Topic: What's the largest ship you've ever seen? (Read 35150 times)

saltydog · « **Reply #50 on:** July 12, 2009, 21:07:50 »

I think it means Sainte (pronounce Santa).., meaning female saint..

Capt. Matt · « **Reply #51 on:** July 12, 2009, 21:16:33 »

Thanks thats been driving me nuts

Ballast · « **Reply #52 on:** July 23, 2009, 16:07:19 »

I saw the Eleonora Maersk last week in Dover strait, not sure if she's the biggest one i've seen but i guess so.

IRI5HJ4CK · « **Reply #53 on:** July 23, 2009, 16:15:46 »

Nice pics MJ!

Nice to see you again!

Jack.

Shipaddict · « **Reply #54 on:** July 23, 2009, 16:16:10 »

Hey MJ!

Nice pic

Ballast · « **Reply #55 on:** July 23, 2009, 16:29:08 »

Thanks guys

The Ferry Man · « **Reply #56 on:** July 23, 2009, 18:38:54 »

The largest Cruise Ship I have seen is the Queen Mary 2
The largest Ferry I have seen must be the Pride of Bilbao
The largest Cargo ship was the Evelyn Maersk on the horizon

Wave Music · « **Reply #57 on:** July 23, 2009, 18:47:36 »

Being very modest than all of you here, the biggest ship I've ever seen by own eyes was the Chainat Navee with the LOA of 157 meters in October of 2000.

http://www.shipspotting.com/modules/myalbum/photo.php?lid=149291

Quaysider · « **Reply #58 on:** July 23, 2009, 18:57:57 »

That's quite a substantial mast/crane on her!!

Wave Music · « **Reply #59 on:** July 24, 2009, 18:17:03 »

I remember in 1998 or 1999 I saw Kent Forest (now Redwood) in our port. Just checked - her LOA is 159.2 meters. Hence she's the biggest ship I've ever seen, not the Chainat Navee. Although I'm still very modest than you all here.

http://www.shipspotting.com/modules/myalbum/photo.php?lid=79860

Alicatt · « **Reply #60 on:** July 24, 2009, 18:43:36 »

Largest ship I've seen is the Maersk Seville, I know her Master and was invited on board when she visited Zeebrugge last year. My wife and I got to stay in the owners cabin and to watch lifeboat drills in the harbour the next day.
We are going for a look around his new vessel in Sept.

http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Maersk-Seville-9299927.html (http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Maersk-Seville-9299927.html)

cptnchris · « **Reply #61 on:** July 25, 2009, 18:44:52 »

for me it would be the uss alabama... we stopped by it on the way to florida... website-- http://www.ussalabama.com/ picture--- http://jim-frizzell.com/ww2/01-15-01_uss_alabama.jpg

Nathan|C · « **Reply #62 on:** July 26, 2009, 13:12:39 »

Saw the QM2 on the 22nd July

It was massive!!

(http://img32.imageshack.us/i/1003974.jpg/)

(http://img30.imageshack.us/i/1004095j.jpg/)

Watched her leave...

(http://img30.imageshack.us/i/1004120.jpg/)

(http://img32.imageshack.us/i/1004112j.jpg/)

(http://img132.imageshack.us/i/1004129.jpg/)

(http://g.imageshack.us/img132/1004129.jpg/1/)

Then went down the river, to Rozenburg, and watcher her pass..

(http://img32.imageshack.us/i/1004143.jpg/)

(http://img132.imageshack.us/i/1004147.jpg/)

Look! You can see Ballast's ship here. the Dutch Faith! (which had a horn battle with the QM2

)

(http://img132.imageshack.us/i/1004155.jpg/)

And You can see a video I took of her departure here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhAvU7_XLTs

Wave Music · « **Reply #63 on:** July 26, 2009, 13:17:57 »

You forgot the shot of her stern damaged due to incedent with lines...

Nathan|C · « **Reply #64 on:** July 26, 2009, 13:23:45 »

Woops

This is slightly off topic but since QM2 has been mentioned:

To those who don't know, she broke her bow moorings in Zeebrugge on the 21st July, the stern was pulled into the dock and result:

(http://img17.imageshack.us/i/1004087.jpg/)

(http://img24.imageshack.us/i/1004085g.jpg/)

A shipyard came up in a little boat and repaired what they could, these pictures show the stern after they had finished working on it.

Wave Music · « **Reply #65 on:** July 26, 2009, 13:31:31 »

Quote from: Nathan|C on July 26, 2009, 13:23:45

A shipyard came up in a little boat and repaired what they could, these pictures show the stern after they had finished working on it.

For all marine cases...

firestar12 · « **Reply #66 on:** July 26, 2009, 15:08:33 »

Great pictures Nathan, yours seem to express her largeness more than any I have seen! Also, I think her stern is shaped weirdly with that shape change. Do you have any more, Nathan?

Nathan|C · « **Reply #67 on:** July 26, 2009, 15:43:39 »

I have loads more, probably over 200 of her taken last Wednesday. I'll open a new topic with some more, so you can see them without this topic being invaded

IRI5HJ4CK · « **Reply #68 on:** July 26, 2009, 15:50:15 »

Nice photo's Nathan! Even though I've seen about half of them already

Jack

Minime · « **Reply #69 on:** July 26, 2009, 16:03:00 »

Nice pictures Nathan, but that repair looks very unprofessional. Also wish they made a stern that would actually fit to that ship, it looks so ugly, sorry to qm2 lovers.
Once again nice pics nathan

Wave Music · « **Reply #70 on:** July 26, 2009, 16:07:40 »

Quote from: Minime on July 26, 2009, 16:03:00

Also wish they made a stern that would actually fit to that ship, it looks so ugly, sorry to qm2 lovers.

That's what I was saying some earlier:

Quote from: Wave Music on July 24, 2009, 00:30:37

It's quite understandable that the stern is square near the water surface like on many modern ships as it's specially shaped to place the azipods there. But it's funny to think how they anyway made it round like on QM.

It could be pure round only if there was the conventional propulsion, not the 4 azipods... Or if only 1 azipod.

IRI5HJ4CK · « **Reply #71 on:** July 26, 2009, 16:12:41 »

Quote from: Minime on July 26, 2009, 16:03:00

Nice pictures Nathan, but that repair looks very unprofessional.

Maybe they didn't have enough time, QM2 is on a very busy schedule, I suppose they'll do a better job when they have a break in the trips.

Jack

Shipaddict · « **Reply #72 on:** July 26, 2009, 16:23:14 »

It would cost a lot to dock her for a certain amount of time aswell and disrupt scheldules so they can just fix that

cptnchris · « **Reply #73 on:** July 26, 2009, 19:21:16 »

i wish i lived near a harbour.... i live in missouri where there's only table rock lake ( which we own marina's on) but still the biggest boat is a houseboat. and every time i go work out at the marina there's only stupid hillbillies that rent a boat and crash them...

--tractorman-- · « **Reply #74 on:** July 26, 2009, 20:55:59 »

Saw GRANDE ATLANTICO, sure is the largest ship i've seen!

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