Ship porn

knucklehead6

Tabnabs wrote: »

The term 'ugliest ship' gets bandied about quite a bit, from boxy car carriers to gargantuan cruise ships (aka fanny tankers :pac:)

But these seismic survey ships get my vote, they're vile looking.

Ehhmmmmmmm is it not missing about 200 feet of hull?????

BostonB

Its like a ScFi starship. Also reminds me of Nelson and Rodney truncated design.

http://wonderduck.mu.nu/the_misfit_battleships

murphym7

That is one ugly ship. How the hell do you put her along side? Is it stern to the quay?

Poor Uncle Tom

Am I the only one that actually likes that ship, but I think they missed a serious design opportunity.

knucklehead6

Poor Uncle Tom wrote: »

Am I the only one that actually likes that ship, but I think they missed a serious design opportunity.

Yes. Yes you are.

pedroeibar1

Whatever about the seismic ship, the late Steve Job's yacht is one of the ugkiest for me here.

Poor Uncle Tom

pedroeibar1 wrote: »

...one of the ugkiest...

I don't know that word, but I agree......

It would make a nice house on dry land though.......

Tabnabs

More Maersk propaganda for their new triple E ships. Bigger ships, fewer crews is what they don't tell you!

Cookie_Monster

Emerald Princess in Cobh

Bow:

Name:

Slick lifeboats:

Stern:

Front:

Rear:

Panorama:



And a model rather than ship but hey...
SS Servia - Details:

Bow on:

Poor Panorama

fergal.b

HeidiHeidi

What/where is that??

fergal.b wrote: »

323

Enough of the shiney box shaped gin palaces.

A proper working ship seen in Donegal a month or so back. The Normand Ranger.
Anchor Tug rigged as a plow vessel, was to be plowing pipe on the corrib field.

Rocky Bay

Tabnabs, I saw the Maersk advertisement in a magazine about two weeks ago. As usual, I could not figure out how to put in on the internet...

Tabnabs

That Greek ferry again, this time a shore perspective

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsnH00fzASg

Yawlboy

fergal.b wrote: »

Is this the former LE Deirdre?

knucklehead6

Yawlboy wrote: »

Is this the former LE Deirdre?

Not quite

http://www.my-cakewalk.com/

murphym7

Here is the Deirdre: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7218/7339749628_5f22dd58cb_z.jpg

Link taken from http://forum.irishmilitaryonline.com/archive/index.php/t-2067.html

pedroeibar1

A post further down the IMO page suggests the link above is for Tosca III

Is this the Deirdre? http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=19503

murphym7

pedroeibar1 wrote: »

A post further down the IMO page suggests the link above is for Tosca III

Is this the Deirdre? http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=19503

That photo was her after decommissioning traveling through the Kiel. My understanding is that she was originally was going to refitted as the super yacht “Tosca IV” in Brazil. She was then moved to Florida to be finished as the super yacht Santa Rita 1. Not sure is she finished.

vicwatson

Tabnabs wrote: »

That Greek ferry again, this time a shore perspective

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsnH00fzASg

Bloody brilliant video.

No wonder the Greek ecomony is the way it is - pure chaos altogether when she docked.

Fair play to the captain 1. For managing to dock (even for a minute or so) and 2. For bothering to dock to let a car and truck off and a car on and a couple passengers.

Mental !

pedroeibar1

murphym7 wrote: »

That photo was her after decommissioning traveling through the Kiel. My understanding is that she was originally was going to refitted as the super yacht “Tosca IV” in Brazil. She was then moved to Florida to be finished as the super yacht Santa Rita 1. Not sure is she finished.

It seems that she is now in the US being finished. According to a May 2013 newsletter :
The tow of the mega-yacht “Santa Rita I” from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Jacksonville, Florida has been just successfully completed. The 212’ yacht will have additional outfitting and finishing work completed at BAE Shipyard in Jacksonville, Florida after her conversion in Brazil from a former Irish Naval Frigate to a luxury mega-yacht. The tow was concluded by 4,080HP tug “Ocean Tower” (ex-Gulf Falcon) covering about 4,700nm in about 25 days. from www.marcon.com/library/sales_reports/tug-sales.pdf


An article with a few photos here www.gogobrazil.com/santarita.pdf

Yawlboy

pedroeibar1 wrote: »

It seems that she is now in the US being finished. According to a May 2013 newsletter :
The tow of the mega-yacht “Santa Rita I” from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Jacksonville, Florida has been just successfully completed. The 212’ yacht will have additional outfitting and finishing work completed at BAE Shipyard in Jacksonville, Florida after her conversion in Brazil from a former Irish Naval Frigate to a luxury mega-yacht. The tow was concluded by 4,080HP tug “Ocean Tower” (ex-Gulf Falcon) covering about 4,700nm in about 25 days. from www.marcon.com/library/sales_reports/tug-sales.pdf


An article with a few photos here www.gogobrazil.com/santarita.pdf

The work in Florida was completed last year - there are a bunch of photos on the Irish Navy Photo Section on Facebook -

DownBeaten

Forgive the noobie, non-sailor question, wouldn't it have been cheaper to build a new boat from scratch rather than modifying a 40(?) year old, pretty clapped out hulk? Obviously not, these people have done their sums, but does it come down somehow to smart financial engineering?

Yawlboy

I believe she was bought for what the steel in her was worth, however even though she was old the engines and hull were ok

goldie fish

DownBeaten wrote: »

Forgive the noobie, non-sailor question, wouldn't it have been cheaper to build a new boat from scratch rather than modifying a 40(?) year old, pretty clapped out hulk? Obviously not, these people have done their sums, but does it come down somehow to smart financial engineering?

The original buyer was a bit "out there". He had the means to buy off the shelf if he wanted, but he wanted something different, and the Tosca IV plan was born. However the buyer was killed soon after conversion started, in a Helicopter crash, and the semi converted ship lay in limbo.

The hull is fine. It didn't seem to suffer the plate thinning problems of her successors, her only flaw being the bathtub bow without sufficient scuppers.

When Deirdre went to auction, the scrap value was the reserve. It made more, but still far less than what the ship was worth.

murphym7

DownBeaten wrote: »

Forgive the noobie, non-sailor question, wouldn't it have been cheaper to build a new boat from scratch rather than modifying a 40(?) year old, pretty clapped out hulk? Obviously not, these people have done their sums, but does it come down somehow to smart financial engineering?

It's a good question, in most situations it is cheaper to start from scratch. However, it is pretty cool having a ex naval vessel as your yacht though!:)

Tabnabs

Seven Viking voted "Ship of The Year” award at the 2013 Nor-Shipping show in Oslo.

Tabnabs

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

This is the explosive moment the Norwegian navy blew up one of its own ships to test out their latest long-range missile.
The KNM Trondheim, a 300ft long decommissioned frigate, was transported out into the sea off the coast of Andoy to be used as target practice.
Dramatic footage released by military bosses captures the countdown before the new 'Naval Strike Missile' - a four-metre long, 880lb weapon - is fired in the direction of the vessel.

Cookie_Monster

Tabnabs wrote: »

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video is gone

Conmaicne Mara

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

video is gone

Sneaky feckers had a second missile to test, nailed that account.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jspEovlEK-w