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[ 11-21-2009: Message edited by: Indarra ]
ROYAL WING is an interesting ship. What is her history? I guess I have to ask, what was the ribbon dancer doing out there? Entertaining or a nervous breakdown?
quote:Originally posted by dmwnc1:Always thought the EXPLORER an odd looking ship, not so much a cruise ship in design than an expedition ship. Doesn't seem like she (and her sister, wherever she is) ever really found a niche. ROYAL WING is an interesting ship. What is her history? I guess I have to ask, what was the ribbon dancer doing out there? Entertaining or a nervous breakdown?
Up close from the outside, EXPLORER doesn't give the impression of a top rate vessel. Very low bridge position has caused wave damage problems for both sisters, and recification measures seem minimal.
Ribbon dancer was a sort of solitary cosplayer, I suppose doing what feels best...
ROYAL WING is the former Osaka/Beppu express overnight vessel KURENAI MARU, the third of the name. The story is told in the pictures below:
1. Norddeutcher Lloyd/Melchers Yangtze steamer MEI-SHUN, of 1900
2. After a disastrous fire MEI-SHUN was reconstucted in 1911 as OSK's Osaka/Beppu steamer KURENAI MARU (1), here seen after 1924 as NARUTO MARU.
3. In 1924 KURENAI MARU (2), a motorship, was built, being lost in the Philippines in 1944.
4. In 1960 KURENAI MARU (3) was built, and this photo was actually taken by a youthful Indarra in 1963, from the identical sister ship MURASAKI MARU.
5. In 1988 KURENAI MARU (3) was converted to the restaurant ship ROYAL WING, here photographed from OCEANIC earlier this year.
quote:Originally posted by Indarra:Up close from the outside, EXPLORER doesn't give the impression of a top rate vessel. Very low bridge position has caused wave damage problems for both sisters, and recification measures seem minimal.[...]
Up close from the outside, EXPLORER doesn't give the impression of a top rate vessel. Very low bridge position has caused wave damage problems for both sisters, and recification measures seem minimal.[...]
An investigation on the incidents where the bridge windows broke has been conducted by Det Norske Veritas and it actually has been found that both ships proved to be a safe ship in the circumstances encountered. Despite of this finding modifications were made to ensure that such an incident could not happen again.
quote:Originally posted by Ernst:An investigation on the incidents where the bridge windows broke has been conducted by Det Norske Veritas and it actually has been found that both ships proved to be a safe ship in the circumstances encountered. Despite of this finding modifications were made to ensure that such an incident could not happen again.
Ernst,
I suppose the deflection barrier depicted below is what you are talking about. Presumably the water gets directed upwards, away from the windows.
quote:Originally posted by Indarra:
You can see by the angle of the windows directly below the bridge what the problem was. A wave would hit that low angled bridgefront and be directed upward towards the bridge windows.
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