You'll know it when you see it.
I'm ok with it. Would much rather have all of those people on one boat far away from me, than clogging up my favorite anchorages. If that's what it takes to get them all together for the next cruise ship plague, so be it. Kind of like mice in an over populated laboratory experiment.
Ted
Thanks Dave, love those old liners.
It got me thinking, so I looked up the status of the SS United States. Turns out there's another plan to (maybe) restore her. Check out this story.
I'm not holding out a lot of hope, but it sure would be great to see her underway again.
Only cruise ship (ocean liner) I've been on was the Andrea Doria (sunk 1956).
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The gilded fist class china is very nice though.
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Ted
The sand around the wreck varies a bit, 240' is a good average. When I was diving it, the shallowest point was around 180'. The area where we were getting the 1st class china was around 220' deep and maybe 75' inside.How many feet of water does she lie in Ted?
The sand around the wreck varies a bit, 240' is a good average. When I was diving it, the shallowest point was around 180'. The area where we were getting the 1st class china was around 220' deep and maybe 75' inside.
Ted
I was thinking that you were aboard before she went down... I was wondering how old you were...
That must have been an awesome dive! I'd love to see her. What kind of shape is she in?
That would be Queensland businessman/politician Clive Palmer, associated with Queensland Nickel which recently ceased production. I would very much like to see photos of the ship under construction, it`s only 2 years to the maiden voyage. I`ll believe it when I see them, or the ship.Some Australian (with help from Dubai) is making a replica of the Titanic. Hopefully it will at least get through its maiden voyage.
She has been falling apart. I believe the unsupported bow finally broke off.
Imagine the weight of the bow unsupported for half a century. Hull wasn't designed for that kind of sustained loading.
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A better representation of the collapse of all the above deck level structures.
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Ted
A fellow I know makes his living painting portraits of beautiful ships.
He's an interesting guy and a very good artist. He dresses like its the late 1800's.
He has built a couple of interesting small boats as well.
Here is a link to his website.
Paintings of Ships