Associated Container Transportation A.C.T.'s  S.S. "ACT 1"  
  P&O Nedlloyd's "Discovery Bay  
         
  Built: BremerVulkan Schiffbau & Machinenfabrik, Vegesack, Germany  
  O.N.:  337032  
  Dimensions: 712'9" x 95'4" x 34'6" feet  
  Tonnage: Gross: 24821   Net: 14771  
  Propulsion: Two Stal Laval steam turbines by shipbuilder, 2 x Foster Wheeler ESD III boilers, reduction geared to single shaft  
  Generators: 2 x Brotherhood Turbo-Alternators of 1360 KW @ 12000 rpm and 2 x Rolls-Royce D Range V8 of 440 KW @ 1800 rpm.  
  Type: Refrigerated Modular Containership  
  Capacity: 1334 teus  
  Completed: 3/1969 as ACT 1  
  Sold: 9/02/1998  to P&O Nedlloyd and renamed Discovery Bay under the St. Vincent & Grenadines flag  
Sold: 7/09/1998 to Indian breakers and arrived at Alang for breaking up
       
  Sister Ships:    ACT 2  &  Australian Endeavour (ANL)  
   
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  ACT 1 - Fraser Darrah Collection  
  ACT 1   ~   Photograph courtesy Dick Lowry  
     
 
ACT 1 & ACT 5 at Melbourne  
ACT 1 & ACT 5 at Melbourne   ACT 1 - Bridge
ACT 1 - Dining Saloon   ACT 1 -Officers' Lounge
Dining Saloon   Officers' Lounge
ACT 1 - Officers' Bar   "I am the Captain!" - Ronnie Brownbill 1975
Officers' Bar   "I am the Captain!" - Capt. Ronnie Brownbill 1974
     
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Fraser Darrah as 2nd / Eng in Table Bay 1975
Photographs above © Fraser Darrah
 
     
  Engine Room Photographs by Russ Steadman  
     
 
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Steam drum Foster Wheeler ESD III boiler   Stal Laval Turbine
     
 
 
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John Brown Epicyclic Gearbox   In Tilbury Dry Dock 1975 - Fraser Darrah
 
     
 
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ACT 1 alongside at Lyttelton, New Zealand - Photographs © Gary Allenby
 
   
 
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In the guise of P&O's Discovery Bay at Wellington, New Zealand  21/12/1991
 
 
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Photographed 12/11/93, painting was obviously not a strong point at the time!
 
     
 
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In full  P&O livery as Discovery Bay at Wellington, New Zealand  15/08/1994
 
     
 
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With yet another funnel livery !

Photographed at Wellington, 28/5/1997

Photographs © Peter Stacey 
     
 
     
 

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