Ruby 8

Picture by K. Puttemans

GOLDEN SHINER – IMO 9321562 & WOOLLOOMOOLOO – IMO 9584499

Picture by Erwin Willemse via http://www.shipspotting.com

A regular vessel but a very unfortunate name: Shiner.

Same-ish goes for the “Woolloomoolloo” – IMO 9584499…it sounds just a bit..uhm.. weird. (Woolloomoolloo is a suburd of Sydney)

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Irvingwood – IMO 5163895

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BORGSTEN – IMO 6400434

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VINHA – IMO 6909507

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TI Europe – IMO 9235268

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V KERKIS – IMO 8029064

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Henry P. Lading

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Henry P. Lading

IMO : 8646484

Built : 1930 by Palmers’ SB. & Iron Co., Ltd. – Newcastle in the U.K., nr 1000 as Peter Hurll (tanker)

Converted : 1963 (bow only, rest of the vessel was scrapped) by ??? – Aarhus in Denmark

This must be the oldest still active vessel that will be featured here on Uglyships.com, the hull was basically build in 1930 as part of the tanker Peter Hurrl, as seen on the

Extreme (ugly) concepts (part 1)

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Dunno source, via the interwebs

Extreme (Ugly) Concepts

Build : Hopefully not / Not yet

Concepts : a thing that designers design, in cooperation with marketeers to sell their designs. Usually the concept is fitted with some extraordinaire features, shapes & other

Camden

Camden

IMO : 6907004

Build : 1969 by Kawasaki Heavy Ind., Ltd. – Sakaide in Japan, nr 1103 as Bideford

I think the designers of this vessel were inspired by the Iron Sirius : They obviously also thought that a vessel of that size doesn’t need a big accommodation or bridgewings to

Sinclair Petrolore

Dunno source, via http://nashbulk.steamcheng.net

Sinclair Petrolore

IMO : ??

Build : 1955 by National Bulk Carriers Inc., Kure Shipbuilding Division – Kure in Japan, nr 35

Via the Facebook extension of this site Mike Hogan expressed his opinion about the Sinclair Petrolore: basically saying she was the ugliest vessel ever to float on

Cedarbranch

From University of Detroit Mercy via http://www.dalnet.lib.mi.us

From University of Detroit Mercy via http://www.dalnet.lib.mi.us

Cedarbranch

IMO: 5066774

Build: 1951 by Marine Industries, Ltd – Sorel in Quebec, Canada, nr 197

Generally I’ve assumed the fifties to be among towards the end of the golden-ages of classic ship designs

Mobil Arctic

Picture via http://www.aukevisser.nl

Mobil Arctic

IMO: 7225075

Build: 1972 by Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Company – Chester, Pennsylvania in US of A, nr 657

Really, there shouldn’t be anything ugly about this ship. When built in 1972, she was the largest US-flagged vessel ever constructed,

Knock Nevis

Picture via http://www.knock-nevis.com

Knock Nevis

IMO : 7381154

Built : 1979 by Sumitomo Heavy Industries’s Oppama shipyard – Oppama in Japan, nr 1016 as Seawise Giant.

The biggest tanker in the world, a true monster of the sea :

Seamullet

Seamullet

IMO: 9204776

Build: 2001 by Lindenau Schiffswerft, Kiel in Germany, nr S242

I admit, there’s nothing ugly about this ship, and she’s really pretty boring, except maybe one little thing.