Ship porn

roundymac · 12-03-2012 1:28pm

ex_infantry man wrote: »

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

The Irish Pine(3) was sold in 1984. It went on to be the Cristinaki, was sadly lost with all hands about 100 miles off the Cork coast in 1994. There was a docudrama on one of the Discovery channels(open to correction) a few years back. The rescue helicopters were just reaching her when she went down. The crew radioed that they could hear the choppers. Very sad.

cyrusdvirus · 12-03-2012 1:35pm

roundymac wrote: »

The Irish Pine(3) was sold in 1984. It went on to be the Cristinaki, was sadly lost with all hands about 100 miles off the Cork coast in 1994. There was a docudrama on one of the Discovery channels(open to correction) a few years back. The rescue helicopters were just reaching her when she went down. The crew radioed that they could hear the choppers. Very sad.

|Never knew that.

http://www.parthenon.uk.com/disaster-christinaki.htm

I wonder in there any books available on the full history of Irish Shipping Limited, and also that goes on to detail the ultimate fate of the fleet...

mp22 · 12-03-2012 4:24pm

ex_infantry man wrote: »

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

Ask him if you can scan the first page (of ships) in his book and post it here.I started in 79 as well but had to go to the CIT first.

Poor Uncle Tom · 12-03-2012 4:57pm

http://www.irishships.com/irish_shipping_ltd.html

The St Patrick, the first ship I was on.

ex_infantry man · 12-03-2012 5:44pm

mp22 wrote: »

Ask him if you can scan the first page (of ships) in his book and post it here.I started in 79 as well but had to go to the CIT first.

will have a root around out home for pics and get em up asap

ex_infantry man · 12-03-2012 5:46pm

roundymac wrote: »

The Irish Pine(3) was sold in 1984. It went on to be the Cristinaki, was sadly lost with all hands about 100 miles off the Cork coast in 1994. There was a docudrama on one of the Discovery channels(open to correction) a few years back. The rescue helicopters were just reaching her when she went down. The crew radioed that they could hear the choppers. Very sad.

i can actually remember it being on the news when was younger, luckily he went on to work for bell lines here in waterford after it was sold

Tim the Enchanter · 12-03-2012 6:00pm

Stena Felicity was the first ship i was on. I can still remember coming down to Rosslare and you could see her funnel away in the distance. I remember thinking it was massive.

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Drummerboy08 · 12-03-2012 11:27pm

The Felicity is somewhere in Scandanavia now isn't it? My oul fella spent many years aboard her, then a few more on the Beatrix when she took over the Fishguard route.

Wasn't the Irish Ferries Normandy the twin of the Felicity?

Maverick88 · 13-03-2012 2:26pm

The Felicity was a great ship, went over on many occasions on her. The Stena Europe currently on the Fishguard run is the sister to the Normandy. There's pictures in various book on Rosslare of the two sisters side by side in their different livery's

Drummerboy08 · 13-03-2012 9:54pm

Maverick88 wrote: »

The Felicity was a great ship, went over on many occasions on her. The Stena Europe currently on the Fishguard run is the sister to the Normandy. There's pictures in various book on Rosslare of the two sisters side by side in their different livery's

Ah yes, I knew it was one of the two!

I've seen them side by side many times myself.

Tim the Enchanter · 14-03-2012 11:07am

My father was a bit of an 'enthusiastic ship spotter' for want of a better expression. We used to spend our Sundays in Dunmore East with a couple of pairs of binoculars, spotting merchant shipping in the estuary. Unfortunately there’s not as much of it these days. Aside from that though one memorable trip was on the PS Waverley. Don't know why she was in Waterford though. We boarded on the quay in Waterford and steamed down the river and out around hook head, turned about and steamed back up to Waterford.

PS Waverley

cocoshovel · 23-03-2012 10:14pm

Not the highest quality but I think this one catches something awesome. I dont know much about ships but I have loved this video for some time now. Maybe its just the song :pac:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HA13MuubDGE

23-03-2012 10:33pm

Maverick88 wrote: »

The Felicity was a great ship, went over on many occasions on her. The Stena Europe currently on the Fishguard run is the sister to the Normandy. There's pictures in various book on Rosslare of the two sisters side by side in their different livery's

I did my steering ticket on the Normandy.

Found memories on that ship.

Storm 10 · 26-03-2012 3:13pm

skipz wrote: »

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsR0_piaWVw

Just wondering if the Navy ship in the pictures is an Irish one, Niamh or Roisin it certainly looks like one of them.

somefeen · 30-03-2012 2:08pm

I love these two videos

http://youtu.be/-rRD3sCz8QA

http://youtu.be/295ojtHeVQQ

I miss that harbour

long range shooter · 07-04-2012 8:11am

ex_infantry man wrote: »

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

Its a very good design going up against the waves,but the total oposite the other way:eek:

long range shooter · 07-04-2012 8:27am

Here my first command in the North sea

The AHTS Sea Tiger
http://youtu.be/qfd68DipY3g

And this is in 2011 in the North sea,when we hit bad weather during Towing\Anchorhandling operations.

http://youtu.be/jfRs6upuj20

And i am pretty sure noone ever heard of this incident between Norway and Russia over the trawler Electron.

http://youtu.be/Jy0W2YTTlTo

And the worlds fastest patrolboat 60+ knots.

http://youtu.be/ZyPsZ7kBQK0

11-04-2012 1:09pm

long range shooter wrote: »

Here my first command in the North sea

The AHTS Sea Tiger
http://youtu.be/qfd68DipY3g

And this is in 2011 in the North sea,when we hit bad weather during Towing\Anchorhandling operations.

http://youtu.be/jfRs6upuj20

/QUOTE]

Thanks for that. Good luck to you but have already put your post to use to answer a regular question I get. Why I would rather work in West Africa over the North Sea?
Done that but much prefer these weather conditions.

Loading subsea structures on the "Normand Installer" in Lobito, Angola a few weeks back.

Steaming to work site

On location

Very capable multi-purpose vessel too, double decked, second work deck on top of the anchor handling deck for instillation work, cable carousel below decks, 50t & 150 t cranes and 350t A frame, 2 work class ROV's.

long range shooter · 11-04-2012 1:27pm

323 wrote: »

long range shooter wrote: »

Here my first command in the North sea

The AHTS Sea Tiger
http://youtu.be/qfd68DipY3g

And this is in 2011 in the North sea,when we hit bad weather during Towing\Anchorhandling operations.

http://youtu.be/jfRs6upuj20

/QUOTE]

Thanks for that. Good luck to you but have already put your post to use to answer a regular question I get. Why I would rather work in West Africa over the North Sea?
Done that but much prefer these weather conditions.

Loading subsea structures on the "Normand Installer" in Lobito, Angola a few weeks back.

Steaming to work site

On location

Very capable multi-purpose vessel too, double decked, second work deck on top of the anchor handling deck for instillation work, cable carousel below decks, 50t & 150 t cranes and 350t A frame, 2 work class ROV's.

Well i am down in Egypt at the moment with sunny days,and i was 2 years before that in Brazil with sunny days,and before that i was on the spot market on West Africa for 2 years,and so far nothing can beat can beat the good old North sea.;):D
And Survey,cable and ROV,boring,all the action is on Anchorhandling;)

11-04-2012 3:50pm

long range shooter wrote: »

323 wrote: »

And Survey,cable and ROV,boring,all the action is on Anchorhandling;)

Everyone to their own, as long as it pays the bills:), but you forgot to mention construction.

Although I'll bet when you go for a pint in your local when at home, everyone still thinks you work on rigs.

Tabnabs · 11-04-2012 4:18pm

Ah lads, the North Sea is like a sleeping baby

long range shooter · 11-04-2012 5:24pm

323 wrote: »

long range shooter wrote: »

Everyone to their own, as long as it pays the bills:), but you forgot to mention construction.

Although I'll bet when you go for a pint in your local when at home, everyone still thinks you work on rigs.

Yes only taking the p....:D
Everyone do what they like to do offcourse.;)

Actually they dont believe a word you are saying,so i stopped talking about it.
I say i work offshore instead;)

long range shooter · 11-04-2012 5:30pm

Tabnabs wrote: »

Ah lads, the North Sea is like a sleeping baby

Nice to see when the rig actually have a 4" hose,and that its long enough,and dont have to stay alongside for 14 hours discharging:rolleyes:
But a nice picture of the North sea,cant beat it when its like this.;):D

dball · 12-04-2012 11:49am

not a ship but def a boat - sorry if in the wrong place

cocoshovel · 13-04-2012 12:35am

at 323. You can guarantee that wooden table wont last even a few months in such wet conditions :pac:

Tabnabs · 18-05-2012 11:03am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svFwsJsHHGs

Details and lots of pics of the incident here

http://www.cargolaw.com/2010nightmare_grand_rodosi.html

johngalway · 20-05-2012 3:46pm

Good panel beater, wait for the tide to go out, no problem :cool:

who the fug · 24-05-2012 10:34am

Can anyone add the music from jaws to that clip

Tabnabs · 24-05-2012 10:44am

Another nightmare scenario

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLWOi49LuvM

source

Fishing boat coming out of the harbor supposedly cut off the Matanuska forcing the ferry to do drastic collision avoidence. The maneuver forced the ferry to over shoot the Petersburg dock. The ferry tried to turn 180 degrees to get to the dock. During that turn is when the Matanuska hit the dock. Tides were extra large that weekend with 5 knots of current on the stern. Petersburg is at the north end of Wrangell Narrows, a challenging waterway for the most experienced navigators.

Poor Uncle Tom · 25-05-2012 4:07pm

Oh my gosh!!!!

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