Post Amazingly Cool Pictures Of Ships or Boats!

Post Amazingly Cool Pictures Of Ships or Boats!

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ecsrobin

17,388 posts

167 months

Monday 9th August 2021
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Silver Smudger said:
It must have been this I saw in the Solent the week before? I got this shot of it in the distance from Ryde.

Yes been into Portsmouth and in and out the solent recently.

PushedDover

5,719 posts

55 months

Monday 9th August 2021
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And arrested too....

DeltonaS

3,707 posts

140 months

Monday 9th August 2021
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ecsrobin said:
Silver Smudger said:
It must have been this I saw in the Solent the week before? I got this shot of it in the distance from Ryde.

Yes been into Portsmouth and in and out the solent recently.
Beautiful and classy ship, far nicer than the horrible cruise ships.

https://www.tradewindvoyages.com/voyage/english-so...

Embrace summer in the UK, sailing along the south coast on the world’s largest square-rigged sailing vessel. En route, discover Portsmouth, Plymouth, Falmouth, Dartmouth and Poole.

04 Aug – 14 Aug 2021

Edited by DeltonaS on Monday 9th August 10:03

PushedDover

5,719 posts

55 months

Wednesday 11th August 2021
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U.S. Navy’s New Supercarrier Completes Explosive Shock Trials

The USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) completed its third and final round of blasts as part of its Full Ship Shock Trials off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida, on Sunday.

Shock trials are meant to validate a ship’s hardness and ability to sustain operations in a simulated combat environment using live ordnance. Over the course of four months, the first-in-class aircraft carrier withstood the impact of three 40,000-pound underwater blasts, released at distances progressively closer to the ship.


RizzoTheRat

25,411 posts

194 months

Wednesday 11th August 2021
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I noticed an interesting looking ship moored up outside the harbour here last night, just looked it up on marinetraffic and it turns out it's moored a lot further out than I thought...



According to wikipedia the Pioneer Spirit is the worlds largest ship by gross tonnage. Displacement for transit is 3 times that of a Nimitz carrier, and a maximum displacement of 1 million tonnes

paralla

3,620 posts

137 months

Wednesday 11th August 2021
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PushedDover

5,719 posts

55 months

Wednesday 11th August 2021
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RizzoTheRat said:
I noticed an interesting looking ship moored up outside the harbour here last night, just looked it up on marinetraffic and it turns out it's moored a lot further out than I thought...



According to wikipedia the Pioneer Spirit is the worlds largest ship by gross tonnage. Displacement for transit is 3 times that of a Nimitz carrier, and a maximum displacement of 1 million tonnes
And IIRC they are building another one.

Lots of pictures of her a few pages back doing what she is paid to do....

blueST

4,423 posts

218 months

Wednesday 11th August 2021
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I saw this one on FB earlier. I know nothing about it but I guess it’s either being launched or has run aground based on the gathered crowd.


Condi

17,417 posts

173 months

Wednesday 11th August 2021
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blueST said:
I saw this one on FB earlier. I know nothing about it but I guess it’s either being launched or has run aground based on the gathered crowd.

Think we've had this one before too. She's on the slipway ahead of launch there. From memory Newcastle/Tyneside perhaps?

DeltonaS

3,707 posts

140 months

Wednesday 11th August 2021
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PushedDover said:
RizzoTheRat said:
I noticed an interesting looking ship moored up outside the harbour here last night, just looked it up on marinetraffic and it turns out it's moored a lot further out than I thought...



According to wikipedia the Pioneer Spirit is the worlds largest ship by gross tonnage. Displacement for transit is 3 times that of a Nimitz carrier, and a maximum displacement of 1 million tonnes
And IIRC they are building another one.

Lots of pictures of her a few pages back doing what she is paid to do....
It's been postponed due to the Corona crisis/low oil pices.

The new vessel will be 1,5 larger even than the 2,8 bln Euro costing Pioneering Spirit.

https://www.nt.nl/offshore/2020/07/14/bouw-grotere...

blueST

4,423 posts

218 months

Wednesday 11th August 2021
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Condi said:
blueST said:
I saw this one on FB earlier. I know nothing about it but I guess it’s either being launched or has run aground based on the gathered crowd.

Think we've had this one before too. She's on the slipway ahead of launch there. From memory Newcastle/Tyneside perhaps?
I suspected it might have been a repost, but there’s been that many cool pics on here it’s impossible to remember them all.

Professor Barney

179 posts

127 months

Thursday 12th August 2021
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Condi said:
blueST said:
I saw this one on FB earlier. I know nothing about it but I guess it’s either being launched or has run aground based on the gathered crowd.

Think we've had this one before too. She's on the slipway ahead of launch there. From memory Newcastle/Tyneside perhaps?
Yes - ESSO HIBERNIA launch. Launched: 06/04/1970
Swan Hunter & Tyne Shipbuilders Ltd at their Wallsend Yard Photo by Dennis Maccoy.


PushedDover

5,719 posts

55 months

Thursday 12th August 2021
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CBA to find the pics of the Heerema duo again but just been reading in a report:

"Heerema admits in an internal presentation that it is “facing major crisis” that could result in a loss of
hundreds of million of dollars for contractors by the end of the year. The issues are a result of the works at
Orsted’s Greater Changhua 1 offshore wind farm where the company is now exposed to a potential USD
100m liquidated damages from the client.
Saipem lost EUR 659m on EUR 1.6bn revenues in Q2, compared to EUR 616m loss on EUR 1.5bn revenues
last year. The company is now aiming to reduce operating leverage via streamlining of operations and
processes."


Gulp- that has to hurt both....

Also been WhatsApp’s a cringe video of a top brass explaining ‘what horrid contractors Wind people are’


Delusional

drdino

1,155 posts

144 months

Sunday 12th September 2021
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Not amazingly cool but it always amuses me to see warships in front of the Excel. smile

CooperD

2,894 posts

179 months

Tuesday 14th September 2021
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The Ever Ace moored at Felixstowe. The world's largest container ship (at present).

XJSJohn

15,988 posts

221 months

Tuesday 14th September 2021
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CooperD said:
The Ever Ace moored at Felixstowe. The world's largest container ship (at present).
its a big beastie isn't it !!


peter tdci

1,776 posts

152 months

Tuesday 14th September 2021
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XJSJohn said:
CooperD said:
The Ever Ace moored at Felixstowe. The world's largest container ship (at present).
its a big beastie isn't it !!
I read that it's off to China via the Suez Canal next. What could possibly go wrong? laugh

Teddy Lop

8,301 posts

69 months

Tuesday 14th September 2021
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peter tdci said:
XJSJohn said:
CooperD said:
The Ever Ace moored at Felixstowe. The world's largest container ship (at present).
its a big beastie isn't it !!
I read that it's off to China via the Suez Canal next. What could possibly go wrong? laugh
not much, they're empty going east so not as ransomable...

peter tdci

1,776 posts

152 months

Tuesday 14th September 2021
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Teddy Lop said:
not much, they're empty going east so not as ransomable...
I was thinking more it trying a U turn!

PushedDover

5,719 posts

55 months

Friday 17th September 2021
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J’s about