Pictures of ships in drydock.

[pakarang]

Pictures of ships in drydock.

Ever since I was very young, I have always been very fascinated by ships in dry dock. First of all because we get to see something we normally not see and second of all, we get to study details of technical systems.

Within the main web page of CaptainsVoyage, you will soon be able to see my own images from the dry docks I have participated in - on the SS Norway and the Crystal Symphony (the pages were lost during HDD-crash but are almost restored now).

If you have any pictures of this nature, please take a moment to share them here. Any type of ship will naturally be greatly appreciated.

As some of you fellow CV-officers already know, I love studying details in photographs and pictures of ships in dry dock is absolutely no exemption.

Looking forward and hoping dearly for a lot of participation in this thread.

The old board thread can be found here:

http://captainsvoyage.7.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=939

[SaintsFCFan]

Ah, Jan-Olav!! Here's a beauty for you here.

Here are the links
http://tbn0.google.com/hosted/images/c?q=1fdb323d6c759206_large] Queen Elizabeth

[pakarang]

Ah, Jan-Olav!! Here's a beauty for you here.

Here are the links

That is an awesome image which really shows her size and power.

[pilotdane]

I am glad to see this thread come back to life. It is one of my favorites.

It is intresting to look at the prop and rudder layout of Queen Elizabeth. You can tell she was meant for long fast voyages. One rudder with no propwash must have made maneuvering in port difficult. I suppose they used tugboats for almost all maneuvering when going slow.

[SaintsFCFan]

Aha, I've found another of Queen Elizabeth in drydock.

[SaintsFCFan]

And of course, one more.

[pakarang]

A little overtime but still very interesting: in the last image, could someone tell me what is behind the portholes just above the name at the stern?

I seem to recall that those were brigs for unruly passengers (and crew) but I'm wondering if that was onboard the one Queen Mary.

[SaintsFCFan]

Unless it's my rubbish eyesight, I think I can see two bars over the portholes. You may be right Jan-Olav!
Have a look closer.



What do you think?

[pakarang]

Unless it's my rubbish eyesight, I think I can see two bars over the portholes. You may be right Jan-Olav!
Have a look closer.



What do you think?

I also see two bars there and as far as I can remember, on the QM I remember there was a jail (brig) at the stern somewhere... Since none of the other portholes has these bars, there must be something different behind them....

[pakarang]

Maaany images of Golden Princess in dry dock:

http://www.princess.com/goldendrydock/

Glad I'm not there right now!

[ehp]

"Golden Princess, with its distinctive rear profile" the caption reads...

"Destinctive"--how about "ghastly"???

"Fabio"--there really is a purser named "Fabio"?????

[ombugge]

Is this a ship or a flaoting Pizza Parlour?
What is that contraption on her stern?
Looks like an A-frame on a Trawler, bu I guess the don't catch their own fish.
Fishburger anyone?

[ehp]

ombugge--you are both brilliant and FUNNY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't know which I'd rather (not) do on board...movie under the stars, minigolf, stare up at the 3 story atrium--excuse me-PIAZZA--hang out in the adults-only area (why bring the kids anyway, if you're not going to interact with them???) buy wine from the wine store (why??) ......Heaven forbid I would sit in a chaise and look out at the --what's that blue stuff out there called???-- oh, yeah...the OCEAN....................

[janihudi]

THE BIGGEST GET MAINTENANCE

BERGE STAHL is the biggest orebulkship in the world.
the gigantic bulkship -343 meter long and 63,3 meter high- lie in a dock in Rotterdam for maintenance .
normaly spoken sail the BERGE STAHL between Porte de Madeira in Northern-Brasil and Rotterdam.



i think, when looking at his rudder, that i can turn my truck around
within that proportian of that rudder.

picture taken from newspaper.

[ombugge]

Somebody run off with the Propeller!!!
That is worth a few millions alone.

[pilotdane]

I found these pictures online of Tahitian Princess in drydock in the Bahamas. She is being re-named the Ocean Princess. Click on the small pictures in the upper right of the screen. The link I'm provided brings you in the middle of the photos so you can go left or right to see the drydock work.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/princes...n/photostream/

[pakarang]

Fascinating how more and more cruise lines - and crew members - seem to be posting behind the scenes dry dock images all across the net....

Good for all of us that loves to peak behind the closed doors, and for us that have partaken in works behind such doors...

[Remarc]

Now this is a twist.....How 'bout a drydock on a ship?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/7988773.stm

[Steve.B]

End of an era on Tyneside. Sad when you think of all the great ships that were built there.

Very interesting to hear that the equipment is going to India, I didn't realise they had a shipbuilding industry. Now i wonder where the Indians get the steel from to build ships? Alang maybe? Now that's what you call recycling!

[pilotdane]

It looks a bit funny seeing cranes inside a drydock on top of a ship. I think they could have piled a few more things onboard however: cranes, floating drydock, partridge in a pear tree...