Post Amazingly Cool Pictures Of Ships or Boats!

[hidetheelephants]

Mallows Bay, Maryland.

[DodgyGeezer]

https://navalhistoria.com/uss-texas/

[droopsnoot]

I'm not sure either of these count as "amazingly cool", I was really looking for a marine version of the "period photos" thread in the classic cars section.

Towing out of Lisbon harbour



Slide entitled "Skin Divers going down to check bottom of ship for bombs"



I think the ship was the SS Uganda, the person taking the photos seems to have been on at least one cruise around the Med on it.

[Scotty2]

I was lucky enough to do a Baltic "School Cruise" on SS Uganda in, I think, 1976.
Jungle Rock on the Jukebox!
Hot Dogs in Tivoli Gardens - Stuck with me as a memory. First time to sample crispy onions...

[InYaMooey]

Scotty2 said:

I was lucky enough to do a Baltic "School Cruise" on SS Uganda in, I think, 1976.
Jungle Rock on the Jukebox!
Hot Dogs in Tivoli Gardens - Stuck with me as a memory. First time to sample crispy onions...

From Tilbury?

[spitfire-ian]

Seeing the pictures above gives me an excuse to post these taken by my partner's father in the late 1960s I think. Both taken from Harwich looking across at Felixstowe.


Lion Ferry Prins Hamlet by Ian, on Flickr


DFDS MS England by Ian, on Flickr

Today the background looks a bit like this


MSC London and Ever Aim, Port of Felixstowe by Ian, on Flickr

[DodgyGeezer]

spitfire-ian said:

Seeing the pictures above gives me an excuse to post these taken by my partner's father in the late 1960s I think. Both taken from Harwich looking across at Felixstowe.


Lion Ferry Prins Hamlet by Ian, on Flickr

I was curious about Prinz Hamlet - turns out it acquired that name in 1970, prior to which it was Vikingfjord

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prinz_Hamlet_(Schiff...

[spitfire-ian]

DodgyGeezer said:

I was curious about Prinz Hamlet - turns out it acquired that name in 1970, prior to which it was Vikingfjord

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prinz_Hamlet_(Schiff...

Different ship. I went down a whole ferry rabbit hole when trying to identify them.

The one in the photo is the 1966 one

https://www.simplonpc.co.uk/Prins_Hamlet_1966.html

Edited by spitfire-ian on Thursday 11th July 13:45

[DodgyGeezer]

spitfire-ian said:

DodgyGeezer said:

I was curious about Prinz Hamlet - turns out it acquired that name in 1970, prior to which it was Vikingfjord

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prinz_Hamlet_(Schiff...

Different ship. I went down a whole ferry rabbit hole when trying to identify them.

The one in the photo is the 1966 one

https://www.simplonpc.co.uk/Prins_Hamlet_1966.html

gets confusing

[Gargamel]

I sailed on MS England from Oslo to Newcastle. Worst seas I have ever been in, it was a pukearama. The crossing was about 26 hours I don't think they sold much food on the boat.

Edited by Gargamel on Thursday 11th July 15:29

[DodgyGeezer]

https://cincinnatirefined.com/travel/gallery/circl...