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Two regular visitors to the River Thames - UK.

Cruise ships Marco Polo launched 1965
MaGellan. launched 1985
Both consigned to a breakers in India. Should have arrived by now.
Lament:- 'Alas poor ships, I knew them well'
(Extract from W Shakespeare - Hamlet: Act 5 Scene 1 - my version )

Ray.Petri wrote in post #19203401
Two regular visitors to the River Thames - UK.

Cruise ships Marco Polo launched 1965
MaGellan. launched 1985
Both consigned to a breakers in India. Should have arrived by now.
Lament:- 'Alas poor ships, I knew them well'
(Extract from W Shakespeare - Hamlet: Act 5 Scene 1 - my version )

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Nice Ray, but too bad they are for the scrap heap. I have seen the Marco Polo up here a few times, but no more I suppose.

AnnieMacD wrote in post #19203418
Nice Ray, but too bad they are for the scrap heap. I have seen the Marco Polo up here a few times, but no more I suppose.

Thanks Annie, I think I remember seeing them off Kirkwall in Orkney a few years back.
I’m sure they will not be the only cruise ships for the breakers this year.

Polar Ecuador River Thames. UK.

POLAR ECUADOR (IMO: 9786774) is a Container Ship that was built in 2017 (4 years ago) and is sailing under the flag of Singapore.
It’s carrying capacity is 3800 TEU and her current draught is reported to be 11.5 meters. Her length overall (LOA) is 230 meters and her width is 37.3 meters.

Polar Columbia River Thames. UK. 3-March-2021
Sailing River Thames in very misty conditions.
Sister ship to Polar Ecuador - above post.
This Container Ship was built in 2017 (4 years ago) and is sailing under the flag of Singapore.
It’s carrying capacity is 3800 TEU and her current draught is reported to be 12.2 meters. Her length overall (LOA) is 230 meters and her width is 37.3 meters.
Vessel Information
IMO: 9786762 MMSI: 563103200
Call Sign: 9V6726
Gross Tonnage: 43628 Summer DWT: 52161 t
Length Overall x Breadth Extreme: 230 x 37.3 m

Two steamships in front of Jyväskylä, Finland. My father's photo from the mid- or late 1940s. The bigger ship, Jyväskylä, had room for 215 passengers, plenty of sleeping berths, a kitchen and big dining room, and at least in my time was the biggest passenger liner on the lake Päijänne. It ran between Jyväskylä in the north end of flat water and Lahti in the south, stopping at various places along the way including (happiness!!!) across the strait in front of our cottage. We sometimes traveled on it instead of by road. (More happiness!!!) I loved to sit right at the peak of the bow. Now it has been retired but its slightly smaller sister ship Suomi, now fitted with a diesel engine, still does charter cruises based on Jyväskylä.

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NYPD Patrol Boat escorting the Queen Mary 2 as we enter New York harbour.

IVER BRILLIANT River Thames. UK. (IMO: 9616761) is an Asphalt/Bitumen Tanker.
Built in 2012 (9 years ago) at Hyundai Dockyard, Ulsan, KR. and sailing under the flag of the Netherlands.
It’s carrying capacity is 6239 t DWT and her current draught is reported to be 5.2 meters. Her length overall (LOA) is 111.62 meters and her width is 18.2 meters.

Phoenixuk wrote in post #19205245
NYPD Patrol Boat escorting the Queen Mary 2 as we enter New York harbour.

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Nice shot. NYPD looks efficient.