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We've got all the others, except ships!
Someone posted this in the Aircraft one, and its pretty amazing!
And The Freedom Of The Seas.. The sheer size of the thing, and its facts..
* The ship has 30 lifeboats.
* It is about 229 ft (69.80 m) longer, about 108,000 GT larger, and can accommodate 2,147 more passengers than RMS Titanic.
* It has 75,000 lightbulbs and 4,700 works of art, and uses 35,000 kg of ice daily.
* It has 1.5 million tiles in the bathrooms, shower rooms, etc.
* The largest suite, the Presidential Suite, is 113 square meters, accommodate 14 people and has ten flat panel TVs, a private whirlpool, a wet bar, and a Yamaha GC1 baby-grand piano.
* Rooms for the maiden voyage were priced from $1,900 to $22,000 for the week.
* It consumes approximately 28,000 pounds (12,800 kg) of fuel per hour, enough to refill a 13 gallon tank in a car at one tank a week for over six years.
* It is one of the few ships with 4 bow thrusters on each side with 8 bow thrusters in total.
Provisions
During a typical week long cruise, the Freedom of the Seas goes through the following amount of food:
* 234,000 appetizers (6 appetizers per day per person); 105,000 meals and 300,680 desserts (7.5 desserts per day per person)
* 20,000 lbs. of beef, including 69,000 steaks (1.7 steaks per day per person)
* 12,000 lbs. of chicken
* 4,000 lbs. of seafood; 2,500 lbs. of salmon and 1,400 lbs. of lobster
* 65,000 lbs. of fresh vegetables and 35,000 lbs. of fresh fruits (2.5 lbs. of fruit and veg per day per person)
* 5,800 lbs. of cheese
* 28,000 fresh eggs
* 18,000 slices of pizza
* 8,000 gallons of ice cream
* 1,500 lbs. of coffee and 1,500 gallons of milk
* 11,500 cans of soda; 19,200 bottles and cans of beer and 2,900 bottles of wine
Someone posted this in the Aircraft one, and its pretty amazing!
And The Freedom Of The Seas.. The sheer size of the thing, and its facts..
* The ship has 30 lifeboats.
* It is about 229 ft (69.80 m) longer, about 108,000 GT larger, and can accommodate 2,147 more passengers than RMS Titanic.
* It has 75,000 lightbulbs and 4,700 works of art, and uses 35,000 kg of ice daily.
* It has 1.5 million tiles in the bathrooms, shower rooms, etc.
* The largest suite, the Presidential Suite, is 113 square meters, accommodate 14 people and has ten flat panel TVs, a private whirlpool, a wet bar, and a Yamaha GC1 baby-grand piano.
* Rooms for the maiden voyage were priced from $1,900 to $22,000 for the week.
* It consumes approximately 28,000 pounds (12,800 kg) of fuel per hour, enough to refill a 13 gallon tank in a car at one tank a week for over six years.
* It is one of the few ships with 4 bow thrusters on each side with 8 bow thrusters in total.
Provisions
During a typical week long cruise, the Freedom of the Seas goes through the following amount of food:
* 234,000 appetizers (6 appetizers per day per person); 105,000 meals and 300,680 desserts (7.5 desserts per day per person)
* 20,000 lbs. of beef, including 69,000 steaks (1.7 steaks per day per person)
* 12,000 lbs. of chicken
* 4,000 lbs. of seafood; 2,500 lbs. of salmon and 1,400 lbs. of lobster
* 65,000 lbs. of fresh vegetables and 35,000 lbs. of fresh fruits (2.5 lbs. of fruit and veg per day per person)
* 5,800 lbs. of cheese
* 28,000 fresh eggs
* 18,000 slices of pizza
* 8,000 gallons of ice cream
* 1,500 lbs. of coffee and 1,500 gallons of milk
* 11,500 cans of soda; 19,200 bottles and cans of beer and 2,900 bottles of wine
HMS Invincible in the Med
All three RN carriers together off Portland. Illustrious had just returned from the States, Ark Royal from round the world trip and Invincible was just out of refit.
Invincible firing Sea Dart off Puerto Rico
Italian carrier Garibaldi, Invincible and Dwight D Eisenhower in the Med during exercise in 1990
Edited by Shar2 on Monday 6th April 20:55
Jonny671 said:
Provisions
During a typical week long cruise, the Freedom of the Seas goes through the following amount of food:
* 234,000 appetizers (6 appetizers per day per person); 105,000 meals and 300,680 desserts (7.5 desserts per day per person)
* 20,000 lbs. of beef, including 69,000 steaks (1.7 steaks per day per person)
* 12,000 lbs. of chicken
* 4,000 lbs. of seafood; 2,500 lbs. of salmon and 1,400 lbs. of lobster
* 65,000 lbs. of fresh vegetables and 35,000 lbs. of fresh fruits (2.5 lbs. of fruit and veg per day per person)
* 5,800 lbs. of cheese
* 28,000 fresh eggs
* 18,000 slices of pizza
* 8,000 gallons of ice cream
* 1,500 lbs. of coffee and 1,500 gallons of milk
* 11,500 cans of soda; 19,200 bottles and cans of beer and 2,900 bottles of wine
Must be for Americans.......During a typical week long cruise, the Freedom of the Seas goes through the following amount of food:
* 234,000 appetizers (6 appetizers per day per person); 105,000 meals and 300,680 desserts (7.5 desserts per day per person)
* 20,000 lbs. of beef, including 69,000 steaks (1.7 steaks per day per person)
* 12,000 lbs. of chicken
* 4,000 lbs. of seafood; 2,500 lbs. of salmon and 1,400 lbs. of lobster
* 65,000 lbs. of fresh vegetables and 35,000 lbs. of fresh fruits (2.5 lbs. of fruit and veg per day per person)
* 5,800 lbs. of cheese
* 28,000 fresh eggs
* 18,000 slices of pizza
* 8,000 gallons of ice cream
* 1,500 lbs. of coffee and 1,500 gallons of milk
* 11,500 cans of soda; 19,200 bottles and cans of beer and 2,900 bottles of wine
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