- China Trader "Emma Jebsen" -03
At work
1972-06-082 "Emma Jebsen" The bulb cutting waves on the Maiden Voyage, July 1972. - (Photography by Karsten Petersen ©)
1972-06-082 "Emma Jebsen" The bulb cutting waves on the Maiden Voyage, July 1972 - (Photography by Karsten Petersen ©)
972-06-083 M/S "Emma Jebsen" The bulb - (Photography by Karsten Petersen ©)
1972-06-086 M/S "Emma Jebsen" - counting the miles, -a good, old fashioned Walker "Cherub" log -, July 1972. - (Photography by Karsten Petersen ©)
1972-06-090 M/S "Emma Jebsen" August 4th. 1972 , - entering the Essequibo River, - Guyana -, for the first load of cargo to China - (Photography by Karsten Petersen ©)
1972-06-094 M/S "Emma Jebsen" At Stampa Island, - on the Essequibo River -, loading her very first cargo: "Greenheart" logs for China - (Photography by Karsten Petersen ©)
1972-07-046 M/S "Emma Jebsen" Passing "Hiratsuka Maru" during "Emma Jebsen's" first Panama Canal passage, - August 18th. 1972. - (Photography by Karsten Petersen ©)
1972-07-097 M/S "Emma Jebsen" - view from the top, - looking forward - In the Pacific Ocean, course towards Shanghai, China, - August 1972. (Photography by Karsten Petersen ©)
1972-07-098 M/S "Emma Jebsen" - view from the top, - looking aft -
Radio Officer Ib Thorsen Hansen on deck. - (Photography by Karsten Petersen ©)
1972-08-008 M/S "Emma Jebsen" - another view from the top, - looking aft - (Photography by Karsten Petersen ©)
1972-08-010 M/S "Emma Jebsen" - at anchor off Nouakchott, - Mauretania -, in November 1972 - (Photography by Karsten Petersen ©)
1972-08-017 M/S "Emma Jebsen" - at anchor off Nouakchott, - Mauretania -, in November 1972 - (Photography by Karsten Petersen ©)
1972-08-018 M/S "Emma Jebsen" - at anchor off Nouakchott, - Mauretania -, in November 1972 - (Photography by Karsten Petersen ©)
1972-08-019 M/S "Emma Jebsen" - at anchor off Nouakchott, - Mauretania -, in November 1972 - (Photography by Karsten Petersen ©)
1972-08-022 M/S "Emma Jebsen" - at anchor off Nouakchott, - Mauretania -, in November 1972 - (Photography by Karsten Petersen ©)
1972-08-021 M/S "Emma Jebsen" - at anchor off Nouakchott, - Mauretania -, in November 1972 - (Photography by Karsten Petersen ©)
1972-08-023 M/S "Emma Jebsen" - at anchor off Nouakchott, - Mauretania -, in November 1972 -
(Photography by Karsten Petersen ©)
1973-01-016 M/S "Emma Jebsen" The bridge, - and 1st. Officer Birger Hauerslev on duty -, early 1973. - (Photography by Karsten Petersen ©)
M/S "Emma Jebsen" Heavily loaded with railway tank cars. - (Photography by Karsten Petersen ©)
M/S "Emma Jebsen" Heavily loaded with railway tank cars, - course China. - (Photography by Karsten Petersen ©)
M/S "Emma Jebsen" In the Pacific, - towards Tsingtao, China -, in July 1973. (Photography by Karsten Petersen ©)
M/S "Emma Jebsen"
"Emma Jebsen" during her first drydocking in Japan, August/Sept. 1973.
Take note of her sleek lines , - and "The Three Mackerels" at the bow. - (Photography by Karsten Petersen ©)
1973-14-089 M/S "Emma Jebsen" Birger Hauerslev showing the dangers of the South China Sea! - (Photography © Karsten Petersen)
In dry dock again - - - -
This time in Hong Kong, - in November 1973 -, just a few months after the docking in Japan!
Here First Officer Birger Hauerslev inspects a damage in "Emma Jebsen's" bottom after she hit an uncharted reef between the Philippines and Taiwan.
I was on vacation, - but since I lived in Hong Kong in those days -, I did of course take the opportunity to visit my old ship and have a look at the damage - - -
M/S "Emma Jebsen" - the engine control room, - the maneuver control stand - (Photography by Karsten Petersen ©)
M/S "Emma Jebsen" - our Electrician, - Li Chau -, manipulating his contacts and switches on the main switchboard - - (Photography by Karsten Petersen ©)
M/S "Emma Jebsen" - the other end of the engine control room - The door leads into the auxiliary engine room, - and behind the big window is the main engine. The date??? Its on the calendar, - showing November 16th. 1973. - (Photography by Karsten Petersen ©)
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