Werik
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Thanks, I'll look for it, should be fun. I'll post more hints tomorrow, unless someone unlocks the mystery first. Whoa... was that a hint??
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Actually, I meant bad political actors . And she didn't blow up. BTW, I like Tommy Lee Jones, what was the movie? We can digress for a moment .
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Maybe it's time for a hint or two? She was built in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, seems to have had a rather unremarkable service life until she got into the clutches of one of the Twentieth Century's worst actors.
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No Jan, not a torpedo victim. Perhaps you could say a victim of misuse.
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Ok, here's one. Not nearly as elegant as the previous vessel, and with a rather inelegant end.
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Doreltomin, I think a scale model of this ship would be beautiful! I nominate you as builder, I don't have the skills yet.There is an elegance about this ship and others from that time that far surpasses what is seen nowdays. I'm no nautical expert by any means, and I understand that form follows function sometimes, such as container ships. But... when I see most cruise ships, I lived in Miami for a period of time and saw them everyday on my way to work, I think of them as looking like seaborne toasters. They lack any essence of elegance or grace. This is only my opinion of course, I'm sure that others would disagree, after all, beauty is in the eye of the beholder as the saying goes. This was a fun search. The enjoyment of this game is in the search and gleaning interesting information along the way. Kinda like life. I will post tomorrow.
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Doreltomin, sounds like it might be the Imperatul Traian, built in 1908 in St. Nazaire for the Romanian State Railways. It seems she served as a Russian auxiliary cruiser and seaplane tender during WWI, then seized by the Germans, eventually reclaimed by her original owners. In 1927 on a voyage from Alexandria she ran aground at Cape Tuzla. She apparently stayed grounded from February to September when she was refloated and eventually scrapped.
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Still looking, still looking... Is this a German vessel, and is this in the Baltic by any chance??
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No Doreltomin, you didn't kill the game. Been searching high and low for this one. Just not high enough or low enough.
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Captain Slog, don't quit posting them. I think they were an artform in a time when so many thing must have seemed possible. Remember, this is probably around the time of Jules Verne and his imaginative science fiction. As a matter of fact, these ships could have stepped right out of a Jules Verne book.
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It is the Nordic Orion, Captain Slog, you got it first. She was the second ship, the first being the SS Manhattan in 1969. Her journey has gotten the environmental crowd all twisted up. On the other hand I think it is a good illustration of balancing the economics of sea transport. By going this route she has been able carry 15,000 tons more coal, and has saved $440,000 in fuel costs than going the Panama Canal route. Makes the owners happy, I'm sure, and ultimately decreases cost to the coal consumers .
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Won the Ugly Contest, that's for sure.
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All right then, here's one to help you keep cool this summer.
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Lol, designed by committee indeed. Going to bed, I know, sleep is overrated. I'll get a ship up tommorrow, no, wait... later today.
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A French Marceau class battleship. The Hoche, perhaps?
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My, my... a conjoined twin ship. Wonder if they used a coin toss to decide which would be the bow, and which would be the stern.
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It's not surprising that the wreck was deeply covered, and that the river has shifted about a half mile from it's old location. The Missouri and Mississippi rivers have always twisted and turned. That's why river pilots then and now have to have an intimate knowledge of the rivers. They're constantly changing. The rivers also carried vast amounts of American prairie top soil with them that got deposited with spring flooding. These areas became prime farmland, if flood prone. Unfortunately, attempts to control flooding, and to make the rivers more navigable, have resulted in carrying much of this rich soil into the Gulf of Mexico instead of being deposited where it could be utilized as farmland. My two cents worth.
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Yes, Arabia. Significant for being the largest collection of pre-American Civil War artifacts ever found.
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Noahs Ark? Yeahh... not quite that old.
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Well then, here's something a little different. However... having observed the way these mystery ships are quickly dispatched, it wont take any time for you all to "dig" this one up I'm sure. Heh, heh..
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HRMS Hefring?
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Could it be a Thor-class river gunboat of the Dutch navy? The Hadda perhaps? Apparently Hadda served as an accommodation ship which could explain the structure toward the bow.
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Jan, you got her!! My Dad went to sea in 1936 at age 16, and this was the first ship he sailed on. She was named ss Eskil at that time. Over to you.
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Welcome back, Europe. Aemonn, she was built in 1907 by Ropner and Sons Ltd. and and first sailed in British shipping. I have to say that if I had to identify this one I would be hard put. There seem to be so many ships built during that time period that looked very much like her. I think she had a basically unremarkable career except for the ending. This ship also has personal meaning. Edit: The cannon emoticon may be a little misleading. Her demise was from hostilities, but not from cannon fire.
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I hear crickets chirping. I guess the European contingent of the game must be on "Holiday", cavorting on the beaches of Las Palmas or Majorca. Sadly, I must be content with the beaches of Florida. Life is tough that way sometimes.
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