Post Amazingly Cool Pictures Of Ships or Boats!

[PushedDover]

Last voyage Sept 2017

[DodgyGeezer]

[FourWheelDrift]

And being a 1940s designed Midway class carrier it's probably not far off being identical underneath to the Iowa in terms of beam, shape and size.

[BrettMRC]

Wonder when that was taken as no Tomcats onboard?

[FourWheelDrift]

BrettMRC said:

Wonder when that was taken as no Tomcats onboard?

The Midway class never operated Tomcats. They went from F-4 Phantoms to F/A-18 Hornets.

Photo will be mid-80s when they started to deploy Hornets to 1992 (including Operation Desert Storm) after which USS Midway was decommissioned.

[BrettMRC]

FourWheelDrift said:

The Midway class never operated Tomcats. They went from F-4 Phantoms to F/A-18 Hornets.

Photo will be mid-80s when they started to deploy Hornets to 1992 (including Operation Desert Storm) after which USS Midway was decommissioned.

Thanks

[AER]

If they are travelling at the same speed then you'd think that Iowa was making hard work of it. Midway seems to have a really small wake and a less pronounced bow and stern wave

[mylesmcd]

AER said:

If they are travelling at the same speed then you'd think that Iowa was making hard work of it. Midway seems to have a really small wake and a less pronounced bow and stern wave

Interesting point. They might not be travelling at the same speed?

[DodgyGeezer]

mylesmcd said:

AER said:

If they are travelling at the same speed then you'd think that Iowa was making hard work of it. Midway seems to have a really small wake and a less pronounced bow and stern wave

Interesting point. They might not be travelling at the same speed?

One's just trundling along t'other is giving it dome beans?

[MartG]

mylesmcd said:

AER said:

If they are travelling at the same speed then you'd think that Iowa was making hard work of it. Midway seems to have a really small wake and a less pronounced bow and stern wave

Interesting point. They might not be travelling at the same speed?

A bit difficult to do otherwise when they have hoses connecting them together ( I assume one of them is being refuelled )

[DodgyGeezer]

MartG said:

mylesmcd said:

AER said:

If they are travelling at the same speed then you'd think that Iowa was making hard work of it. Midway seems to have a really small wake and a less pronounced bow and stern wave

Interesting point. They might not be travelling at the same speed?

A bit difficult to do otherwise when they have hoses connecting them together ( I assume one of them is being refuelled )

did not notice that

[mylesmcd]

MartG said:

mylesmcd said:

AER said:

If they are travelling at the same speed then you'd think that Iowa was making hard work of it. Midway seems to have a really small wake and a less pronounced bow and stern wave

Interesting point. They might not be travelling at the same speed?

A bit difficult to do otherwise when they have hoses connecting them together ( I assume one of them is being refuelled )

I didnt notice that either, good spot!

Is it normal for the refueller to be a destroyer (I mean armed fore and aft) like that?

[RizzoTheRat]

Usually they'd use dedicated fleet tankers, in the UK's case that's something like the Wave class



For scale the Iowa class battleship in the previous photo is about 50% longer and nearly double the displacement of the Wave Class

eta: And about 10 times the displacement of the Type 23 that the Wave Rule's refueling in that picture. Not even sure how much damage Iron Duke's Harpoons would do to the Iowa's 12" armour belt.

Edited by RizzoTheRat on Tuesday 15th February 11:52

[mylesmcd]

Interesting, thank you.

[eldar]

This will make an interesting insurance claim!

Luxury cars up in smoke after ship catches fire https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60429584

[PushedDover]

Just following that ^^^^




Now Sunk !

and because I happened to link to a following article - these Box ships are amazing:

[Brother D]

Saleen836 said:

A few I spotted on my recent trip....

This was berthed outside my hotel, a quick google and it cost $40million

Is that a floating advertising board or built for someone who has a passionate hate for windows?

[PushedDover]

Way too many crane incidents in recent years !




Yesterday :
https://www.offshorewind.biz/2022/04/13/saipem-700...

Today:
https://www.offshorewind.biz/2022/04/14/breaking-s...



Saipem are fked. this might see them fall under completely

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/offs...


Last month

"Saipem’s shock US$2.6 billion loss

Last Friday, Saipem announced its 2021 results (here). The results were horrible, with the company reporting a net loss of €2.382 billion (US$2.6 billion), even worse than the loss of €1.136 billion (US$1.243 billion) reported in 2020.

This was not unexpected – Saipem had shocked the market in February by announcing that the botched execution of a North Sea wind farm installation project and seven other projects would lead to an exceptional loss of US$1.1 billion on those projects alone, with the majority of the unforeseen losses coming from offshore wind projects.

At that time, Saipem had announced that the magnitude of the losses was such that the company would need an emergency recapitalisation from its shareholders, in line with Italian corporate regulations. The shares plunged 46 per cent in less than two months."

[DeltonaS]

Interesting article about the first NATO contact with the Russian cruiser Moskva that sank yesterday.

https://marineschepen.nl/nieuws/Nederlandse-Marine...



The photo in the middle, between the masts, shows a Dutch Westland Lynx helicopter of the Naval Aviation Service. This helicopter, from Hr.Ms. Bloys van Treslong, passed the cruiser in the Mediterranean at very close range during an intelligence operation to take detailed pictures of it. This was not an uncommon move for both NATO and Soviet units, but not without its dangers. Of course there was a chance that the pilot would hit the ship, but in addition it was not always known what the reaction of the Soviet ship would be.

Edited by DeltonaS on Friday 15th April 10:33

[FourWheelDrift]

Going by what happened yesterday they probably never saw it.