The Ship Enthusiast thread

[snorri]

It rains in Bergen. A lot. Something to do with being surrounded by hills. Anyway, a weary traveler gets off the plane at Bergen. "Tell me" he says to a small boy. "Does it ever stop raining here?" "I don't know mister. I'm only six."

...and my landlord in Bergen told me he couldn't understand why people complained about the rainfall there. "The records say it rains for 300 days in the year and that's what it does, so why complain?"

 

[beastie]

First ship I worked aboard.
MV Mercury.

 

[beastie]

Then the GTS Summit.

And my favourite the Century.

 

[Piemaster]

Then the GTS Summit. View attachment 118193

And my favourite the Century. View attachment 118194

Never been on one of those boats were the cargo discharges itself

 

[snorri]

Never been on one of those boats were the cargo discharges itself

Sounds convenient, but in my experience that sort of cargo moves when you don't want it to move and doesn't move when you do want it to move.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Historic one this one

 

[ufkacbln]

...and my landlord in Bergen told me he couldn't understand why people complained about the rainfall there. "The records say it rains for 300 days in the year and that's what it does, so why complain?"

In Bergen
........ It's raining

 

[Gravity Aided]

Historic one this one

Aurora?

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Aurora?

Indeed. Of Russian revolution fame IIRC. I saw it the flesh about 25 years ago and the Russian Navy were still using it as a training/barrack ship for the young recruits. That pic seems to show tourists on board. Perhaps things have moved on.

 

[ufkacbln]

Still in Bergen

......still raining

 

[ufkacbln]

The Norway Trip was... different

Due to an engine failure, the trip was cancelled, but i was lucky enough to get a place on MS Lofoten, a 1964 built ship and the "Heritage" ship for Hurtigruten

A little bit smaller than the original booking... Lofoten is on the right

Wonderful small vessel, if a little "rocky" in the sea passages during the trip

Traditional, well maintained and although not what I booked.... I have no regrets about the change

 

[Gravity Aided]

Looks a bit more seaworthy than today's crop of floating skyscrapers.

 

[slowmotion]

I've always had a weakness for oil tankers. Absolutely no concessions to aesthetics, just there to do a job. Fantastic.
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View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R713NPo1M-A
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[twentysix by twentyfive]

I've always had a weakness for oil tankers. Absolutely no concessions to aesthetics, just there to do a job. Fantastic.
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View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R713NPo1M-A
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Containers ships too I'm guessing?

 

[snorri]

I've always had a weakness for oil tankers.

The trouble with tankers is in being able to carry a big enough camera to photograph a whole one.