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Title: A Couple of 'Upright' Photo's! Post by PJDavis on Jan 17th, 2012, 11:31am We have a house on the Southside of Malta, and are there regularly. There is also other regular visitors to The Grand Harbour in Valletta, the Gal is pictured texting! A quick pic for those that haven't seen the famous Ship Upright! I hope this doesn't offend anyone, it's not my intention. http://i771.photobucket.com/albums/xx357/PJJDavis123/DSCF0993.jpg http://i771.photobucket.com/albums/xx357/PJJDavis123/DSCF0968.jpg |
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Title: Re: A Couple of 'Upright' Photo's! Post by lesterlad aka Rodders on Jan 17th, 2012, 1:18pm Standing alongside a ship of that size really does put things into perspective doesn't it, I stood at the side of the QEII some years ago when it was docked in Southampton, needless to say I was gob-smacked. The biggest ships I have ever been on are the IOM Ferry 'Lady of Mann' during the mid to late 70's and more recently the Ben-my-Chree and the 'Sea Cat' aka as the vomit comet by the locals. |
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Title: Re: A Couple of 'Upright' Photo's! Post by Scorpio_Mike on Jan 17th, 2012, 7:58pm I think this accident brings into question the basic issue of design safety of these vessels - it was fortunate that it happened in shallow water and the loss of life appears to be very low. If this has been in deep water and the ship had hit an iceberg I can't help thinking we would be looking at something a lot worse than the Titanic disaster :-/ |
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Title: Re: A Couple of 'Upright' Photo's! Post by gozz on Jan 17th, 2012, 8:30pm They are very obviously too bloody tall with insufficient draught :o it all comes down to the old pecuniar ! GOZZ. |
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Title: Re: A Couple of 'Upright' Photo's! Post by Mike H on Jan 19th, 2012, 1:31am It's like a big floating hotel ~ what would happen to a big hotel on land in an earthquake, for example? Much the same I imagine |
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Title: Re: A Couple of 'Upright' Photo's! Post by Matt on Jan 19th, 2012, 9:44am Yea its a big ship, but no means the biggest, even by cruise ship standards Biggest ive seen was one of the cargo ships out in the channel, the shipping containers looked like lego blocks |
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Title: Re: A Couple of 'Upright' Photo's! Post by Jonnycab on Jan 20th, 2012, 4:44am on 01/17/12 at 20:30:39, gozz wrote:
They have a very low centre of gravity....in the bottom are engines, machinery, water/fuel tanks & a very thick hull to weigh the boat down, a bit like a Double Decker bus ;) |
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Title: Re: A Couple of 'Upright' Photo's! Post by Snoopy on Jan 20th, 2012, 7:58am Quote:
The Boat is Nothing like a bus, it hasn't got wheels for a start! ;D |
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Title: Re: A Couple of 'Upright' Photo's! Post by Jonnycab on Jan 22nd, 2012, 1:57am on 01/20/12 at 07:58:41, Snoopy wrote:
;)....... ;D For anyone that is wondering......I meant that it's a bit like a double decker bus, in that it's centre of gravity is very low down & it's difficult to roll. But y'all knew that anyway.....right ? ;) |
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Title: Re: A Couple of 'Upright' Photo's! Post by Toriitom on Jan 22nd, 2012, 4:06pm on 01/22/12 at 01:57:42, Jonnycab wrote:
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/multimedia/dynamic/00616/ULSTER_Bus_175033_616905t.jpg http://www.blottr.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/500x/imagefield/images-2.jpeg |
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Title: Re: A Couple of 'Upright' Photo's! Post by Jonnycab on Jan 23rd, 2012, 1:30pm Lol ;D.......not impossible to roll though ;) |
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Title: Re: A Couple of 'Upright' Photo's! Post by gozz on Jan 23rd, 2012, 11:20pm Sorry not in service, states the destination display ::) |
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Title: Re: A Couple of 'Upright' Photo's! Post by Baz on Feb 26th, 2012, 2:55pm I hope that isn't Andrews Bus!! ;D |
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