The Ship Enthusiast thread

[Piemaster]

Jahre Viking. Largest man made self propelled thing ever. Theres a link to a birds eye view of it being broken up here, which gives some scale to how big it was in comparison to other ships, bearing in mind it's already partly gone in the photo.
There is sort of a practical limit on tankers with the length, an extra 100,000 tonnes may not mean much longer but wider and a deeper draught.

 

[slowmotion]

Containers ships too I'm guessing?

Container ships don't have enough pipes on deck!

 

[derrick]

Not a ship but i raced one in my youth, Well up to the age of about 40,

 

[snorri]

Fireballs

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Container ships don't have enough pipes on deck!

Plenty of containers tho'

 

[slowmotion]

Plenty of containers tho'

Pretty good engines too.
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[twentysix by twentyfive]

Pretty good engines too.
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Over 6MW per cylinder

 

[slowmotion]

Over 6MW per cylinder

A twelve cylinder version of that engine is putting out the same power as 45,000 Mark Cavendishes going full-pelt on a sprint. Same cadence.

 

[snorri]

A quiz for you to test your shipping industry knowledge
http://dayoftheseafarer2016.imo.org/?captain

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

73.3% - d'oh

 

[JtB]

As a child I remember sailing from Preston to Larne each year on the Bardic Ferry.

This was a cargo ship that carried also a small number of passengers and was one of the very first "roll on roll off" ships. You just don't get the same atmosphere on modern day ferries.

 

[Profpointy]

A quiz for you to test your shipping industry knowledge
http://dayoftheseafarer2016.imo.org/?captain

13/15 - shiver me timbers !

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

As a child I remember sailing from Preston to Larne each year on the Bardic Ferry.

This was a cargo ship that carried also a small number of passengers and was one of the very first "roll on roll off" ships. You just don't get the same atmosphere on modern day ferries.

That probably isn't a bad thing!

 

[classic33]

That probably isn't a bad thing!

Nowt wrong with the old ferries. Now its a case of making the trip as fast as possible. Crewing levels haven't increased in size with the ferries.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Nowt wrong with the old ferries. Now its a case of making the trip as fast as possible. Crewing levels haven't increased in size with the ferries.

I agree, but to the general public, it is probably better now.