MANCHESTER CHALLENGE - IMO 6817704

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Photographer:

Paul Strathdee [ View profile ]

Captured:

Mar 1, 1975

Title:

Manchester Challenge

Photo Category:

Containerships Built Before 1971

Added:

Feb 24, 2008

Views:

2,545

Image Resolution:

1,104 x 418

Description:

One of the first generation of container ships, MANCHESTER CHALLENGE was built in 1968 at South Bank by Smith's Dock for Manchester Liners and could negotiate the Manchester Ship Canal on service to Canada.
This was taken off Greenock in March 1975 as she waited a berth at Greenock's Container Terminal sharing with the Cory ore carrier QUEENSGARTH just starting to move for upriver passage to Glasgow.

Current name:

SWAN I

Former name(s):

- Msc Susanna (Until 1992 Mar)

- Hung Fu (Until 1989 Jun)

- Ocean Container (Until 1989 Apr)

- Manchester Challenge (Until 1978)

IMO:

6817704

Status:

Dead

Build year: