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mvsmith

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Re: Which vessels would you like to see added to Ship Sim in the future?
« Reply #875 on: August 26, 2008, 02:55:43 »

They were two entirely different operations. As Fred said, the US Navy paid for Bob’s expensive toys—which he developed for them at Woods Hole. While on active duty, it was the Navy that sent him to WHOI to pursue his post-graduate work. He holds a reserve commission in the Navy and does odd jobs for them.
The idea that the Titanic search was a cover up for his sub hunt is ridiculous.
Incidentally, I  rode R/V Knorr from Woods Hole to Reykjavik on the first leg of expedition GEOSECS, after installing an IBM 1800 computer —on loan from SIO—aboard her. At that time, she still had fore & aft VSPs like her sister R/V Melville.

For the Titanic search, Knorr carried unmanned, tethered, robotic submersibles and a benthic sled with side-looking sonar. It was his later return on R/V Atlantis carrying the manned submersible Alvin that did extensive exploration. John Cameron also produced much scientifically valuable video and other data while filming “Titanic”.
Tourist visits and “salvage” attempts are an obscenity.

For those who can’t remember back to the fall of 1985, a quick summary:
Knorr had spent three weeks, 24 hours a day, looking at the sea floor with magnetometer, side- and bottom-looking sonar, and a video camera on Argo—a robotic vehicle flown from the control room on Knorr.
This monotonous boustrophedonic sailing came to an end 0048 hours on 1 September when Stu Harris noticed what appeared to be a circular object on his video monitor.
Bob Lange, the Argo pilot, steered in for a closer look until they could see rivets and then three furnace doors. It was a single-ended boiler from Boiler Room 1.

While MIR 1 & MIR 2 are good vessels, and worked well for Cameron, they are hardly unique. They are certainly not the first manned submersibles to visit the Titanic. It’s a shame to see them used in the grubby tourist trade.

Since 1964, Woods Hole has operated Alvin, a Human Occupied Vehicle (to use the designation of her owner, the US Navy). Alvin is usually called a Deep Submergence Vehicle, and is the world’s first of her type. She has made well over 4000 dives, in many parts of the world, at depths down to 4,500 meters.
She carries three people, including the pilot. Her dives last as long as ten hours.
She is maneuvered by six reversible thrusters, and returns to the surface by dropping steel weights.
Her equipment includes 30 cm-thick viewports, metal halide lights, video cameras, two robotic arms, and a basket for treasure.

Alvin made eleven dives to Titanic in 1986. On his last dive, Ballard placed a bronze plaque on Titanic’s stern.

      


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Kapn Jonah

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Re: Which vessels would you like to see added to Ship Sim in the future?
« Reply #876 on: August 26, 2008, 15:20:18 »

 :o thanks for the history lesson 
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Tyla

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Re: Which vessels would you like to see added to Ship Sim in the future?
« Reply #877 on: August 30, 2008, 03:28:31 »

I rekon either a Sydney Harbour Ferry, or HMAS Kanimbla http://www.navy.gov.au/gallery/?c=53&id=1884 (:
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Metalcastr

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Re: Which vessels would you like to see added to Ship Sim in the future?
« Reply #878 on: August 31, 2008, 04:54:05 »

I would appreciate more steam ships of every type and variety.
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Capt. Le Velle

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Re: Which vessels would you like to see added to Ship Sim in the future?
« Reply #879 on: September 02, 2008, 02:46:01 »

i would like smaller ships
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Kapn Jonah

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Re: Which vessels would you like to see added to Ship Sim in the future?
« Reply #880 on: September 02, 2008, 02:54:26 »

I find the larger ships are always better so i think Ulyses, Queen Mary 2, Queen Victoria, QE2, or a Carnival Ship.
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FOYEN

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Re: Which vessels would you like to see added to Ship Sim in the future?
« Reply #881 on: September 07, 2008, 23:59:34 »

Hi Juriss,
They are actually called “semi-submersible lift” to distinguish them from heavy-lift vessels like the Jumbo Javelin, which is a much larger edition of an “Agile Solution” type.
VSTEP has been considering a Fairmount semi-sub, Fjell, but that requires solving the general variable-draft problem. It may need to wait for SS 2009.

FOYEN, VSTEP is doing the Jumbo Javelin mentioned above. I can’t say that it will be released anytime soon. As for a floating crane, a sheerlegs, like SMIT's Asian Hercules II, would be nice.

Marty


Yes - yes,  to see Asian Hercules II in SS it'll be very cool. But to see SAIPEM 7000 in SS will be much better.  See

http://www.shipspotting.com/modules/myalbum/photo.php?lid=24662

Thank you for telling about Jumbo Javelin! I hope cranes will be workable on it, so SS will be much interesting to play

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Capt. Jim

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Re: Which vessels would you like to see added to Ship Sim in the future?
« Reply #882 on: September 09, 2008, 11:53:49 »

The Biggeste Bulk Carrier in the world the BERGE STAHL !!!!

De Berge Stahl has a lengt of 343 meter and is loaded 22.8 meter deep. And she can load 365.000 ton of Erts

The ship have a screw from 9 meters in diameters and a weight of 60 ton. There becomes so 80 tons of stookolie per day!!!. The cross speeds is 12 knots. (+ 22 km/h)










Greetz

« Last Edit: September 09, 2008, 11:56:11 by RST Rotterdam »
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vadokunvot

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Re: Which vessels would you like to see added to Ship Sim in the future?
« Reply #883 on: September 11, 2008, 18:27:04 »

Wow! The Berge Stahl are realy big hehe. Crasy ship huh
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Person264

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Re: Which vessels would you like to see added to Ship Sim in the future?
« Reply #884 on: September 11, 2008, 19:16:13 »

It would be really cool if bow splashes were like that in Ship simulator
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Capt. Jim

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Re: Which vessels would you like to see added to Ship Sim in the future?
« Reply #885 on: September 11, 2008, 20:01:01 »

Some 1 on the Dutch Forum Posted This 3D Trailer of the BS!!

* http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4y55t_ms-berge-stahl-3d-model-trailer_tech

looks realy nice..  ;D
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Trek

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Re: Which vessels would you like to see added to Ship Sim in the future?
« Reply #886 on: September 11, 2008, 23:11:45 »

Perhaps the Love Boat!  ;D
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firestar12

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Re: Which vessels would you like to see added to Ship Sim in the future?
« Reply #887 on: September 11, 2008, 23:12:36 »

Perhaps the Love Boat!  ;D
Or the Hate Boat! lol
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firestar12

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Re: Which vessels would you like to see added to Ship Sim in the future?
« Reply #888 on: September 11, 2008, 23:14:13 »


What i meant was that the RV Knorr was the ship that carried the submersibles that actually discovered the wreck of the titanic
Im modeling the Knorr. Awaiting permission from woods hole.
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firestar12

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Re: Which vessels would you like to see added to Ship Sim in the future?
« Reply #890 on: September 12, 2008, 21:18:10 »

Hehe!!
I hope VSTEP isnt discussing a deal with the owners about it.
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RMSGreatBritain

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Re: Which vessels would you like to see added to Ship Sim in the future?
« Reply #891 on: September 13, 2008, 08:21:32 »

I would like to see The most beautiful ship ever-The SS Normandie
Aswell as QM2, Queen Mary, SS France, Aquitania, Freedom of the seas, Ventura and color magic
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roo2008

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Re: Which vessels would you like to see added to Ship Sim in the future?
« Reply #892 on: September 13, 2008, 15:03:35 »

I'd like to see an ice breaker like the (MV) Ms Polar Star (Ice Rating 1a*) or Ms Fran (Ice Rating 1b)

(MV) Ms Polar Star


Ms Fran


and maybe some more ports?
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mvsmith

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Re: Which vessels would you like to see added to Ship Sim in the future?
« Reply #893 on: September 13, 2008, 15:53:31 »

Hi roo2008 and welcome to the forum.
That is MS FRAM—named for Fridtjof Nansen’s wooden ice-surviving ship.
Fram had a long career in Arctic and Antarctic exploration by Amundsen, Sverdrup, and others. She has her own museum in Oslo.
Fram  means “forward” in Norsk.
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Marty
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ymer

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Re: Which vessels would you like to see added to Ship Sim in the future?
« Reply #894 on: September 15, 2008, 22:07:23 »

Why dont you add an icebreaker.... but of course you have to change the enviroment quit a bit. This ships have 2 proppellers in the front and 2 in the aft, so they are interesting to manouver.
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firestar12

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« Reply #895 on: September 16, 2008, 01:13:32 »

Why dont you add an icebreaker.... but of course you have to change the enviroment quit a bit. This ships have 2 proppellers in the front and 2 in the aft, so they are interesting to manouver.

Hello, welcome to the forum. That Propulsion you are thinking of is called VSP (Voith Snchiender Propulsion) And one ship in the game, The Red Eagle has it! I just glad that you didn't interupt a topic by randomly saying hi! Good job on that.  ;)
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ymer

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Re: Which vessels would you like to see added to Ship Sim in the future?
« Reply #896 on: September 16, 2008, 08:14:57 »

Hello, welcome to the forum. That Propulsion you are thinking of is called VSP (Voith Snchiender Propulsion) And one ship in the game, The Red Eagle has it! I just glad that you didn't interupt a topic by randomly saying hi! Good job on that.  ;)
No, this icebreaker has  4 regular props, one in each corner of the ship, diesel electric system..
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goutarou

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Re: Which vessels would you like to see added to Ship Sim in the future?
« Reply #897 on: September 16, 2008, 09:31:02 »

RMS Queen Elizabeth 2
RMS Queen Mary 2
MS Queen Victoria
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RMS Canada

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Re: Which vessels would you like to see added to Ship Sim in the future?
« Reply #898 on: September 16, 2008, 17:06:43 »

The RMS Segwun.  :)  It's North America's oldest operating steamship.  How do I know?  Well, I live in it's homeport, Gravenhurst.  I would love to explore her on walkthrough mode just like being on the real ship itself.
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Re: Which vessels would you like to see added to Ship Sim in the future?
« Reply #899 on: September 16, 2008, 17:59:09 »

The Biggeste Bulk Carrier in the world the BERGE STAHL !!!!

De Berge Stahl has a lengt of 343 meter and is loaded 22.8 meter deep. And she can load 365.000 ton of Erts

The ship have a screw from 9 meters in diameters and a weight of 60 ton. There becomes so 80 tons of stookolie per day!!!. The cross speeds is 12 knots. (+ 22 km/h)










Greetz



I spotted (Can't miss it really) the same ship in Rotterdam back in July:



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