Queen Mary 2 in Dún Laoghaire

irishguy

Anyone know what time its leaving tonight? On afloat.ie it says 5.30 and on the posters in Dún Laoghaire it says midnight.

Tabnabs

Dublin port are currently saying 5.30pm (and they control the waters in Dublin Bay, so...)

http://www.dublinport.ie/information-centre/next-100-departures/

irishguy

Tabnabs wrote: »

Dublin port are currently saying 5.30pm (and they control the waters in Dublin Bay, so...)

http://www.dublinport.ie/information-centre/next-100-departures/

Ya I rang them and its 5:30, there are loads of posters up in Dún Laoghaire saying midnight.

josip

Here's an idea of perspective. Sorry, taken with crapphone.

Larbre34

We're gonna need a bigger bo......oh right you got one.

finbarrk

Pic here.
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/queen-mary-2-arrives-in-d%C3%BAn-laoghaire-1.1395920

homer911

Clearer picture here:

http://www.broadsheet.ie/2013/05/16/how-big-4/

josip

Is she the biggest ship ever to anchor in Dublin bay?
or is it more correct to ask
Is she the biggest ship to ever anchor in Dublin bay?

Larbre34

josip wrote: »

Is she the biggest ship ever to anchor in Dublin bay?
or is it more correct to ask
Is she the biggest ship to ever anchor in Dublin bay?

Could well be. Shes a bit longer and twice as heavy as the USS JFK carrier

Ships over 350m tend to be massive container ships or Oil Tankers, neither of which you get in Dublin Port, so it could be a record breaker for the Bay / Port

Im trying to visualise something that size actually docked in Dun Laoghaire if they get the go-ahead for the jetty to berth them. Surf will be up in the harbour, thats for sure!

josip

In the interests of visualisation...

Larbre34

josip wrote: »

In the interests of visualisation...

Nice job! The concept for the cruise ship jetty shows it just to the left of the HSS berth, perpendicular to the main breakwater

josip

Weather was worse the camera in DL at lunchtime.
HSS was about twice as close as QM2 to shore.

Tabnabs

To give an idea of scale

Larbre34

josip wrote: »

Weather was worse the camera in DL at lunchtime.
HSS was about twice as close as QM2 to shore.

"This Ship is big, this ship is far away!"

Weather has improved hugely just now, shes gleaming in the sunshine at the moment if anyone is nearby for photos

ollie1

ollie1

Locker10a

Is it gone ??? Don't say ive missed it

Larbre34

No, still at anchor at the moment, although due to depart by 6pm

Locker10a

Larbre34 wrote: »

No, still at anchor at the moment, although due to depart by 6pm

Aww il never make it to Dun Laoghaire by the time it leaves
Is it leaving now? If its going to be later i may head down!

macsauce

Does anyone know where it's heading after? Could I see it off the coast of Wicklow?

vicwatson

macsauce wrote: »

Does anyone know where it's heading after? Could I see it off the coast of Wicklow?

Probably not as it's going to Holyhead and Liverpool

The ship departed Greenock in Scotland for Dun Laoghaire on Wednesday evening and will continue back across the Irish Sea to Holyhead and Liverpool tonight followed by visits to Invergordon, Stavanger in Norway and then Hamburg in Germany

coylemj

No wonder the roads in DL were jammed, most people reading the reports on the web could be forgiven that the ship had actually docked in the harbour, a lot of them probably went down to have a gawk, not realising it was anchored offshore....

DL Harbour website......

A spectacular welcome greeted the arrival of the world’s largest ocean liner when she berthed in Dún Laoghaire this morning (Thursday 16th May 2013). A five star welcome saw 3,000 passengers greeted by a piper and Irish dancers, tour guides, free wireless and business offers after docking at the Old Coal Harbour.

http://dlharbour.ie/crowds-turn-out-for-rms-queen-mary-2-maiden-visit/

Now I'm not a sailor so I suppose 'berthed' just might include 'anchored' but the piece about the Old Coal Harbour is grossly misleading, it should have said that the passengers disembarked there which would have carried the implication that they came ashore on tenders.

No ambiguity in the Irish Times.....

World’s largest passenger liner sails into harbour

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/queen-mary-2-arrives-in-d%C3%BAn-laoghaire-1.1395920

Heisenberg1

Another cruise coming in for a closer look at her.

Heisenberg1

She's moving now sounding the horn

Big Nasty

I remember when I went to see the JFK in '96 thinking, 'Ah, it's not that big' when I got down to the pier. Was transported out on a ferry and the closer you got you realised what a mammoth vessel it was. By the time you got up close your neck was creaking from looking up. Kinda scary being alongside it too in a little ferry.

The_Wrecker

macsauce wrote: »

Does anyone know where it's heading after? Could I see it off the coast of Wicklow?

Due in Liverpool in the early hours.

ollie1

Went back down and took more photos when the sun came out

Fratton Fred

A bit blurred I'm afraid.

Larbre34

Yeah a few disappointed souls around DL yesterday evening looking for close-up shots of the ship, as was mentioned the terms docked and berthed were used in the promos, whereas anchored offshore was the reality

A funnier inaccuracy was a picture on the DL Harbour website of the original Queen Mary which hasn't moved from California in 46 years!

http://dlharbour.ie/press-release-preparations-for-the-rms-queen-mary-ii/

Katunga

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056932436&page=31
here is a few good pictures of it.