units did not have their own loading gear. Because of the sailing area, the ships had an ice class and an ice observation cabin with a camera in the front mast. Notable details were maintenance corridors that led to the front below deck or a separate hatch with two parking spaces in front of the deck superstructure for a provisions and a spare parts container, which were renewed every trip.

The propulsion system consisted of two Pielstick 18PC2V-400 eighteen-cylinder four-stroke V-shaped engines built by Crossley in Manchester, which operated via hydraulic clutches on a common variable pitch propeller . Their output of around 12,000 kilowatts allowed the ships to travel at 19.5 knots. The on-board energy was provided by four auxiliary diesels. In Manchester, the ships were supplied with electricity via shore connections while the machinery was maintained and repaired.

The ships

Manchester Liners C class
Building name	Shipyard / construction number	IMO number	Client	Commissioning	Later names	Whereabouts
Manchester Challenge	Smith's Dock / 1294	6817704	?	October 1968	1978 Ocean Container , 1989 Hang Fu , 1989 MSC Susanna , 1992 Swan I	Demolition in Chittagong from May 25, 1993
Manchester Courage	Smith's Dock / 1295	6825878	Manchester Liners	1969	1979 Pacific Container , 1989 MSC Marina , 1992 City Of Limassol	Canceled in Alang on April 28, 1992
Manchester Concorde	Smith's Dock / 1296	6906464	Nile SS Co.	May 1969	1981 Char Lian	Scrapped in Kaohsiung from December 14, 1983
Manchester Crusade	Smith's Dock / 1315	7034347	Nile SS Co.	March 1971	1982 Char Che	Scrapped in Kaohsiung from December 2, 1983
Manchester Renown	Smith's Dock / 1326	7341295	Manchester Liners	May 1974	1974 Asian Renown , 1978 Manchester Renown , 1982 Ratih , 1990 OOCL Amity , 1993 Ratih	Scrapped in 1995
Manchester Reward	Smith's Dock / 1327	7341300	Manchester Liners	October 1974	1974 Asian Reward , 1978 Manchester Reward , 1979 Seatrain Norfolk , 1979 TFL Reward , 1980 Manchester Reward , 1982 RR Ratna , 1991 OOCL Award , 1997 Award I.	Canceled from July 31, 1997 in Chittagong
Data:

Web links

• Review of the C-Class (English)
• Review of the C-Class (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Construction list of the shipyard (English)
2. ↑ List of ships of the shipping company (English)
3. ^ Lloyd's Register of Shipping