Ship porn

Thargor wrote: »

Got a link to the onboard videos by any chance?

Pm and will send tomorrow

https://imgur.com/a/cvxplIm

Not sure if this works?

Alkers wrote: »

Pm and will send tomorrow

Oh sorry never saw your post, it's grand thanks the video can be seen in this article:

https://amp.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/inside-mv-alta-the-ghost-cargo-ship-which-lies-on-the-rocks-in-ballycotton-983201.html

https://www.rte.ie/news/2020/0402/1128138-ports-coronavirus/

RTE video report of the largest cargo boat ever to dock in Ireland unloaded in Ringaskiddy, Cork last Thursday. The AS Petronia is 210 metres in length and came from Costa Rica full of mangoes and pineapples plus 4 million bananas which is a weeks supply for the country.

Tabnabs wrote: »

Big ship 1 Port Cranes 0

Look at the speed of that tug (0:10) to show the power and momentum involved here.

Anyone know what happened here, was the captain left short a pay cheque or something :pac: Even after he knocks the crane the propeller seems to go into reverse and the ship heads back for a second bite.

ha, RTE and their fake news :pac:

Documentary on the salvage operation:

Was just wondering about that the other day actually.

Another timelapse x60speed.
Tanker Atlantic Dawn, last Thurday, disconnecting oil pipe and leaving (just an hour or two before the tanker above arrived)

Long before Social distancing was ever imagined let alone practiced ..... looks jam packed all the same.

Good article here about how in Russia they display used military equipment at the side of motorways as an old Soviet propaganda tool. They've everything from fighter jets to military jeeps put up on pedestals at the side of the road.

Cant embed but theres a ship there
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/may/25/fighter-jet-pavement-soviet-roadside-revolution

Royal Navy Whitby class frigate, HMS Brighton in 1967. Same ship as in the earlier photo. I got the decade wrong. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Brighton_(F106)

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

Is that the royal "yacht" Britannia?

No, it's got the cranes and cargo handling gear of an honest working ship, and the car would be a Rolls Royce, not an Austin(?). :-)

My father was in the Fleet Air Arm and was stationed in various places in North Africa, lol; join the Navy and get stationed in the desert; flying fighter cover for convoys in the Med. He mentions being a passenger on flying boats and the routes they took several times in his memoir. On one of those flying boat trips to get back to the UK, he mentions it landed at Foynes, on the Shannon estuary. I'm sure the Irish government was aware that some of the young men onboard, didn't always wear civilian clothing.

To get to Cairo, he had to go to Scotland and board a troop ship which was part of a fast convoy which had a protective screen of a cruiser and destroyers. The convoy headed west, zig-zagging to avoid U-boats, for a considerable distance, before turning south. Being a naval officer, he and his compatriots shared duties on the ship, a liner. He mentions being on duty and among those stationed to keep a look-out as they neared the coast of Africa, when they were attacked off Dakar, Senegal (French colony=enemy) by twin engined aircraft out of the sun, but the attack was unsuccessful. They made port of call at various places as the convoy proceeded around the continent to Suez, passing Cape Horn.

He mentions the equator crossing ceremony was organised by James Robertson Justice, the actor. He also mentioned that among the officers were a Mr Cadbury and a Mr Walker and that there was no shortage of either chocolate or whiskey :-) Oh yes, and the then McGillycuddy of the Reeks was among them.

It's his photos I have posted.

^^
I thought X-bow was to be the future of efficiency and wave handling?

If that's going on the Rosslare run, I'll go back to Stena from Irish ferries.