At least as of 2017, they simply hadn’t kept a handle on corrosion. Years of neglect could imperil the Queen Mary’s future, experts say includes
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A ship out of water won’t slump into a puddle regardless of time. The drydock mention was just to illustrate this. Far as the Queen Mary, I am a bit curious how they keep a handle on corrosion happening below the waterline as it’s not possible to drydock the ship.
#2 the guy is wearing a safety vest ane helmet. So maybe better than nothing like the hellhole in Bangladesh
The worst part about visiting the Queen Mary was the trip down the 710 to get there. That was a hell scape
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Granted, they’re not going to immediately slump into a puddle. But the dry dock needed to support a ship properly is itself a big expensive thing to build; you don’t get one for cheap even if the ship itself is going for scrap-metal prices. More generally, the ships in dry docks are still being maintained as ships,…
The three Carnival ships are Fantasy, Inspiration, and Imagination, all Fantasy-class ships. The two RCI ships are Sovereign of the Seas and Monarch of the Seas, both Sovereign-class.
Those ships are designed to have a 50 year service life, so a few billion spread over 50 years is just the cost of operating something as big and complex as a nuclear carrier. The Enterprise was the first and only of its class, and its powerplant was a different design than Nimitz class flattops that came after, so…
Haul ships out, and bereft of their buoyant support, they’re crushed by their own weight.
Yes but look at the military budget to keep the Big E in the water for 50 years. Three major overhauls costing billions. They could have built a whole new Carrier for the same money. On another note, navy ships are built much tougher than a cruise ship.
Jesus that sounds wild!
Mandatory sewage treatment plants too by the way, because the daily mountains of turds and rivers of piss of some six thousand people per cruise ship don’t belong in our world’s oceans.
like the USS Enterprise (50 years active service)
Ive sailed on almost all of these, most of them are really old by Cruise Ship standards, so its time for them to go (most are from 90's).
Which really puts it in perspective when a ship ends up operating for a long time, like the USS Enterprise (50 years active service). Or even just stays in the water as a museum/relic, like the HMS Belfast.
I’m going to miss the two RCCL ships. Back in the late 90's I worked for RCI and saw the Sovereign every Monday and Friday at port. Later when I earned certain cruising privileges, I would often leave work early on Friday, get on the Sovereign for the weekend, and return to work that Monday. Just walked across the…
STOP POSTING THESE AS SLIDESHOWS. PLEASE. WTF?!
Good time to introduce regulations for cruise ships built from 2021, at very least that they should have co2 scrubbers and ban use of specific fuel types, like heavy fuel oil, doesn’t pass the minimum requirements? No entry into country waters unless with emergency
Ships floating in water fall apart, because water moves and is corrosive. Haul ships out, and bereft of their buoyant support, they’re crushed by their own weight.