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Berthier
03-10-2012, 00:52
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Queen mary 2 and HMS Endeavour in Australia. 200 hundred years of naval development in a single photo.

David Manley
03-10-2012, 01:34
Aesthetics have gone downhill a lot in the last 200 years :)

Blackrose
03-10-2012, 03:09
Aesthetics have gone downhill a lot in the last 200 years :)

True, though the sanitation has gone up :)
Karl

The Royal Hajj
03-10-2012, 06:34
That's a great photo!

csadn
03-10-2012, 20:21
True, though the sanitation has gone up

Considering the rates of norovirus, and similar, outbreaks on cruise ships.... :P

David Manley
03-10-2012, 22:35
and the notorious "blowback" that can occur in some commercial systems......... :)

Berthier
03-11-2012, 00:47
And the minor navigation errors around small Mediterranean islands!

Blackrose
03-11-2012, 03:38
And the minor navigation errors around small Mediterranean islands!

That was piloting ego...err error

Karl

Killick
03-17-2012, 04:43
My son Neville did a trip on the Young Endevour from Hobart to Sydney he had a great time trip of a life time, especially the storm in Bass Straight!

Capt P
03-19-2012, 17:04
Excellant photo. Gives a good prospective.

Comte de Brueys
03-23-2012, 11:27
Nice photo.

Where is the german submarine?

Churruca
03-25-2012, 01:59
Nice photo.

Where is the german submarine?
:D Very good question, Brueys!
Really is a great picture. I think the aesthetic comparison is subjective, but the differences in fuel consumption...

David Manley
03-25-2012, 03:19
Where is the german submarine?

There he is :)

1144

Berthier
03-25-2012, 05:28
Be afraid, very afraid .....

David Manley
03-25-2012, 05:41
Yeah, there could be an Italian driving the cruise liner.....

Coog
03-25-2012, 14:42
Are the passengers going Van Diemen's Land?

Berthier
03-26-2012, 02:35
No Endeavour was captained by James Cook and surveyed the east coast of Australia in 1770. Convicts to van diemens land came later, first they went to Sydney (1788) then later Tasmania (VD Land).

Might be some criminals on the QM2 mind you....

Churruca
03-26-2012, 03:17
Might be some criminals on the QM2 mind you....

It's highly possible... Ther are a lot of people aboard. Statitically must be some criminals among them :)

Bligh
03-27-2012, 07:50
Hey look, some idiot forgot to rig any sails on that giant ship.
Bligh.

Churruca
03-27-2012, 08:32
Hey look, some idiot forgot to rig any sails on that giant ship.
Bligh.

:D

Coog
03-27-2012, 09:40
Hey look, some idiot forgot to rig any sails on that giant ship.
Bligh.

Obviously a prison hulk.

csadn
03-27-2012, 19:32
Hey look, some idiot forgot to rig any sails on that giant ship.
Bligh.

With flanks that big, who needs sails?

Coog
03-27-2012, 20:23
Obviously a prison hulk.

Found that prison ships were still being used as late as 2005 by the UK. Here's a link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weare_(HM_Prison)

Click on picture for enlargement and more details.

Bligh
03-28-2012, 12:52
That one got past me. I had no idea that we were using ships as prisons as late as that.
They kept that quiet, or I read the wrong papers.
Rob.