Post Amazingly Cool Pictures Of Ships or Boats!

[PushedDover]

Via Herman at FLying Focus (great guy, great outfit and great pics!)



Its the size of a city - and the bulker looks a canoe !

[Condi]

What is the largest man made moving object? That must be a ship of some description.

[FourWheelDrift]

Condi said:

What is the largest man made moving object? That must be a ship of some description.

Polarcus towed seismic array, 1 mile wide and 11 miles long - https://www.manufacturing.net/industry40/news/1310...

[paulguitar]

FourWheelDrift said:

Condi said:

What is the largest man made moving object? That must be a ship of some description.

Polarcus towed seismic array, 1 mile wide and 11 miles long - https://www.manufacturing.net/industry40/news/1310...

That seems like cheating:

[motomk]

Condi said:

What is the largest man made moving object? That must be a ship of some description.

Prelude, although I don't think going up and down on the ocean constitutes moving as it was towed into position.

[RizzoTheRat]

DeltonaS said:

samdale said:

PushedDover said:

BLACK MARLIN , loaded with a pontoon with 18 inland shipping hulls and a crane ship, from Shanghai destined for Maasvlakte II . etc..

A ship shipping ship, shipping shipping ships

Sister ship The Vanguard is more impressive, can carry more than twice as much load and is currently the worlds largest of it's kind:

On a related note, the similar (but smaller) GPO Amythest has been moored up off the Dutch coast for months now, I guess not a huge amount of work for them at the moment. There's currently 11 tankers, 9 cargo ships and 3 cruise liners anchored in a cluster there according to Vessel Finder. I guess there must be a huge number of ships sat at anchor at the moment.

Sadly no pic as my zoom isn't big enough so here's a random internet one of the Amythest.

[irocfan]

RizzoTheRat said:

On a related note, the similar (but smaller) GPO Amythest has been moored up off the Dutch coast for months now, I guess not a huge amount of work for them at the moment. There's currently 11 tankers, 9 cargo ships and 3 cruise liners anchored in a cluster there according to Vessel Finder. I guess there must be a huge number of ships sat at anchor at the moment.

Sadly no pic as my zoom isn't big enough so here's a random internet one of the Amythest.

<pssst> don't look now - but I think someone has nicked half your ship!

[DeltonaS]

RizzoTheRat said:

DeltonaS said:

samdale said:

PushedDover said:

BLACK MARLIN , loaded with a pontoon with 18 inland shipping hulls and a crane ship, from Shanghai destined for Maasvlakte II . etc..

A ship shipping ship, shipping shipping ships

Sister ship The Vanguard is more impressive, can carry more than twice as much load and is currently the worlds largest of it's kind:

On a related note, the similar (but smaller) GPO Amythest has been moored up off the Dutch coast for months now, I guess not a huge amount of work for them at the moment. There's currently 11 tankers, 9 cargo ships and 3 cruise liners anchored in a cluster there according to Vessel Finder. I guess there must be a huge number of ships sat at anchor at the moment.

Sadly no pic as my zoom isn't big enough so here's a random internet one of the Amythest.

Indeed, GPO Amythest spotted off the coast of The Hague.

Pioneering Spirit is also moored since mid March, the oil and gas industry probably putting projects on hold.

https://twitter.com/iwaneijs/status/12416846526639...

[PushedDover]

On the subject of Semi Subs - one of my favs' - Thunderhorse :

[PushedDover]

And because a video of the Bullwinkle jacket out of Ingleside popped up in my LinkedIn feed this morning :



It is amazing what was build and made back in the day before mass social media etc
429m tall !

https://www.portandterminal.com/maritime-image-of-...

[RizzoTheRat]

DeltonaS said:

RizzoTheRat said:

DeltonaS said:

samdale said:

PushedDover said:

BLACK MARLIN , loaded with a pontoon with 18 inland shipping hulls and a crane ship, from Shanghai destined for Maasvlakte II . etc..

A ship shipping ship, shipping shipping ships

Sister ship The Vanguard is more impressive, can carry more than twice as much load and is currently the worlds largest of it's kind:

On a related note, the similar (but smaller) GPO Amythest has been moored up off the Dutch coast for months now, I guess not a huge amount of work for them at the moment. There's currently 11 tankers, 9 cargo ships and 3 cruise liners anchored in a cluster there according to Vessel Finder. I guess there must be a huge number of ships sat at anchor at the moment.

Sadly no pic as my zoom isn't big enough so here's a random internet one of the Amythest.

Indeed, GPO Amythest spotted off the coast of The Hague.

Pioneering Spirit is also moored since mid March, the oil and gas industry probably putting projects on hold.

https://twitter.com/iwaneijs/status/12416846526639...

That's pretty much what my photo of Amythest looked like too, which is why I nicked on off the internet instead The cluster off Scheveningen beach seems to be getting bigger, and it looks like the local RIB ride companies are starting up again so I wonder if they're doing trips out there to look at the big stuff.

[PushedDover]

[hidetheelephants]

PushedDover said:

Ohio?

[PushedDover]

hidetheelephants said:

PushedDover said:

Ohio?

LinkedIn

(source! )

[hidetheelephants]

Looks like it.

[PushedDover]

My entire Submarine knowledge is based on reading the Tom Clancy novels



(Back when they were actual Tom Clancy and good ! )

[hidetheelephants]

Clancy did a good non-fiction coffee table book about USN subs, presumably to cash in on the Red October thing. One to look for on Abebooks etc.

[Nickyboy]

Condi said:

What is the largest man made moving object? That must be a ship of some description.

Was Seawise Giant, scrapped in 2009 however

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seawise_Giant

[MartG]

I get the vague feeling these may be a bit beyond restoration...

Fishing boat remains on Fleetwood Marsh

[PushedDover]