Ship porn

galwaytt

What I always find fascinating about the worlds largest/ship/plane etc etc is................the fact that there's a factory or machine bigger than it, somewhere, just to make it. The machine that makes the machine, as it were, is equally fascinating.......

HeidiHeidi

galwaytt wrote: »

What I always find fascinating about the worlds largest/ship/plane etc etc is................the fact that there's a factory or machine bigger than it, somewhere, just to make it. The machine that makes the machine, as it were, is equally fascinating.......

The crane that was brought in to erect The Spire on O'Connell Street was a far more impressive sight than the spike ever will be!

Tabnabs

Nothing like a bit of heavy weather.

Tabnabs

The mighty tanker Batillus. Built in France in 1977, LOA of 414.22m and a loaded draft of 28.5m. She was doomed due to the collpase of the oil market in the late 70s and early 80s and was scrapped less than a decade later.











Before being sent to the scrap year, she was laid up with here sister ships in a Norwegian fjord.







The ships are the Prairial, Esso Pacific, Esso Atlantic, Esso ???, Batillus and Bellamya.
The combined Gross Tonnage of this 6 ships is approx 1.5 Mill GT, which is more than many national fleets.

cruizer101

I know the amount of ship under water varies with load but the difference in pic 2 and 4 above is amazing and really highlights just how much difference. Nearly looks like it should tip over when unloaded, must be lot harder to control too, like a big sail.

islanderre

All Steam Turbine driven too...... like the Stena King and Queen. Smooth Steam Turbines......not rattley smelly Diesels!!!!! Although I did have a soft spot for the MAN B&W slow speeds....

tricky D

Falkirk Wheel.

Short vid:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDT6hGylZTI

Science/engineering stuff vid:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k27gOmrDgpo

neris

Tabnabs wrote: »

The mighty tanker Batillus. Built in France in 1977, LOA of 414.22m and a loaded draft of 28.5m. She was doomed due to the collpase of the oil market in the late 70s and early 80s and was scrapped less than a decade later.

i saw somthing on youtube a good while ago about a tanker like that transiting the suez canal with tugs on its way over towards asia to be broken up. i,ll take a look back and see if i can find the video. found this for now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSop1RS1nSM

neris

Wasnt that ship i saw, was the Jahre Viking another tanker

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WX2HFVHbo18

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BZD5cNDyNc

Markcheese

Eithne pulling in to cork harbour now -

Tabnabs

James Joyce sneaking in behind her, a big day for the navy.

http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:-8/centery:52/zoom:10

vicwatson

Markcheese wrote: »

Eithne pulling in to cork harbour now -

Shes about to fall off the earth:eek:

Markcheese

Tabnabs wrote: »

James Joyce sneaking in behind her, a big day for the navy.

http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:-8/centery:52/zoom:10

Got that too

Markcheese

vicwatson wrote: »

Shes about to fall off the earth:eek:

Better ??

vicwatson

Better

Ghost Train

James Joyce earlier this evening

cookie.monster

Ghost Train wrote: »

James Joyce earlier this evening

is that the "SPM" that people are always talking about in backround??

Ghost Train

cookie.monster wrote: »

is that the "SPM" that people are always talking about in backround??

That's the old jetty, the single point mooring is further out from Whiddy


Cool aerial view here, where you can make out both, with ship approaching mooring
https://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=51.692681~-9.531528&lvl=15&sty=h&form=LMLTCC

spm_conquest.jpg

roundymac

I'm amazed Gulf were never made scrap that jetty. It really is an eyesore. now.

Tabnabs

Leaving the safety of harbour, to earn your keep.

neris

Ghost Train wrote: »

That's the old jetty, the single point mooring is further out from Whiddy

is that where the ship went on fire/exploded years back?

mp22

neris wrote: »

is that where the ship went on fire/exploded years back?

Yes,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiddy_Island_Disaster

Tabnabs

But remember folks

tricky D

Not so much ship porn but a bit of cruising humour meme thing-ummys (FaceBook linky):
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10203463752026138&set=a.10203463751146116.1073741830.1583300959&type=1&permPage=1

Ghost Train

smallish tanker, Bantry Bay
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te2

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Tabnabs

With that name, it's the tanker for DO'Bs private yacht no doubt :pac:

cookie.monster

Tabnabs wrote: »

With that name, it's the tanker for DO'Bs private yacht no doubt :pac:

he will prob sue the company for naming it with the name topaz

Tabnabs

Oh to work on such a well appointed and high tech ship. Lucky bastards!

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

LiamoSail

Tabnabs wrote: »

Oh to work on such a well appointed and high tech ship. Lucky bastards!

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

Spend four weeks in DP doing ROV or survey work and you may rethink that. From a deck point of view, while it is interesting, tramping around is far more enjoyable

Tabnabs

I've done 17 weeks no shore time at all. A 4 week trip with that level of comfort and toys would suit me just fine