Name: | ATLANTIC CAUSEWAY |
Type: | Container Ship / RoRo |
Launched: | 02/04/1969 |
Completed: | 11/1969 |
Builder: | Swan Hunter & Tyne Shipbuilders Ltd |
Yard: | Walker Naval Yard |
Yard Number: | 1 |
Dimensions: | 14946grt, 7405nrt, 646.0 x 91.8 x 63.6ft |
Engines: | 4 x Steam turbines, DR geared, 38500shp |
Engines by: | Associated Electrical Industries Ltd, Manchester |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 23.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 337229 |
History: | |
11/1969 | Atlantic Container Line Ltd, Liverpool |
1978 | Cunard Steam Ship Co Ltd (Atlantic Container Line, managers), Liverpool |
1986 | Renamed ATLANTIC |
16/08/1986 | Broken up |
Comments: | 1982: Requisitioned for use as transport & support in the Falklands War |
16/08/1986: Broken up at Kaohsiung,Taiwan |
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