The Ship Enthusiast thread

[Fubar]

In 1981 I went on the schools ship SS Uganda round the Baltic Sea, in 1982 it was converted to a hospital ship for the Falklands War - in her pomp:

 

[classic33]

What about bikes?



Oh...

Strava

 

[Fubar]

This ship was in dock at Ocean Terminal in Edinburgh back in the summer:

 

[Dayvo]

Wouldn't fancy going up the bird's nest on this!

The world's tallest single-masted yacht:

 

[Bobby Mhor]

See what's where http://www.marinetraffic.com/

I've got the Upper Clyde AIS live on my laptop

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I've got the Upper Clyde AIS live on my laptop

I came across that site about a year ago. It can seriously take up great chunks of time!

They have a tall ships week on the Thames each year. At times, they give a tantalising glimpse of what the river must have looked like before the age of steam.

 

[Bobby Mhor]

I came across that site about a year ago. It can seriously take up great chunks of time!

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They have a tall ships week on the Thames each year. At times, they give a tantalising glimpse of what the river must have looked like before the age of steam.

@deptfordmarmoset
Sorry,
I should have mentioned this,
I am using an AIS receiver and have 'live' local traffic running on a program called 'Shipplotter' my laptop but I don't feed info to any specific site yet...

I am presently running 24/7 just to test out this wee beauty..

A wee bit on my use of it HERE

 

[numbnuts]

I worked on the RFA Sir Galahad and RFA Sir Tristram before they went out to the Falklands, they never came back

 

[numbnuts]

Nearly forgot I built this one, well not on my own

 

[Brains]

I've worked with or in shipbroking companies all my working life, so ships are my daily bread and butter

 

[Brains]

I love AIS data

Here are a couple of ships going around the South Circular in London at the moment
(Yachts on their way to the Boat Show at Excel ?)

 

[Dayvo]

Slightly off topic, but this film looks like it might be a cracker:


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-H35Mpj4uk

 

[Spinney]

In 1981 I went on the schools ship SS Uganda round the Baltic Sea, in 1982 it was converted to a hospital ship for the Falklands War - in her pomp:

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I had a cruise on the Uganda in 1977 or 1978 (can't remember the exact date). Started at Malta (where I was living at the time), Alexandria, Mersin (in Turkey), Rhodes and Pireaus. Great time!

 

[psmiffy]

I love AIS data

Here are a couple of ships going around the South Circular in London at the moment
(Yachts on their way to the Boat Show at Excel ?)
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[Spinney]

Some pics of (mostly) tall ships