Strange ship

scubasteve

Sorry if this is the wrong place for this.

Anybody now what that stange ship thats been in and out of Dublin bay over the past few days? It looks like a trawler with a trailer lieing very low in the water. Its passng between howth/dun laoghaire now.

xia

Thanks for asking. I was wondering myself. Even took a picture this morning to zoom closer. Looked to me like a crane for the harbour and some upright container.
Hopefully someone knows more...

Prenderb

It was hardly one of these?

http://www.dalbyoffshore.com/content/fleet/nobleman.aspx

xia

Prenderb wrote: »

It was hardly one of these?

http://www.dalbyoffshore.com/content/fleet/nobleman.aspx

No. Yours looks like a ship.
This doesn't...

The Lovely Muffin

According to my Mother it looks like a Barge.

No idea what it's for though, sorry.

xia

But strange to see a barge in Dublin Bay.

This is closer (picture of the picture, so bad quality)

Collie D

xia wrote: »

No. Yours looks like a ship.
This doesn't...

Looks like they're building something..wind turbine maybe?

xia

Thought so too or some strange oil platform. But it moved to Dublin Port this evening....

Edit/ But then again I only saw it last night for the first time. And if it is moving there already for days like Scubasteve said...Maybe that's it...

kleefarr

Yeah, I also think it looks like they're building something.
Did anyone notice the U-Boat bottom right?

admiralofthefleet

there is a sewage pipe between sutton and ringsend, i wonder if it has something to do with that

Wishbone Ash

It looks like a marine type of 'low loader'.

The main body of the vessel can be submerged to go underneath another vessel/object or something similar and then lift it to where it's required.

Fajitas!

Yep, that's what I thought it was from the pics

admiralofthefleet

it looks like they are building something similar to the machine in the movie contact

scubasteve

Thanks for the pic xia. Its nearly impossible to discribe it. Did you take that pic from Blackrock?

kleefarr thats a bit of wood in the bottom right of the pick not a U-boat. The water there is about 4ft deep LOL

scubasteve

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

It looks like a marine type of 'low loader'.

The main body of the vessel can be submerged to go underneath another vessel/object or something similar and then lift it to where it's required.

This sounds pretty likely. Good call

xia

Looks like this will be interesting to watch for a while.
That's how it looks like this morning.



The pics were taken on East Pier Dun Laoghaire

Drummerboy2

Has it someting to do with the Volvo Festival in Dun Laoghaire this weekend?

cosmic

xia wrote: »

There's a massive shark at the right of the picture! :eek:

xia

First it's a U-Boat, now a shark...any other suggestions?

(I vote for a buoy)

Tabnabs

The funny looking "ship" is the Eide Barge 33 a semi submersible heavy lift barge. Used for carrying heavy loads by sea.

eg:




The other ship, the Statesman is an ocean going tug which tows the barge around.

The shark/u-boat object is a yacht racing buoy used during the summer by yachts racing in Dublin bay.

TarfHead

xia wrote: »

First it's a U-Boat, now a shark...any other suggestions?

(I vote for a buoy)

It looks like a sailing mark to me - a marker buoy for sailing race route.

scubasteve

Thanks Dyfin. Any idea what is doing in DL? The three times I've seen it over the last week its had no load and as was said its now submerged outside Dl harbor

scubasteve

Or is that it in DL now? Pics look different.