Shipbucket

First for 2012

The Egyptian Reefer was built for a French company, Cie. Coloniale de Navigation S.A., Paris as Francine, but because of currency exchange restrictions was delivered to a Danish based company, one that was a joint Franco-Danish company managed by A.P Moller (yes the Maersk parent company). After 6 monthes in service the ships was sold to J. Lauritzen as Arabian Reefer, and was renamed again to Egyptian Reefer, after only 3 days. During WW2 she was under the Brazilian flag, with the proviso that J. Lauritzen can buy her back after the war. After the war the ship served the company till 1961 when sold to Taiyo Gyogyo, Tokio as a fish carrier and scrapped in 1968.
And now the ship herself

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Thank you Kim for the crest

"Never fear to try on something new. Remember that the Titanic was built by professionals, and the Ark by an amateur"

Niiice

Nice to see a danish ship as 2012 debutant and - as we expect from you Novice - in usual high quality

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Work in progress:
DD County Class PNS Babur (1982)(PAK)
FF Type 21 Class D182 PNS Babur (2000)(PAK)
All relevant Coat of Arms

The Reefer is perfect,as usual.Though,I said before,I love to see a T2 tanker here.

Very nice.

Simple and cute

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I very much appreciate all the work the various artists have
done in this category. Most books will illustrate only the most
famous ships (Bismarck, Hood, Yamato, Titanic, Aircraft Carriers,
some Cruisers, maybe Lusitania or Queen Mary I or Queen
Elizabeth I). The vast majority of ships on the high seas are
merchant ships. They carried most of the troops and all of the
guns/ammo/vehicles in WWI and WWII, and yet remain the
unsung heroes of naval history. Thank you for bringing them
to life in full color.

The motor ship Kedoe was built by Burmeister & Wain for a Swedish company, but while building was bought by Rotterdam Lloyd. Serving in company's service to the far east, she was in Gibraltar on 10 May 1940. The ship than served as a transport untill the end of WW2, and than returned to her owner's service, and was sold for breaking-up in 1954. The breakers found her to be in good condition, and so sold the ship for further trading to Cuban company which registered the ship in Panama under the name of Havana. As Havana the the former Kedoe was broken up in 1961.

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Thank you Kim for the crest

"Never fear to try on something new. Remember that the Titanic was built by professionals, and the Ark by an amateur"

Hmm, interesting story. I wonder who the original "breakers" were: Japan had a burgeoning scrapping industry at the time but since this was feeding a burgeoning shipbuilding industry I don't see them reselling a ship when a new one means more jobs and money.

Breakers were Hendrik Ido Ambacht, and they re-sold the ship. As mentioned she was finally broken-up in Belgium.

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Thank you Kim for the crest

"Never fear to try on something new. Remember that the Titanic was built by professionals, and the Ark by an amateur"