Ship porn
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T & P
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Was it acting as the main sail as well?
bcuster
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This is really bad
New Zealand loses first naval ship since WWII; vessel threatening oil spill off Samoan coast
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bcuster
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Wind Power: How the 19th-Century’s Greatest Shipbuilder Opened the Pacific
As the head of Turner Shipyards, Matthew Turner designed and built some 200 wooden sailing vessels, more than any other U.S. shipbuilder of the late 1800s.
Lancman
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bcuster
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I'd like to. I'm retired from all that now
pogofish
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Am I right in remembering that these Norddeutscher Lloyd ships were designated to be the troopships for Operation Sea Lion - the planned but not executed Nazi Invasion of Britain?
pseudonarcissus
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I’m on my way to see a ship that has a very cool picture in a popular ship tracking site.
T & P
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I was intrigued by her hull shape and looked her up to see what missions she performs. Can anyone explain why an offshore supply ship would require such a design? Why such a massive bow? Would a traditionally shaped cargo ship performing the task of sailing to an offshore facility to deliver supplies be impaired in any way by its design?
pseudonarcissus
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X-BOW®
The ULSTEIN X-BOW®, the inverted bow concept, redefined marine engineering. The bow concept was launched in 2005, together with the first shipbuilding…
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I think in the North Sea, the main thing is reduced pitch motions in bigger seas. On encountering a wave, a more traditional flared bow picks up buoyancy, which is converted into pitching motions..this one will try to go through the waves. I do t know how they perform in extreme conditions.
They are used a lot for offshore supply ships.
pogofish
Testicle Hairstyle
That's the Norsea/Pride of York, once of the Hull - Rotterdam/Zeebrugge routes and the last large passenger vessel built on the Clyde at Govan Shipyards headed for the scrappers.
Farewell Norsea! Last large British-built passenger ferry departs for Italy
P&O Ferries' former Hull - Zeebrugge ferry PRIDE OF YORK left a North Sea port for the final time this morning for a new chapter in her career.
www.niferry.co.uk
I remember passing it in Hull Docks once, I was on the older Zeebrugge boat, it later replaced and it was getting underway for Rotterdam.
pogofish
Testicle Hairstyle
I'd say that the majority of newer general OSVs/PSVs/fire ships working the North Sea sector out of Aberdeen/Peterhead these days are X-Bows. It seems to have really found its niche with these operators.
klang
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That's not a bird, that's a wind vane auto pilot
pseudonarcissus
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Barrow built...she had an aluminium superstructure that was the biggest aluminium structure in the world until the World Trade Centre was built in New York.
