Cruiseships on Google Earth.

[Steve.B]

Does anyone recognize this one?

This must be the MS Volendam.


Photo credit - Barek


Operated by the Holland America Line. She is one of a pair of sisters, the other being the MS Zaandam. The MS Volendam was completed by her Italian builders in 1999, her sister following in 2000. Both ships cruise out of Australia and New Zealand, covering the South Pacific during the Southern Hemisphere summer. Both also sail out of Alaska during the Northern Hemisphere summer.

This one took a bit of finding, and just when i thought i had a 100% match with her various features, i learnt she had a sister. Umm, which one was in the dry dock? A bit of further research led me to an article written by Reuben Goossens, he travelled aboard her in late 2010. In the article he mentioned the ship would be going to Singapore for a refit in March 2011. The Google Earth image is dated April 2011, so obviously just a couple of weeks after her arrival at the dry dock.

Reubens article concerning the ship.

http://www.cruise-australia.net/Volendam-Review.htm

[pakarang]

Great identifications.... I still can't believe you managed to recognize that HAL-ship... that is a keen eye!

[ombugge]

OK you Cruise ship experts, which ships is on the Google Earth capture:

Found during a frantic attempt to locate various places suggested for a "where in the world" puzzle a week or so ago. This one is from Ketchikan, Alaska.

The next two is from Juneau, Alaska:


This is quite a find, two Cruise ships, one on top of the other:

I'm well used to load things on heavy lifters, but this is beyond my kind of expertise.
It just goes to show that not everything you see on GE is the truth and nothing but the truth, so help me Google.

[janihudi]

83-1 second from top could be HAL's eurodam,oosterdam

the third from the top one of HAL's vessels from the rotterdam class

the lowest a pacific vessel.maybe the diamond princess

82-3 the doubble vessel.on my version it's a single vessel,and probally again the diamond princess