Ship porn

long range shooter

andy_g wrote: »

Agreed it's crazy the fact the Japanese towing lines to entangle the Sea Shepherd Vessels rudder and props

God here we go again:rolleyes:

Cookie_Monster

long range shooter wrote: »

God here we go again:rolleyes:

those whales are evil, m'kay

tricky D

long range shooter wrote: »

God here we go again:rolleyes:

Nope, we won't be.

Back to the wholesome porn.

long range shooter

tricky D wrote: »

Nope, we won't be.

Back to the wholesome porn.

Thank you:D

fergal.b

Not exactly ship porn but she might come under wholesome porn. This is a boat I just finished building and launched last weekend:)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfNjkhMRt40

fergal.b

Photo and story from http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2575169/Adrift-sea-Extraordinary-photos-captain-Queen-Mary-II-standing-largest-ocean-liner-world.html

Tabnabs

The West German destroyer FGS SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN (D-182) refuels from the battleship USS IOWA (BB-61) during NATO Exercise Northern Wedding '86.

Mr_A

Found this nice shot of Iowa:

Conmaicne Mara

Mr_A wrote: »

Found this nice shot of Iowa:

First time I saw that shot I think it was in Warfare magazine a very long time ago, early 90's? Likely was a cover shot.

BeardySi

The shot was from the first Gulf War iirc...

long range shooter

Treadhead wrote: »

The shot was from the first Gulf War iirc...

Nope,it was during a Naval excersise.
Iowa fires a full broadside of nine 16-inch (410 mm)/50-caliber and six 5-inch (130 mm)/38 cal guns during a target exercise near Vieques Island, Puerto Rico.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Iowa_(BB-61)

The only thing USS Iowa was firing during the gulf war was cruise missiles,iI doubt the guns would have the range.

scuby

Ferry getting beached in Turkey for dismantling

http://www.euronews.com/nocomment/2014/01/31/turkish-ferry-makes-high-speed-final-landing/

Jambo

scuby wrote: »

Ferry getting beached in Turkey for dismantling

http://www.euronews.com/nocomment/2014/01/31/turkish-ferry-makes-high-speed-final-landing/

Brilliant,

Here it is as seen from the Bridge

Failed / Aborted Attempt

Successful Attempt

Tabnabs

Bridge, Foc'sle, we have a problem...

long range shooter

Tabnabs wrote: »

Bridge, Foc'sle, we have a problem...

Thats what i call anchorhandling lol:D

Odelay

Cork Mega Port is on tv3 now.

Yawlboy

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-27164975

LE Samuel Beckett is now Irish

Cookie_Monster

from the article

The new ship, which weighs almost 2,000 tonnes, can hold 54 people.

lol, I'm sure it can hold plenty more if they really try!

Tabnabs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdrISbwy_zI

HMS Barham Explodes and Sinks, 1941. Dramatic Newsreel footage captured the sinking of the Queen Elizabeth Battleship.

A salvo of torpedoes from a German submarine struck from close range on HMS Barham on November 25, 1941 in the Mediterranean. Within four minutes, the battleship had listed over to Port and the ships magazines had exploded, sinking the battleship and killing 863 men. The terrifying explosion was caught on film by Pathe cameraman John Turner who was on an adjacent ship.

islanderre

Seen this on the Aviation forum

Great video of the new naval vessel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npbglEGYRsI

Surprised @ the high bow wave......

beer enigma

Here she is on the Liffey on Friday evening

https://www.flickr.com/photos/123953958@N02/14036959750/

GreyEagle

Arklow Ruler aground at Mornington today.


Update, Mon 26th at noon: She is now under way down the Irish Sea.

Tabnabs

So, that's just one ship back there!

The Al Qibla arrives in Southampton.

andy_g

Tabnabs wrote: »

So, that's just one ship back there!

The Al Qibla arrives in Southampton.

See them all the time here in Malta there bloody huge.

Tabnabs

An oversupply in the box boat fleet means lay-up for some of the ships.

Jambo

Tabnabs wrote: »

An oversupply in the box boat fleet means lay-up for some of the ships.

This July it will be 4 years since they all moved on from Loch Striven and went back to active service, I can remember at the time the locals surrounding the Loch weren't too happy with the sound of generators breaking the peaceful silence of the locality plus the inital light pollution was of concern (although the vessels were later reduced to the bare minimum of lighting), I also seem to remember divers being sent down to survey the bottom for any damage done by raft blocking light reaching the depths of the loch!

Cookie_Monster

where's the funnel on the nearest one?
Though it's s ad sight to see it's also an awesome photo!

murphym7

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

where's the funnel on the nearest one?
Though it's s ad sight to see it's also an awesome photo!

The nearest one has a differently designed superstructure, the funnel is there alright, it’s just tucked in nice and neat at the aft end of the superstructure, lower profile than the other ships.

Tabnabs

Well worth reading about these unusual ships and the punt the Taiwanese owner took on building them

Tabnabs