I do not know anything more than is public knowledge but for those who are interested, here are some very recent photos of her undergoing conversion:

[ 03-18-2009: Message edited by: Neil Whitmore ( Bob ex P&O Cruises) ]

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Originally posted by Neil Whitmore ( Bob ex P&O Cruises):
Although these photos are said to be recent, they appear to date back to the conversion work carried out on the ship before she made her first cruises as ' Aegean Dolphin ' in 1988 !

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Take another (closer) look. Those are recent images as seen w/the newly installed full length glass windscreens above the boats. Those windscreens were'nt there last year. Those new screens make her funnel now look a bit stubby. IMO it would look much better w/a 15-20' extension.

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Best,

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Originally posted by PamM:
Must have been an early Nikon D40X back then.

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Originally posted by Neil Whitmore ( Bob ex P&O Cruises):
Although these photos are said to be recent, they appear to date back to the conversion work carried out on the ship before she made her first cruises as ' Aegean Dolphin ' in 1988 !

[ 03-18-2009: Message edited by: Neil Whitmore ( Bob ex P&O Cruises) ]

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Neil,

I am not sure about this project, he has already stated that she is to be an (other) expedition type ship, well we have quite of few of those and the market is tight as well.

And I would not be surprised if the Antartic lot come along soon and ban all non ice rated ships.

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Originally posted by mike sa:
Not going to win prizes for the prettiest ship.

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Originally posted by lasuvidaboy:

What about w/a taller funnel??

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Cut her some slack, she was originally built as a ro-ro in Romania! :-)

Here is one of her sisters:

http://www.faktaomfartyg.se/paltinis_1984.htm

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Originally posted by mike sa:
Not going to win prizes for the prettiest ship.

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Maybe not, but as a matter of interest, her owner, Captain Anargiros Angelopoulos based her external design on Hapag-Lloyd's 1981 EUROPA (now BLEU DE FRANCE) which he greatly admired.

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Maybe not, but as a matter of interest, her owner, Captain Anargiros Angelopoulos based her external design on Hapag-Lloyd's 1981 EUROPA (now BLEU DE FRANCE) which he greatly admired.

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The ship equivalent of - she has a nice personality ?[QUOTE]

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Originally posted by Neil Whitmore ( Bob ex P&O Cruises):
Although these photos are said to be recent, they appear to date back to the conversion work carried out on the ship before she made her first cruises as ' Aegean Dolphin ' in 1988 !

[ 03-18-2009: Message edited by: Neil Whitmore ( Bob ex P&O Cruises) ]

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It would be kind of difficult for someone to take photos in 1988 with a camera that wasn't even introduced until 2007. Unless they had a TARDIS

Brian

I use a Cannon EOS 450 D with a mixture of zoom lenses plus a Olympic digital camera so not familiar with the Nikon range of cameras !

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Originally posted by Neil Whitmore ( Bob ex P&O Cruises):
I use a Cannon EOS 450 D with a mixture of zoom lenses plus a Olympic digital camera so not familiar with the Nikon range of cameras !

As you seem to know about the Nikon camera mentioned perhaps you would like to enlighton me !

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I was not asking about the photos, I was asking Brian O about a camera that was mentioned.

I do not see the point in your reply unless you are able to answer the question about the camera !

As I said I am not familiar with this camera. !

For all I know it could be like a Kodak brownie box camera !

[ 03-22-2009: Message edited by: Neil Whitmore ( Bob ex P&O Cruises) ]

It would however have saved a lot of grief & time doing a quick Google on Nikon D40X.

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Originally posted by Neil Whitmore ( Bob ex P&O Cruises):

I do not see the point in your reply unless you are able to answer the question about the camera !

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Let's keep this simple.

You stated that you thought the photos dated from 1988. However, it is clearly indicated on the site that the photos were taken with a Nikon D40X. That camera is an entry level 10 Megapixel Digital SLR that was introduced by Nikon in 2007 as a cheaper altenative to the 10 Megapixel Nikon D80. (Nikon also introduced the 6 MP D40 at the same time as the D40X.)

How do I know the vintage of the D40x? Simple. In early 2007 Frosty4 was weighing the pros and cons of buying either a Nikon D80 or the "soon to be released" D40X in CT's Midship Lounge and I partcipated in that thread. At the time retailers were only taking pre-orders for the D40X because it was not yet available.

Now, unless you have a time machine (e.g. Doctor Who's TARDIS) it would be impossible to use a 2007 vintage camera, of any make, in 1988. Therefore the photos could not possibly have been taken in 1988, so your conclusion is in error. And that has been the point of all of the camera posts from Pam, Doug and I. You seem to be the only one who is confused.

If you really want to find out more about the D40X, a short visit by you to the Nikon web site should answer all your questions

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Originally posted by Neil Whitmore ( Bob ex P&O Cruises):
Although these photos are said to be recent, they appear to date back to the conversion work carried out on the ship before she made her first cruises as ' Aegean Dolphin ' in 1988 !

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A re-check of what I wrote only said that they appeared to date back to 1988.

It was not said that they were taken in 1988 !

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Originally posted by Neil Whitmore ( Bob ex P&O Cruises):
I was not asking about the photos, I was asking Brian O about a camera that was mentioned.

I do not see the point in your reply unless you are able to answer the question about the camera !

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I don't even know what your question about the camera was! You don't seem to have asked anything very specific! All you asked was to be "enlightened!" If you really didn't want anyone other than Brian to reply, then what you wanted was a private message, not a discussion board post!

And if you really want to know what a Nikon D40x is, I have heard they have recently invented this wonderful thing! It's called Google and you can type in "nikon d40x" there and you will get more information than you could possibly want! Maybe you should try it some time!

This is the point of mentioning the camera! It proved that the photos could not have been taken in 1988 or earlier as they "appeared to" to you! (Anyway, they should have not appeared that way! There are many obvious differences between the ship in those photos and the way she was when originally converted! For one thing, she was not called AEGEAN I then!) If you wanted to know something about the camera other than what was relevant to this discussion, you should have been a little clearer! I just assumed that you wanted to be "enlightened" about something that actually had something to do with what we are talking about! I guess I shouldn't have!