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Author Topic: SPIRIT OF BRITAIN LAUNCHED  (Read 18838 times)

Pride of Dover

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Re: SPIRIT OF BRITAIN LAUNCHED
« Reply #75 on: January 15, 2011, 13:29:45 »

I’ve heard a few people mutter that the Spirit of Britain didn’t look ‘that big’ when she entered the Port of Dover last Sunday.  Perhaps from up on the cliffs her size was not immediately apparent.
Thanks then to the Senior Master of the Pride of Canterbury Captain Steve Johnson (who incidentally will also be Senior Master of the Spirit of France) who from his unique vantage point was able to perfectly capture the size of the new ship in comparison to the Pride of Calais





i agree, she didnt look that big as she came in, but when she got in the size difference was rather noticable.
The POC looks like she is ready to be laid up to, apparently she's in just as bad state onboard  :-\
you dont win a bridge visit, i know someone who works onboard who can get us on and knows Captian David Miller who is senior master on the SOB  :thumbs:
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The Ferry King

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Re: SPIRIT OF BRITAIN LAUNCHED
« Reply #76 on: January 15, 2011, 15:50:17 »

Pride of Calais will be here till August or September and after that it will be replaced by SOF


oh your pretty lucky to have such friends..  :thumbs:
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Stuart2007

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Re: SPIRIT OF BRITAIN LAUNCHED
« Reply #77 on: January 15, 2011, 16:45:14 »

that wont happen...

I don't know. There's a lot of metal to be recycled there.
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The Ferry King

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Re: SPIRIT OF BRITAIN LAUNCHED
« Reply #78 on: January 15, 2011, 17:03:30 »

true but i dont think i would be given to local snip-snap pickers
maybe a different place that recycles ships the proper way with machines and stuff
not a indian group of poor people selling a finnjet- carpet for 1 ruppees or something at their local markets
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Stuart2007

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Re: SPIRIT OF BRITAIN LAUNCHED
« Reply #79 on: January 18, 2011, 19:10:41 »

pee and ohno, back in the days when it was P&O "Peninsular and Orient Steam Navigation Co" and not dwp and carnival ripping the guts out of the company, the old PO used to make it legally binding that when their more famous ships were chopped, that only artefacts approved by PO could be sold on.

Indeed, the Great White Whale, the former flagship of PO cruises, SS Canberra, the ownership of the wreck didn't pass until the keel had been cut X times and the steam drive had been removed.

In other words, po wanted to make sure no smaller rival sprung up against them using their cast offs... Oh, sorry- I meant they "wanted to preserve their image"

When the sob/f time comes you'll be using them as a razor blade. Though I hope they start looking after them a bit better than their current fleet or they'll not last a full lifetime.


NOTE The above comment about their current fleet standards is my opinion only and is not necessarily the opinion of the forum 'management'. It is based solely on the fact that it's true.
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The Ferry Man

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Re: SPIRIT OF BRITAIN LAUNCHED
« Reply #80 on: January 20, 2011, 20:26:31 »

The Spirit of Britain enters service with P&O tomorrow  :)

Should be the 09:20 from Dover
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The Ferry King

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Re: SPIRIT OF BRITAIN LAUNCHED
« Reply #81 on: January 21, 2011, 16:28:23 »

she has started her shift :thumbs:
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Pride of Dover

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Re: SPIRIT OF BRITAIN LAUNCHED
« Reply #82 on: January 21, 2011, 21:56:48 »

im going on her on the 30th  :2thumbs: :2thumbs:
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The Ferry King

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Re: SPIRIT OF BRITAIN LAUNCHED
« Reply #83 on: January 21, 2011, 22:40:45 »

i might go on her on the 18th of february
(but as a passenger)
not a VIP like you ;D
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The Ferry King

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Re: SPIRIT OF BRITAIN LAUNCHED
« Reply #84 on: February 21, 2011, 16:50:01 »

for people who dont know how Spirit Of Britain's interior looks like. Here is a link
http://www.youtube.com/user/eurodestination#p/u/3/yGVUVYCavb8
(oh i wish i was a person like him who travels on nearly every ferry in the European seas!)
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