This beauty is now here in Rotterdam, from a time that the knew how to build a ship. Not a cruiseship but an old liner:
225,000 ton cruise liner to sail in December
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Lucky13
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Now, THAT's a ship! 
109ROAMING
2nd Lieutenant
With Jan 8) such style
beaupower32
Tech Sergeant
Forgot one more.
SS America
With the intention of being refitted to become a five-star hotel ship off Phuket, in Thailand. Drydocking at that time revealed that despite the years of neglect, her hull was still in remarkably good condition. In August she was renamed American Star, her propellers were removed and placed on the deck, the funnel and bridge were painted red, and ladders were welded to starboard. She left Greece on December 22, 1993 under tow, but the tow proved impossible due to the weather. She then returned to Greece for a few days until the weather calmed down. On New Year's Eve 1993, the American Star left Greece for the last time by Ukrainian tug Neftegaz 67.
The one hundred day tow began; the American Star and Neftegaz 67 entered a thunder storm in the Atlantic. The tow lines broke and six or more men were sent aboard the American Star to reattach the emergency tow lines. This proved unsuccessful. Two other towboats were called to assist Neftegaz 67. On January 17, the crew aboard the American Star was rescued by helicopter. The ship was left adrift. On January 18, The ship ran aground off the west coast of Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands.
While discussions between the ship's owners, the towing firm, and the companies insuring the ship were going on, the ship was left to nature, with the forward part of the ship running aground on a sandbar. Within the first 48 hours of pounding surf of the Atlantic, the ship broke in two just past the second funnel. The ship was declared a total loss on July 6, 1994. The stern section soon collapsed completely to port and sank, while the bow continued to remain intact.
In November 2005, the port side of the bow section collapsed, which caused the liner's remains to assume a much sharper list and the remaining funnel to detach and fall into the ocean. The collapse of the port side also caused the hull to begin to break up and by October 2006, the wreck had almost completely collapsed onto its port side.
In April 2007 the starboard side finally collapsed causing the wreck to break in half and fall into the sea. Throughout 2007 what little remained had been slowly disappearing beneath the waves. As of June 2008, only a small tip of the bow remains above the water
And by the way, that is a ugly ship. I dont think it will last long before it either rolls over and sinks, hits a reef and sinks, or hits a Iceberg and sinks. Its just going to be another Titanic.
Agreed....certainly ugly and top heavy on the outside!
imalko
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Here's another example...
RMS Olympic, the first liner of Olympic class (other two were RMS Titanic and HMHS Britannic) build in 1911 was in service until 1935 when she was scrapped. She distinguished herself in WW1 by sinking German submarine U-103 on May 12, 1918.
RMS Olympic, Sister Ship to Titanic
Its interesting to mention that HMHS Britannic was sunk in very misterious circumstances in the Aegean in WW1 where she served as a hospital ship. With Titanic's tragic fate well known it came to be that only RMS Olympic saw years long service. Picture 2 in attachment shows Olympic painted in wartime camouflage colors.
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It's pretty cetain the Britanic hit a mine. A string of them were layed a week or two before by a U boat in the area she sank. She was sailing with all her port holes open so when the mine blew, she listed, flooded and sank. The mine wasn't enough to sink her but the port holes helped a lot.
Old liners looked good and were that way for a reason. They were the way to cross the ocean in the past. Now, liners are like that monstrosity. They don't need to go fast so they are more of a destination than a means of transport.
Still, the Cruise Ship is ugly. And top heavy. Wonder what some of the guys with some knowledge of metrocetric hieghts and whatnot would think of it.
Old liners looked good and were that way for a reason. They were the way to cross the ocean in the past. Now, liners are like that monstrosity. They don't need to go fast so they are more of a destination than a means of transport.
Still, the Cruise Ship is ugly. And top heavy. Wonder what some of the guys with some knowledge of metrocetric hieghts and whatnot would think of it.
joy17782
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Holy smokes.It does float< makes a good target one good torpedo and she,s a goner!!!!!!!!!!!huh, life, jacket please
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Thorlifter
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Marcel, I actually sailed on the Rotterdam about 15 or 16 years ago. She is a pretty ship. I have actually sailed on several older ships like the SS Norway, MS Holiday, and SS Independence. They are nicer to look at from the outside, but inside they are cramped with little hallway space and small cabins.
Granted, it's an eye sore, but I prefer the newer ships for better comforts for my vacations.
I also wouldn't be surprised if there wasn't 1,000 Taliban guys looking at this a saying, "Mine!!!"
Granted, it's an eye sore, but I prefer the newer ships for better comforts for my vacations.
I also wouldn't be surprised if there wasn't 1,000 Taliban guys looking at this a saying, "Mine!!!"
I have heard that Cruise Lines have some of the best intel for just that reason. One incident with Al Quida and those guys are toaste. Plus, they have no governmental restrictions to speak of. They can talk to pretty much anyone. Anytime. As a consequence, the industry is known for having people who are decent intel.
Wierd. Of all the industries that would be on the ball, it turns out the cruise line guys are pretty good at it.
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Thorlifter
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I remember I went on a cruise about 3 months after 9-11. Obviously, security was at a peak at the airports and ship terminal. But once on the ship, I thought I saw a bunch of dolphins swimming around the ship while still docked, which I had never seen before. Turns out they were navy divers swimming under the ship to make sure there wasn't anything attached to the bottom. Also, once we started to leave and go out the channel in Port Canaveral, we were escorted through the port by a freakin destroyer!!!!!!
Messy1
Master Sergeant
Maybe they knew you were on board Thor and wanted to make sure nothing happened to their VIP!
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Thorlifter
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So that's why we sailed under the water cannons and the sky writers wrote "God of Thunder". Now it all makes sense!!!!
diddyriddick
Staff Sergeant
These would be my cruise ships of choice. A mite on the small side, comparatively, but what fun they would be!
Exactly, that is a terrible looking ship. The designer needs to be drug out into the streets and shot...
It was designed in the '50ies. They didn't know "ergonomics" existed in that time
But it's a beauty. They're now turning her into a hotel and will be permanently visible next to "hotel New York", the former building of the Holland-Amerika line.
Lucky13
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Imagine the panic in a fire or something like that, with THAT number of passengers!
Idiots!
Idiots!
Only ocean liner I ever sailed on was the Queen Elizabeth 2 from France to New York. I don't remember any of it though, because I was a very small child.
I hate boats on the ocean...
I hate boats on the ocean...
You hate boats on the ocean but did a tour or two in Iraq in a Helicopter? Perspective....perspective...
