M/S "JUTLANDIA"
- a first generation super container ship of the seventies -
Built by the B&W shipyard - and delivered in 1972 for the East Asiatic Company of Copenhagen.
Page added: 2022-03-03
"JUTLANDIA" represents the first generation super container ships that started to show up on the oceans in the early seventies.
She and her sister ship -the "Selandia" - became the "grandmothers" of the big container ships of our time, and since then Denmark has become the home of the biggest fleet of container ships in the World, and is now according to Lloyd's List the greatest maritime nation in Europe.
Danish ship owners now control about 10 % of the World trade at sea, and that is quite amazing when taking the very small size of the country into consideration.
Also it is quite amazing, that more people in Denmark are now employed by the "Blue Denmark" than in the famous farming sector.
This is a "super ship". "JUTLANDIA" is the second of the "SELANDIA" class from the East Asiatic Company, and when those ships came out, they had the biggest diesel engine plants the world had ever seen,- 80.000 bhp - ,delivered by 3 huge B&W diesel engines.
Also they were the fastest merchant ships on the Oceans in those days. They could do more that 30 knots,- but when I served on her,- the speed was reduced to "only" 26 knots in order to save fuel.
20-35P - "Jutlandia" arrives to the Kwai Chung terminal in Hong Kong -. and I sign on - 27 years of age - Dec. 20. 1973
Jut-1-Frame 21 - M/S "Jutlandia" - here with the pilot boat ready to pick up the pilot - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
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Builders: B & W , Copenhagen
Delivered: 1972
Tonnage: 49.890 tons gross weight
Length overall: 274,6 m.
Breadth: 32,2 m.
Propulsion: 3 pcs. B&W diesels, type K84EF
Service speed: 28.2 knots
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23-30-SB - M/S "Jutlandia" Take note of the split flag. - (Photo- and copyright: Katsten Petersen)
The East Asiatic Company was the only shipping company in Denmark who were allowed to fly this flag,- which is usually used only on government owned ships.
And ,- of course-, also please take note of the ship's impressive bow.
20-46-SB - M/S "Jutlandia" - the stern - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
Now we are in the seventies.
The nicely rounded sterns you see on the ships from the fifties and the sixties are now gone.
It was much easier,- and cheaper-, just to make it like you see on this picture!
Also the beautiful deck sheer disappeared during that time.
23-21-SB - M/S "Jutlandia" - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
The ship appeared massive,- even by to-day's standards.
Ships and sailing NEVER became the same after this.
It is said,- that when the East Asiatic Company introduced "SELANDIA" and "JUTLANDIA" on the Far East run,- those two ships replaced 16 of the traditional cargo ships of the "BORIBANA" and "SAMOA" type.
Not only because they were so much bigger, but also because they were very much faster.
Indeed a sad day for the Far East sailors.
22-27-P - M/S "Jutlandia" - handling containers in Gothenburg - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
23-19-SB - M/S "Jutlandia" - no cranes,- no winches,- only an endless flat steel deck -. Here we are at sea with very little deck cargo,- so that the huge container deck is exposed - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
23-17-SB - M/S "Jutlandia" - the two massive funnels - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
20-47-SB - M/S "Jutlandia" -
Here is the reason why no cranes were needed on "JUTLANDIA".
In the seventies all major ports built container terminals,- with the type of crane you see on this picture.
20-41-SB - Kobe - Here is what it is all about, - containers! - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
20-46-SB - M/S "Jutlandia" - in Kobe, -handling thousands of containers - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
21-38-P - M/S "Jutlandia" - Yokohama night , - the ship never sleeps - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
21-39-P - M/S "Jutlandia" - night operation in Yokohama, - the container deck rapidly filling up - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
21-36-P - M/S "Jutlandia" - at sea again - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
23-20-SB - M/S "Jutlandia" - the mighty bulb cutting through the waves - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
21-33-SB - M/S "Jutlandia" - Here the opposit end of the ship - the stern - and the wake from three propellers - - - - - - - - - - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
21-34-SB - M/S "Jutlandia" - superstructure and funnel casing seen from aft - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
22-22-P - M/S "Jutlandia" - a front view of the massive accomodation - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
22-05-P - M/S "Jutlandia" - through the Panama Canal - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
22-08-P - M/S "Jutlandia" - in the Panama Canal - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
Jut-4-frame-15 - M/S "Jutlandia" - close encounter - Take note of the difference in size between the passing bulk carrier and the huge "Jutlandia" - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
22-29-P - M/S "Jutlandia" - - on open sea, - sailing into the dusk - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
21-28-SB - M/S "Jutlandia" - the wheel house - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
21-40-SB - M/S "Jutlandia" - looking forward - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
21-42-SB - M/S "Jutlandia" - looking aft - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
21-41-SB - M/S "Jutlandia" - and more looking aft, - between the two big funnels - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
NOTE: You can see much more about the "Finest Shipping Company in the World",- the East Asiatic Company of Copenhagen -, at following address www.snesejler.dk where a lot of old EAC sailors like myself have contributed with pictures, stories and memories.
A great site well worth a visit for its historical and cultural content, showing how seaman's life was in the "good old days" - - -
If you want to see more about M/S "Jutlandia" - please go to the next page - JUTLANDIA-2 featuring the mighty engine room - the most powerful engine room in the World on a merchant ship - - -