2/5/2006: Ice ship

Undertoad · 02-05-2006, 08:24 AM

I think I like the idea of presenting weekend images with little information. Because on some images I simply have no information. Happy S. B. Sunday.

Kitsune · 02-05-2006, 10:16 AM

Freezing salt water spray? I'd hate to be a deckhand on that ship. That's a bit chilly!

axlrosen · 02-05-2006, 10:44 AM

Compare and contrast previous images:

Ice house
Ice car
Ice cars

richlevy · 02-05-2006, 11:13 AM

If you notice that the entire keel is out of water and that the ship is sitting on dry ground/ice, then it appears the only visible thing in the picture keeping it from capsizing is the ropes to the dock. There must be some other support.

tulzscha · 02-05-2006, 11:22 AM

It's not out of the water, it just has a very odd (compared to normal ships) bow.

The odd frontal hull shape, combined with the massive superstructure (for crushing weight) makes her an icebreaker.

Unsure on the country of origin - Don't know who the red-over-blue belongs to, and can't read the ID on the side.

Cyclefrance · 02-05-2006, 01:13 PM

Was sent these by a shipping pal a few weeks ago - aboard the Coastguard vessel 'Sir William Alexander' taken a few weeks previous when on a search mission for missing fishing vessel 'El Loda Cash' - never found - the weight of the build-up of ice on fishing vessels changes the whole centre of gravity and they can then more easily capsize...

Cyclefrance · 02-05-2006, 01:14 PM

A few more

Cyclefrance · 02-05-2006, 01:15 PM

and

Cyclefrance · 02-05-2006, 01:16 PM

plus

Cyclefrance · 02-05-2006, 01:17 PM

lastly

zippyt · 02-05-2006, 04:10 PM

it looks like cake frosting !!!

xoxoxoBruce · 02-05-2006, 04:32 PM

Ice ship? That's not an ice ship. This is an Ice Ship.

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When he discussed the idea with Lord Louis Mountbatten, they had the idea of making their floating airfields by cutting the top off of icebergs, thus providing a deck and landing area. The Germans could strafe, bomb and torpedo an iceberg all day with no chance of sinking it. Best of all, ice was "free."

Nice pics, CF. That's the stuff that killed the Edmund Fitzgerald.

Cyclefrance · 02-05-2006, 06:00 PM

See what you do Bruce? - start showing pictures of V1s and V2s from WW2 and you get me starting on about a cycle trip two years ago to north France around the St Omer region to visit the two V1 and V2 launching sites, Blockhaus (which was soundly bombed for 300 days with little effect as you will see from the pictures) and La Coupole which now houses one of the finest active museums on WW2.

fargon · 02-05-2006, 09:52 PM

Iceing is a very dangerous condition, ships have foundered from this. In 76-77 when stationed abord the CGC Confidence every time we went on a winter patrol in the Bering sea, we would ice up like this. It was all hands officers included to remove the Ice before the top hamper caused us to founder.

goto www.jacksjoint.com there are several stories about this condition there.

xoxoxoBruce · 02-05-2006, 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Cyclefrance

See what you do Bruce? - start showing pictures of V1s and V2s from WW2 and you get me starting on about a cycle trip two years ago to north France around the St Omer region to visit the two V1 and V2 launching sites.

Your wife paid me to stir up your wanderlust.

02-05-2006, 08:24 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	2/5/2006: Ice ship I think I like the idea of presenting weekend images with little information. Because on some images I simply have no information. Happy S. B. Sunday.

02-05-2006, 10:44 AM	#3
axlrosen Major Inhabitant Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 125	Compare and contrast previous images: Ice house Ice car Ice cars __________________ Warp Bill Gates

02-05-2006, 11:13 AM	#4
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	If you notice that the entire keel is out of water and that the ship is sitting on dry ground/ice, then it appears the only visible thing in the picture keeping it from capsizing is the ropes to the dock. There must be some other support. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

02-05-2006, 01:13 PM	#6
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	Was sent these by a shipping pal a few weeks ago - aboard the Coastguard vessel 'Sir William Alexander' taken a few weeks previous when on a search mission for missing fishing vessel 'El Loda Cash' - never found - the weight of the build-up of ice on fishing vessels changes the whole centre of gravity and they can then more easily capsize... Attached Images __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears Last edited by Cyclefrance; 02-05-2006 at 01:18 PM.

02-05-2006, 01:14 PM	#7
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	A few more Attached Images __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

02-05-2006, 10:16 AM	#2
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	Freezing salt water spray? I'd hate to be a deckhand on that ship. That's a bit chilly!

02-05-2006, 11:22 AM	#5
tulzscha Cantankerous Incantonator Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 57	It's not out of the water, it just has a very odd (compared to normal ships) bow. The odd frontal hull shape, combined with the massive superstructure (for crushing weight) makes her an icebreaker. Unsure on the country of origin - Don't know who the red-over-blue belongs to, and can't read the ID on the side.

02-05-2006, 01:15 PM	#8
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	and Attached Images __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

02-05-2006, 01:16 PM	#9
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	plus Attached Images __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

02-05-2006, 01:17 PM	#10
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	lastly Attached Images __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

02-05-2006, 04:10 PM	#11
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	it looks like cake frosting !!! __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

02-05-2006, 06:00 PM	#13
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	See what you do Bruce? - start showing pictures of V1s and V2s from WW2 and you get me starting on about a cycle trip two years ago to north France around the St Omer region to visit the two V1 and V2 launching sites, Blockhaus (which was soundly bombed for 300 days with little effect as you will see from the pictures) and La Coupole which now houses one of the finest active museums on WW2. __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

02-05-2006, 09:52 PM	#14
fargon Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: La Crosse, WI Posts: 8,924	Ice BAD Iceing is a very dangerous condition, ships have foundered from this. In 76-77 when stationed abord the CGC Confidence every time we went on a winter patrol in the Bering sea, we would ice up like this. It was all hands officers included to remove the Ice before the top hamper caused us to founder. goto www.jacksjoint.com there are several stories about this condition there. __________________ Annoy the ones that ignore you!!! I live a blessed life I Love my Country, I Fear the Government!!! Heavily medicated for the good of mankind.

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