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When it comes to being impressed by engineering, I have to confess that ships have always been pretty well down the list.
However Dad, being ex-Royal Navy, has always made a point of watching the Mighty Ships series on Quest TV (Discovery Lite) and I now realise how much more there is to ships than meets the eye. Consequently, the arrival of the cruise ship 'Harmony of the Seas' at Southampton this week, attracted my attention. The Daily Mail has its shortcomings but, credit where credit is due, they excel at photo features. Quote:
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Yup, it's big.
I would not want to set foot on it though. Too many damn people. Almost 9k people? Gimme a cabin on a lake. That's much better. And much lest chance of Rotavirus. |
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Our Mr. Carruthers has a better pic of Harmony of the Seas than Wikipedia:
Attachment 56606 I wouldn't get on that boat...:headshake |
I'd love to spend a day exploring the ship, if everybody else got off. It's fascinating from a design/build standpoint, but cruising doesn't appeal to me. That doesn't reflect poorly on people who dig that sort of thing, I can see the attraction, just not my bag. The comments at the Daily Mail were mostly negative except for some guy named Allen, defending it like an investor or travel agent.
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The place I live has a population of about nine thousand so it's equivalent to the max number of souls on board this ship. A cruise isn't something I'd volunteer for. At least I have some chance of escape here! As of five minutes ago it's still moored in Southampton. Attachment 56615 Ship Finder |
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It's a marvel, and I'd love to explore it. I loved exploring the USS New Jersey with about 100 Boy Scouts a few years ago. Would have been different to be on that ship with 3,000 sailors. I'd be spending all my time just trying to get out of the way. |
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Sailboat?
Airport for scale. New owner could catch SOME REALLY BIG AIR from that gnarly ramp, duuuuude. |
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US Battleships Missouri and Iowa off Korea in 1952...
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We got some spare ships, see. We need to do something with them, see. Here's what we'll do, see. We'll beat the shit out of it after towing it out to sea, see.
Here, see: After the halfway point of the vid, it's just a camera circling the ship, documenting damage. The Mk-48 torpedo made a mark. Here's the story. Interesting how much damage the USS Thach took before finally giving up the ghost 12 hours later. |
I'm guessing somebody got a big, Russian boot in they ass after this. |
Cargo breaks loose from the transport ships all the time.
My first destroyer found floating cargo containers more than once. Sadly, we lacked a crane to recover them to see what was inside. |
That cargo loss could have been prevented with the use of pipe stakes.
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Saw that on gCaptian the other day. Somebody is gonna be writing some big checks.
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Popdigr said almost that same exact sentence.
"Somebody's gonna hafta write an awful big check." |
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Gravdigr had this in his this day in history. |
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Thanks for posting that, Griff.
I'd read a couple of abbreviated accounts of the disaster, but I hadn't seen that vid before. |
On to other points of interest. The next Ford-class aircraft carrier is scheduled for commission in 2025. "And Admiral, it is the Enterprise".
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all the ones after that are watercolor
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I'll ask Dad a bit later. He's an old sea dog and I've been barked at once this morning already. I think I'll let sleeping sea dogs lie. ;) |
According to Archimedes it's the same thing.
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I think I queried it because every time mention of a ship's 'weight' is made on TV, aged Dad yells 'DISPLACEMENT'! :eek: I must have absorbed that attitude by osmosis. ;) |
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Nicea da boat...
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word.
That's a pretty good size http://www.sailtraining.org/memberve...ssel.php?@=218 steel hull |
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Hey, there's my Dad...
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Jeebus.
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Got lifeboats?
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Is this the line for the porta john?
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Big turnout for the shuffleboard playoffs.
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I saw a video awhile back of a big ass navy ship when the anchor handler caught fire then fed chain all the way out and lost it.
It dawned on me watching this video, that brake on the anchor chair not only has to control the chain feeding out, it has to hold the ship when the wind is making it pull against the anchor. DUH. :smack: |
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That's the same as BigV's.
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Oops
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I don't care how big they are, they're not safe from rogue waves, communicable disease, or zombie attacks.
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The bigger they are, the harder they....sink?
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Indian Navy frigate flips over in dock, killing 2 Attachment 58743 'Sposed to look like this: Attachment 58744 The INS Betwa had just undergone unspecified repairs, and was being removed from dry dock when it rolled over on its side. |
That first picture looks like a colorized picture from WW2. Nothing modern about it.
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Nothing to it, all you need is two hands to wrap the sails and two hands to hang on. :eyebrow:
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No. No indeed. Hell no.
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I could not agree more.
But I am even more mystified as to how the picture was taken. It doesn't look like it came from a GoPro Hero 4 or a drone or a remote MastCam (tm). There's at least one other person in this event who doesn't have a realistic sense of fear. But that might be me. |
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Looks like one of the Boy Scouts was absent on knot-tying day (actually, they needed a bigger rope, I guess):
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That was strange. They had their side thrusters on but couldn't stop it. The small rope that was still attached is probably the line they pull the hawser with. The boat they hit was tied up but looked like the props were churning up a storm. :confused:
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They don't build 'em like they used to.
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Fast turns...
USS Gonzalez (DDG-66). 2007 USS Harry S Truman 2013 |
Came in a little hot:
Slowest crash ever. |
One of those finger in front of the lens fools. Anyway, it's Ketichan's fault for having a flimsy dock. :haha:
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I've docked there, not on a cruise ship, Alaska Marine Highway vessel... it sounds windy as hell. I reckon they were blown into the dock.
anyhow, that'll buff right out. |
Whoops.
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