GTV EUROFREIGHTER

EUROFREIGHTER WAS OWNED BY SEATRAINS OF THE USA, BUT WAS MANAGED BY DENHOLM SHIP MANAGEMENT.SHE WAS SISTER SHIP TO ASIAFREIGHTER. SHE WAS 30908.58 GROSS TONS AND HAD A GAS TURBINE ENGINE.SHE WAS REGISTERED IN LONDON AND HER RADIO CALL SIGN WAS ' GOUS '. IF SHE WANTED SHE COULD DO SOME   30 KNOTS, AND WAS A FAST TURN AROUND CONTAINER SHIP, WITH A HECTIC SCHEDULE.I JOINED HER IN GREENOCK.SCOTLAND AND FROM THERE WE WENT TO NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, BALTIMORE AND DOWN TO WILMINGTON,S.C. AND CHARLESTON  .THEN BACK ACROSS THE  NORTH ATLANTIC TO ROTTERDAM AND HAMBURG, MAYBE BREMEN AND THEN UP THROUGH THE NORTH SEA AND AROUND THE TOP OF SCOTLAND TO GET BACK TO GREENOCK, THIS WAS EUROFREIGHTER AND ASIA FREIGHTERS REGULAR RUN.SHE COULD CROSS THE ATLANTIC IN FOUR OR FIVE DAYS.THE RADIO ROOM WORK LOAD WAS HEAVY, NO RTTY ( TELEPRINTER) SO 95 % OF ALL RADIO TRAFFIC WAS DONE ON THE MORSE KEY WITH AT TIMES DOZENS OF CABLES TO BE SENT SOME STRETCHING INTO 1500 WORDS.EVERY WATCH THERE WAS TRAFFIC TO PICK UP FROM PORTISHEAD / GKA, CHATHAM / WCC, AMAGANSETT/  WSL AND I USED BALTIMORE / WMH  A LOT TO CLEAR TRAFFIC AS HE ALWAYS SEEMED ON THE BALL ON H.F., HE WAS PROBABLY SLIGHTLY LESS USED THAN THE OTHER STATIONS.THERE ALWAYS SEEMED A LOT OF TRAFFIC COMING THROUGH NORDEICH / DAN, ST LYS / FFL AND SCHEVENINHAM / PCH ALSO.