Aha, I didn't dig deep enough. Did not find the first "Consul Horn" as she has no type number. Thanks for the update!

@PH,, nothing wrong with your point of view, just never heard that term for reefers. But special those smaller reefers under 200.000 cbft were often used in the N-EU -W-afrika trade and then sailed on to ARG and had down there 4-5 ports, like P.Mardyn and such and then straight back to Canal-range. I did still in 2002 a trip like that with the MV'INCA' from TuH running in the Seatrade pool at that time. Not unsusual at all to go around the world with such vessels.

@ Jens Boldt: "My" CONSUL HORN was launched 16.5.1957, Sietas-Yard No. 416. and wrecked 3nm N Cape Juby 18.12.63 [Haifa-Freetown] & BU San Fernando, Spain 6.71. She was the first "Hoernchen". --- "Your" CONSUL HORN was laid down with Sietas-Yard-No 599. Should not be confused with Yard-No. 416. --- @ Capt. Ted: Thanks for your statement. Have checked your query. As per my own knowledge (argentine-Hamburg-Finland meat trade) transshipments of refrigerated cargo was usual until 1970 with high risk of "breaking the temperature chain". Later reefer containers came in use. But: Finally i will accept your point of view. Regards Peter

Interesting that ships of this size sailed world wide, directly port to port, even the smaller ones (not suitable for bigger ships.)

Reefer-feeder,,that,s the first time I hear that term in my 40 years of sailing. I worked on reefer ships of similar size and we sailed world wide, not just to bigger ports/facility as feeder. Special in Argentina where smaller ships could go into small ports and sometimes loaded only 100 pallets in those ports, but often also specialized things like lobster tails and such and sailed back with the entire cargo to N-EU ports not to bigger ports and off loading there again . But a reefer-feeder as a term like today the term for container feeders did not exist to my knowledge.

Hi Peter, from what I've found "Consul Horn" never traded in the "Hörnchen" fleet - she was launched as "Consul Horn" but shortly before completion she was sold to Blue Pieter Steamship Co., St. John's (Canada) and was delivered as "Blue Spruce"... Furthermore "Consul Horn" was launched on December 30, 1966, and delivered on February 18, 1967...

Cheers,
Jens

Ursula Horn seems to be quite a Lady, just enough painting, beautiful and "clean" lines and curves, flags in the top, no "plimsoll mark" visible, "White faced", open eyes. Good-looking. With a crew who took care of her.

She was a reefer, not a fishing vessel.
The owner of the "Hoernchens" was H. C. Horn (1956-1969; in 69 merged with Hamburg-Sued; not to be confused with "Horn-Linie"). With his little reefers (today we say "Feeder") Heinz Horn established a worldwide special reefer-feeder-service to transshipment ports to bigger oversea reefers. Ships had a 3 x 8 hrs-watch-system. All ships where built by Sietas from 1957 to 1961: "Consul Horn", "Therese Horn", "Ingrid Horn", "Hilde Horn", "Dora Horn", "Stadt Schleswig", "Heinz Horn", "Marie Horn", "Irmgard Horn", "Ursula Horn", "Harald Horn", "Caroline Horn", "Luise Horn". Regards Peter

PS: Ursula Horn was broken up in Spain in 1989...

Wonderful photo and ship. She was the first of Sietas' type 13 reefers.
She had four sisters:

Fjell Reefer (IMO 5265502), built 1960, broken up at Gadani in 2003
Harald Horn (IMO 5142645), built 1960, broken up at Auckland in 1984
Caroline Horn (IMO 5064805), built 1960, broken up at Perama in 1987
Luise Horn (IMO 5214537), built in 1961, total loss in the Red Sea 1978

Cheers,
Jens

Among german seamen they were also known as the "Hörnchen Flotte" (little Horn fleet??? hope the translation meets the point...) to distinguish them from the Horn - Linie. Horn - Linie running a liner service with general cargo vessels to the west indies and southamerican west coast. The "Hörnchen reefers" belonged to the Hamburg-Süd group.
Reg Jürgen

Beautiful accommodation on this Sietas' classic.