"The Ships"

Ship Photographs
 

Dry Cargo Ships
 
 

M/S "Kota Melur"
- a beautiful old-timer of the Pacific International Line (PIL) of Singapore -
- photographed off Bombay, .- India -, Jan. 1982 -
(Photography by Karsten Petersen)
 
 
 

"Jean Lykes"
- United States freighter from Lykes Lines, - in the English Channel, May 29. 1990 -
(Photography by Karsten Petersen)
 
 
 

"Otto Hahn"
German nuclear powered ship, photographed in Bremerhaven, Germany in 1969.
(Photography by Karsten Petersen)
 
 
 

M/S "Lica Maersk"
Photographed at Panama, 1968
(Photography by Karsten Petersen)
 

Reefer from "Flota Bananera Equatoriana SA" at Panama, 1968
(Photography by Karsten Petersen)
 
 
 

Liberty Ship, - "Gang Xia"   ("Sunset Harbour")
(A real Classic from WW2, now under Chinese Flag, Photographed in Shanghai, China in 1972.)
 
 
 
 

M/S "Kap San Diego"
Museum Ship in Hamburg, Germany.
(Photographed in Hamburg, Germany Sept.28.1995)
 
 
 

"Dagmar Skou"
- well known South American trader, from Denmark, photographed in Callao in July 1981.
(Photography by Karsten Petersen)
 
 
 

Unidentified Japanese Freighter at Anchor.
Photographed "somewhere" in the Far East in 1974.
(Photography by Karsten Petersen)
 
 
 

"Yoshinosan Maru"
 - Japanese Freighter photographed "somewhere" in the Far east in 1974 -
(Photography by Karsten Petersen)
 
 
 

"New Tung Ming"
- Chinese Freighter  photographed in Keelung, Taiwan, 1974 -
(Photography by Karsten Petersen)
 
 

Now follows a series of great ships from the misty past, photographed in the port of Kaohsiung, Taiwan during 1974.
You do not see this type of ship anymore, but in the seventies they were quite common, - and a joy to look at!

Magnificent old cargo sdhip flying the Panama Flag -, photographed in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 1974.
(Photography by Karsten Petersen)
 
 
 

"Great Fortune"
- in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 1974 -
(Photography by Karsten Petersen)
 
 
 

Here the "Blue Jade" photographed in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 1974
(Former Australian ship "Woomera".)
- modified with new cranes that does not look good on such an old ship -
(Photography by Karsten Petersen)
 
 
 
 

- but here is an aging freighter with all the original masts and derricks intact - -
In Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 1974.
(Photography by Karsten Petersen)
 
 
 

"Hwa Ling"
- obviously Chinese, but flying the Panama Flag, - in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 1974 -
(Photography by Karsten Petersen)
 
 
 

Unidentified reefer ship of J. Lauritzen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
- photographed in the South China Sea in 1974 -
(Photography by Karsten Petersen)
 
 

"He Ping 38"
- Chinese steamer, - the name means "Peace 38" -
Ex. polish built "Karwia" launched 1956,- renamed "Ho Ping 38" 1957,- "Zhan Dou 38"  1957, - and "He Ping 38 in 1986.
- Photographed off Shanghai, - China -, in Dec. 1986 -
(Photography by Karsten Petersen)'
 

M/S "Floret"
- passing the Panama Canal at Gaillards Cut in March 1985 -
(Photography by Karsten Petersen)
 

M/S "Floret"
- passing Gaillards Cut in the Panama Canal -
- photographed from "Constructors Hill" in March 1985 -
(Photography by Karsten Petersen)
 

M/S "Floret"
- in the middle of Gaillards Cut, - Panama Canal -
(Photography by Karsten Petersen)
 

M/S "Floret"
- finally through "The Cut" between "Gold Hill" and "Constructors Hill" -
(Photography by Karsten Petersen)
 
 

M/S "Saudi Palm"
- former German "Burgenstein" of Norddeutcher Lloyds, - here owned by Saudi Arabia -
- photographed off Bombay, - India -, Jan. 1982 -
(Photography by Karsten Petersen)
 

M/S "Saudi Palm"
- former German "Burgenstein" of Norddeutcher Lloyds, - here owned by Saudi Arabia -
- photographed off Bombay, - India -, Jan. 1982 -
(Photography by Karsten Petersen)
 
 

Freighter "Macedon" off the Australian coast.
- photographed in April 1985-
(Photography by Karsten Petersen)
 
 

Freighter "Macedon" off the Australian coast.
- photographed in April 1985-
(Photography by Karsten Petersen)
 

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