Crown Princess in the Forth

[Martin43]

Over the last year or so I've began finding ships more interesting and have went out of my way to snap a few. On hearing that the massive Crown Princess was making a visit to the Forth River, I decided to take a drive down to snap the 113,000 ton beast!



The Crown Princess meets the tiny M.V Boudicca


A fitting farewell from the harbour pilot and port authorities








The Fred Olsen owned M.V Boudicca

[SkinnyBoy]

looks like a block of flats not the prettiest ship is she?

[MartG]

Martin43 said:

Looks like it could fall over at any moment, doesn't it. Hope the naval architects did their stability calculations right.

[anonymous-user]

It's certainly impressive but not very beautiful. It's got a Las Vegas esque look of excess about it.

Do those kind of cruise ships make ocean crossings? I thought they just stayed in the Med or Caribbean, unlike the Cunard ocean liners which look like they are built for bigger seas.

I suppose even if they were just built for calmer seas they have to get to the different places where they do the cruises each season. Does anyone know about this stuff?

Good photos anyway! Thanks to the OP for posting them.

[sherman]

el stovey said:

Do those kind of cruise ships make ocean crossings? I thought they just stayed in the Med or Caribbean, unlike the Cunard ocean liners which look like they are built for bigger seas.

Yep they do make ocean crossings they are called repositioning cruises. You can book on them for a one way cruise and they are generally a bit cheaper.

[Mojocvh]

sherman said:

el stovey said:

Do those kind of cruise ships make ocean crossings? I thought they just stayed in the Med or Caribbean, unlike the Cunard ocean liners which look like they are built for bigger seas.

Don't know if its a "repositioning" cruise but NO THANKS!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rd84oo5p6Cs

Edited by Mojocvh on Tuesday 7th July 18:58

[Oily Nails]

FK THAT!!!

[thinfourth2]

MartG said:

Martin43 said:

Looks like it could fall over at any moment, doesn't it. Hope the naval architects did their stability calculations right.

Funny you should mention that with regards this ship

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOaHkzncNY0&fea...