Photo Gallery 11th August 2015

Photo Gallery of Yesterday – Early Containerships at Southampton

by Nigel Lawrence (Editor)

Although container ships started operating in the USA in the late 1950s, it was the early 1970s before they became regular visitors to Southampton. Here we look at some of the early vessels of that type to visit the port.

All photographs are courtesy of Don Smith/www.phototransport.com

The 15,351grt Atlantic Cognac of Atlantic Container Line in Southampton Water on 17th September 1977. She was built in 1970 by La Ciotat CN for CGT. On 30th March 1985 she arrived at Santander to be broken up by Desbar. ACL was formed in 1965 by a consortium of five shipping companies, Wallenius Lines, Swedish America Line, The Transatlantic Steamship Company and Holland America Line. These were joined by Cunard and CGT in 1967. She could carry 1,200 TEU. Photo: PhotoTransport

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