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  • 01-03-2012 9:39am
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    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,676 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tabnabs


    phwoarrrrr

    1419470.jpg

    The new Technip pipe lay vessel loaded on the chinese semi submersible freighter Xiang Rui Kou. I always wanted to work on a heavy lift ship, they seem fascinating, every cargo is impressive and I'd imagine a unique challenge.

    bourbon-mistral.jpg
    Burbon Mistral - Ulstein X bow design. Great to see new designs that improve comfort, stability and efficiency.

    1342270.jpg

    This is ex.research vessel GEOLOG PRIMORYA, IMO 8228268, presently used as "car" carrier. :pac:


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  • Registered Users Posts: 671 ✭✭✭skipz


    Love the photo of the Burbon Mistral.

    Here's a photo of the Japanese drilling ship the Chikyu
    Quite mad looking!

    http://i993.photobucket.com/albums/af52/skip_2010/A08.jpg


  • Registered Users Posts: 24,462 ✭✭✭✭Cookie_Monster


    This monstroity is the Noble Discoverer, notable for being where Lucy Lawless was arrested this week and being one of the oldest drilling ships in the world, dating from the 60's. It's also remarkably ugly

    She had the top of the tower lost overboard in a storm and was refitted here in New Plymouth before sailing for the Artic
    http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/noble-discoverer-shell-drill-ship.jpg


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,407 ✭✭✭Cardinal Richelieu


    Neptune, crane vessel designed for use with the Wind Turbine fields. There can't be too many sea going vessels under the Luxembourg flag.

    http://photos.marinetraffic.com/ais/showphoto.aspx?mmsi=253532000&imo=9616864

    P_e5f173fbac.jpg


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,827 ✭✭✭ex_infantry man


    X bow is definately the cool new thing on ships, watched a programme on it and they but it up against a normal shaped bow and it heavy sea,s xbow came out tops from what i can recall


  • Registered Users Posts: 14,538 ✭✭✭✭Poor Uncle Tom


    ulstein-x-bow-container-ship.png

    Ulstein Container Ship,

    another x-bow


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  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,676 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tabnabs


    X bow is definately the cool new thing on ships, watched a programme on it and they but it up against a normal shaped bow and it heavy sea,s xbow came out tops from what i can recall

    This one?


  • Registered Users Posts: 24,462 ✭✭✭✭Cookie_Monster


    There's an X-bow survey ship down here, I must try and get pics next time it's in the port.

    Another weird design, Swath:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small-waterplane-area_twin_hull

    swath-ship-impeccable.jpg
    bow_600.jpg
    usns_effective_drydock_2-thumb.jpg


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,752 ✭✭✭cyrusdvirus


    I'm sorry..

    I think those X Bow's are ugly as sin!!!


    Then again, I call the Type 45's the Conehead class....

    SHIP_DDG_Type-45_HMS_Daring_Returning_Trials_lg.jpg

    I think they'd be quite pretty and attractive ships without that monstrosity atop the pilothouse!!


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,135 ✭✭✭323


    Tabnabs wrote: »
    phwoarrrrr

    1419470.jpg

    The new Technip pipe lay vessel loaded on the chinese semi submersible freighter Xiang Rui Kou. I always wanted to work on a heavy lift ship, they seem fascinating, every cargo is impressive and I'd imagine a unique challenge.
    :pac:

    Nice view of Technip's new Deep Energy, but Chinese built, looks neat but wait and see. Just home from a new shiney chinese built construction vessel, absolute scrap, looks pretty but pathetic build quality.

    Anyway, when you mentioned heavy lift vessels, first thing I visualise is something like this.
    Balder_Feb08.jpg

    Heerema's, DCV Balder. Old now and far from the biggest these days but still a respectable lift,
    3600 t & 2700t cranes

    “Follow the trend lines, not the headlines,”



  • Registered Users Posts: 24,462 ✭✭✭✭Cookie_Monster


    Tabnabs wrote: »

    The new Technip pipe lay vessel loaded on the chinese semi submersible freighter Xiang Rui Kou. I always wanted to work on a heavy lift ship, they seem fascinating, every cargo is impressive and I'd imagine a unique challenge.

    What's the point of shipping such a large deep ocean going vessel rather than just sailing it? Can understand with smaller vessels or with military but something like that?


    Knock Nevis, largest ship every built and the largest self propelled man made object ever. 657,000 tonnes :eek:
    Knock_nevis_dock.jpg


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  • Registered Users Posts: 24,462 ✭✭✭✭Cookie_Monster


    And an artsy one I came across

    46t.jpg


  • Registered Users Posts: 120 ✭✭alphasully


    323 wrote: »
    Nice view of Technip's new Deep Energy, but Chinese built, looks neat but wait and see. Just home from a new shiney chinese built construction vessel, absolute scrap, looks pretty but pathetic build quality.

    Anyway, when you mentioned heavy lift vessels, first thing I visualise is something like this.
    Balder_Feb08.jpg

    Heerema's, DCV Balder. Old now and far from the biggest these days but still a respectable lift,
    3600 t & 2700t cranes

    I'm fairly sure I saw her in Rotterdam at the end of January, she still looks impressive


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,712 ✭✭✭roundymac


    And an artsy one I came across

    46t.jpg
    The US lines America, wrecked at Fuertaventura. What a sad end. Compleatly gone now AFAIK.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,752 ✭✭✭cyrusdvirus


    roundymac wrote: »
    The US lines America, wrecked at Fuertaventura. What a sad end. Compleatly gone now AFAIK.


    At that time she was named American Star.


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_America_%281940%29


  • Registered Users Posts: 14,538 ✭✭✭✭Poor Uncle Tom


    http://www.shanemcdonald.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/TheSamson1-693x835.jpg

    The remains of the Samson Crane Ship on rocks at Ardmore, Co. Waterford after snapping a tow line of the coast of Wales in December 1987.


  • Registered Users Posts: 671 ✭✭✭skipz


    gatecrash wrote: »
    At that time she was named American Star.


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_America_%281940%29

    That was a interesting read, nice history to a ship with many names. :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,407 ✭✭✭Cardinal Richelieu


    I notice we have a couple of wreck photos in this thread, perhaps we can create a separate thread on wrecks and there sailing history? When we get a forum mod they can move the wreck photos and information from this thread to there. Just a thought.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,752 ✭✭✭cyrusdvirus


    Sounds like an idea to me.


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,676 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tabnabs


    europeannavigator.jpg

    The European Navigator (an old ship of mine) that had a long an varied life on the Irish Sea. She had a very interesting and unusual start to her existence also.

    She was built in two sections in Austria (of all places!), the hull itself and the superstructure on a barge. Both units had to be towed on the Danube down to Galatz, Romania, where the superstructure was to be placed on the hull. The tow began in June 1976, but a road bridge collapsed, lying over the planned route.

    All shipping was stopped on the Danube for about three weeks. It was also a hot summer and the water level was very low on the Danube, this meant the hull was grounding. Then they started to plan a different route for the hull and barge, over to Yugoslavia instead.

    They began to tow the ship from Austria to Yugoslavia, but when they came to Novo City, Yugoslavia where they would have to pass under a bridge, as it had rained a lot the hull could fit under the bridge, but not the barge with the superstructure. So they towed it all back to the yard in Austria again, and waited until the water level was normal...

    The following year the the hull and superstructure arrived at Werft Nobiskrug, Rendsburg, Germany, where the hull was joined to the superstructure and was then extended by 28 meters. She then entered her seagoing career.


  • Registered Users Posts: 16,402 ✭✭✭✭Trojan


    Until we have clarification on the Sherlock's Folly copyright debacle, can you guys post links to the images, rather than embed them directly? I've edited a couple that explicitly have a copyright on the image, and if you aren't sure about an image you're posting, then link it to be safe.

    If you're annoyed by this, please write a letter (old school, with a stamp is best) to your local TDs.


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  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,676 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tabnabs




  • Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Regional South Moderators Posts: 6,854 Mod ✭✭✭✭mp22




  • Registered Users Posts: 1,135 ✭✭✭323


    Bigger fishing boat, killybegs trawler Seanne hit by a rogue wave in the North Sea recently

    “Follow the trend lines, not the headlines,”



  • Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Regional South Moderators Posts: 6,854 Mod ✭✭✭✭mp22


    In fairness that was some lump of water.^^^


  • Registered Users Posts: 671 ✭✭✭skipz


    Top photos taken by two dutch lads of ships getting hammered in the North Sea, Enjoy..



  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,827 ✭✭✭ex_infantry man


    skipz wrote: »
    Top photos taken by two dutch lads of ships getting hammered in the North Sea, Enjoy..

    was that one of the naval service's vessel's in that also??


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,827 ✭✭✭ex_infantry man


    mp22 wrote: »
    think the irish pine was me father's first ship and about the time that video was shot


  • Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Regional South Moderators Posts: 6,854 Mod ✭✭✭✭mp22


    It was in 79


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 10,271 ✭✭✭✭johngalway


    Those X bow ships are class, first time I've seen that. Are there any fishing boats with that design I wonder?


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,827 ✭✭✭ex_infantry man


    mp22 wrote: »
    It was in 79
    yeah he was all over the place on it judging by pics that are at home, i defo know he was in canada aboard her


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