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Afric Star
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Afric Star of Blue Star line fleet
was built in Middlesbrough,
England by the Smith's Dock Company Ltd. Construction of the ship
completed in 1975. She measured 155.81' long' and was powered by a 9-cylinder B&W
diesel engine that could propel the ship up to 24
knots.
Afric Star was an
"A"-Class fully
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NS Savannah
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NS Savannah was the first nuclear-powered cargo
ship. After
her, only three more were ever built.
Savannah also holds the title of the first
nuclear-powered vessel to cross the Atlantic Ocean.
Designed as a showboat, her pretty
lines and luxurious staterooms were more important
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Sanson
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Tugboat Sanson was designed and built in 1915 for ocean travel.
The wooden tugboat covered vast distances in
rough weather over the high seas. This
turn-of-the-century rugged steam tugboat with jaunty
lines pushed
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Smit
Rotterdam
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At the time of her completion in 1975, Smit
Rotterdam was
the largest and most powerful tugboat in the world.
She is 75 meters long and has a 22,000 HP engine!
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Deepwater Pathfinder |
Deepwater Pathfinder
is designed to be the safest and most
technologically advanced drill ship in the world.
She uses satellite and ocean-bottom positioning
systems to remain precisely in position, even in
harsh weather.
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Wanderer whaler |
The Wanderer is considered as one to the most
beautiful, above all however as last sailing boat to
the whale hunt. Between 1878 and 1924 it went
23 times on whale hunt, mainly in the area around
the Azores. She was the
last whaling ship built in Mattapoisett,
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Great Eastern
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Great Eastern
was a monster for its time, six times larger
than any ship ever built
before.
Great
Eastern is perhaps best remembered as the ship that
laid the first transatlantic telegraph cable.
It was the only ship large enough to carry the
length of cable required.
The cable linking America with Europe was put in
place in September, 1866.
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John Ericsson
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Whaleback freighters like the John Ericsson plied the shipping lanes of the Great Lakes starting in the 1890s. John Ericsson was launched at Superior, Wisconsin in 1896.
Her special hull was designed to be more stable in the rough waters of the Great Lakes.
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Edmund Fitzgerald
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The first 730-foot
Great Lake freighter, Edmund Fitzgerald
made a name for herself by setting a number of cargo
records during her lifetime.
This extremely handsome
ship was well known to both casual and serious ship watchers, notably as a result of the antics of her longtime master, Capt. Peter Pulcer, who did his best to entertain anyone who might be watching his vessel.
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SS Central America
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The SS Central America was a
steamship of the United States Mail
Steamship Company. The ship sank in a
hurricane in September 1857, losing about 400
passengers and crew and 30,000 pounds of gold.
The shipwreck was recently discovered from its
resting place 8,000 feet below sea level, off the Carolina coast. Much of the gold was nicely recovered!
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Brinton Lykes
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Brinton Lykes is a C3-S-37b type breakbulk cargo
ship. She was one of the first American-flag
dry-cargo vessel to be built for private ownership
and operation since World War II.I
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SS Roraima
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The Roraima was a steal hulled
Quebec Line steamship. She was transporting a cargo
of potassium when the eruption occurred. Her
combustible cargo caught fire, and she burned for
three days before sinking.
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Orange ferry
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Ferry service between Newburgh and Beacon had
existed in some form at least since 1743. By the
early 20th century the fleet had grown to three
160-foot (49 m) coal-fired ferries. The Orange
is one of the three ferries that linked the two
segments of NY 52, the major east-west artery at
that point.
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Euroliner
container ship
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The Euroliner,
launched in 1971, is a pioneer commercial merchant
container ships that used complete gas turbine
powered method for propulsion.
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Go West
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Go West was a ship that
represented the wave of Chinese smaller freight
vessels built to carry exported good to the West in
the 1950s. Custom model and not for sale.
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Yukon
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The Yukon was an Alaska's
passenger ship. This model of the Yukon was
commissioned by
the Wings Over Alaska Museum. It was completed
in July 2008.
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Hydrofoil
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The term "hydrofoil" is
commonly used for the wing-like structure mounted on
struts below the hull of a variety of boats, which
lifts the boat out of the water during forward
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Ale M
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Commissioned model for the owner of the Ale M and not for sale.
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City of Milwaukee
Car Ferry |
SS City of
Milwaukee is the last unmodified traditional
railroad car ferry afloat upon the lakes, still with
her triple expansion steam engine, original woodwork
and brass fixtures. She is permanently
moored as a museum in Manistee, Michigan.
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MS Vale Brazil
Largest bulk
carriers |
MS Vale Brasil is a very large ore carrier owned
by the Brazilian mining company Vale. She
is the first of seven 400,000-ton very large ore
carriers (VLOC). which are designed
to carry iron ore from Brazil to Asia along the
Cape route around South Africa. It is the
largest bulk carriers ever built.
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Tanker Mahattan
Biggest icebreaker
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The oil tanker SS Manhattan was the biggest ever
US merchant vessel as well as the biggest
icebreaker in history. She was the first
commercial ship to cross the Northwest Passage in
1969. For this voyage she had been refitted
with an icebreaker bow. The
voyage prompted discussions in Canada about that
country's sovereignty in the Arctic.
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Bow Omaria
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Bow
Omaria is the largest ship from the fleet of
Ahrenkiel Chemicals. The vessel was built in the
year of 2007 in Japan. The cargo capacity of the ship is
22,500 cubic meters. The cargo can be divided into
20 tanks to carry 20 different kinds of cargo.
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SS Sea Falcon
C-3 cargo
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The construction of the so-called C-3 cargo vessels began during World War II, after the famous "Liberty" and "Victory" ships. This standardized type of ship overtook all other ships as it was more modern and longer and could also reach a higher speed. The SS Sea Falcon was built in 1945.
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Milwaukee Clipper
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The National Historic Landmark
vessel S.S. City of Milwaukee is the last surviving
traditional Great Lakes railroad car ferry. These
unique and sturdy vessels navigated the frozen and
storm tossed inland seas caring passengers and
entire freight trains for a century.
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Seguin tugboat |
We have very good information
about this tug and can certainly build you an
excellent 95-99% accurate model of the real tug,
down to the number of planks on the hull...
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Mighty Servant 1
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Mighty Servant 1 is able to carry the heaviest
semi-submersible drilling units, harsh environment
deep water jack-up rigs and large floating
production platforms
with drafts of up to 14 meters. The specially
strengthened cargo deck of 150 meters
long by 50 meters wide provides an unequalled
support for these types of cargo. The
vessel -in empty condition- is capable of
achieving a minimum draft of 4 meters, which
allows berthing alongside shallow draft load-out
quays.
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Eirik Raude
Oil Patch Explorer
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The World’s largest self-propelled,
semi-submersible, all weather oil drilling rig. This rig is
designed to carry out drilling operations in water
depths down to 10 000 feet.
Eirik Raude
is capable of drilling to a total depth of 30,000
feet, and remains stable in harsh weather
conditions owing to its superior motion
characteristics and advanced dynamic positioning
systems.
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Ross Revenge
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The MV Ross Revenge is a radio
ship. She was built in Germany in 1960 to work as a
commercial trawler. Following her
decommissioning from trawling, the Ross was
purchased by Radio Caroline and fitted out as a
radio ship, complete with a 300ft antenna mast.
Her broadcasts began on 20 August 1983, and her
final occurred in November 1990. She ran aground in
November 1991, bringing the era of offshore pirate
radio to an end.
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