NORWEGIAN ENCORE – IMO 9751511

Picture by Bert Romeling via http://koopvaardij.blogspot.com/

NORWEGIAN GETAWAY – IMO 9606924

Picture by Jörn Prestien via http://www.shipspotting.com

NORWEGIAN BREAKAWAY – IMO 9606912

Picture by Andreas Schröder via http://www.shipspotting.com

 

 

Napoléon Bonaparte – IMO 9104835

Picture by Corsica Battelli via http://www.shipspotting.com

Extreme (ugly) concepts (part 2)

Extreme (ugly) concepts (part 2)

Although I don’t have that much time this week (due to a course and family matters) I didn’t want to keep these 2 ugly concepts away from you. Just to warn you of their

Norwegian Epic : NEWSFLASH!!

Picture by Henk van der Heijden via http://koopvaardij.web-log.nl

Norwegian Epic : NEWSFLASH!!

The Norwegian Epic, already known & disgusted here on this site, has been let loose by her builders, she is now actually sailing the seas. And where did she go first? Rotterdam……well, thank you very much for

Norwegian Dawn

Picture by Bonnie, via http://www.frogma.blogspot.com

Norwegian Dawn

IMO : 9195169

Build : 2002 by Meyer Werft – Papenburg in Germany, nr 649

Yesterday Bonnie of Frogma-fame passed this picture of the Norwegian Dawn over and left it over to me to kick it home and

Azura

Azura

IMO : 9424883

Build : 2010 by Fincantieri Monfalcone Shipyard – Monfalcone, Italy, nr 6166

Remember the Star Princess & the Diamond Princess with their waaaay to large sunglasses forward and their shopping cart handle on the stern??? no?

Norwegian Epic (Updated VI)

Rendering via http://www.epic.ncl.com

Rendering via http://www.ncl.epic.com

Norwegian Epic

IMO : 9410569

Build : 2010  by STX Europe Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard, Saint-Nazaire in France, nr ??

Update VI (08-05-2010)

I have found some aerial pictures from the here much discussed subject showing you the amount of

Island Escape

Island Escape

IMO: 8002597

Build: 1982 by Chantiers Dubigeon – Nantes Saint Nazaire in France, nr 164 as Scandinavia

As I’ve said before, the modern cruise ship monstrosities are just the current extent of a mutation

Almawashi

Almawashi

IMO : 7326893

Build : 1973 by Hitachi Shipbuilding – Osaka in Japan, nr ?? as Lynda (oiltanker)

Converted : 1982 by ??

We have seen this ship here before, briefly though, in this

Oasis of the Seas

Oasis of the Seas

IMO : 9383936

Build : 2009 by STX Finland Cruise Oy – Turku in Finland, nr 1363

Remember this one?? I’d guess you did. It’s very hard to

Oriana

Oriana

IMO: 5264742

Build: 1960 by Vickers-Armstrongs at Barrow-in-Furness in UK, nr. 1061

So normally I have an appreciation for older vessels, especially the old passenger liners that preceded today’s trends of atrocious cruise ships.

Is the Oasis of the Seas ugly?? The result of the Poll

Oasis of the Seas, Poll results

Well, I found a little bit of time in my busy schedule to reveal the results of the poll…………..u excited yet?

Asia Star

Asia Star

IMO : 9008407

Build : 1992 by Finnyards – Rauma in Finland, nr 310 as Radisson Diamond

While we are going on about cruiseships (see above): I stumbled