Topic: What should be the Most Famous Ship of all time and why? (Read 20327 times)

Bryan Young · « **Reply #50 on:** August 20, 2010, 03:43:41 pm »

One not mentioned so far is the ship that probably made the greatest contribution ever to our understanding of, and the major, innovative, accurate survey of the world that is still used a a benchmark today. Gentlemen, I give you HMS "Challenger". BY.

Shipmate60 · « **Reply #51 on:** August 20, 2010, 04:04:55 pm »

Bryan,
I remember her well.
While she was fitting out in Scots of Greenock.
I was on RMAS Mandarin, a mooring and salvage vessel which was entering Great Harbour in Greenock.
The skipper made a right pigs ear of his approach and we wiped out the guardrails on her stbd shoulder!!!

Bob

Bryan Young · « **Reply #52 on:** August 20, 2010, 07:05:32 pm »

Quote from: shipmate60 on August 20, 2010, 04:04:55 pm

Bryan,
I remember her well.
While she was fitting out in Scots of Greenock.
I was on RMAS Mandarin, a mooring and salvage vessel which was entering Great Harbour in Greenock.
The skipper made a right pigs ear of his approach and we wiped out the guardrails on her stbd shoulder!!!

Bob

Hmmm, are we talking about the same ship? If we are then you must be well into your 2nd century. Bryan.

Shipmate60 · « **Reply #53 on:** August 20, 2010, 07:08:56 pm »

I thought you meant the Diving Support Vessel.

Bob

Colin Bishop · « **Reply #54 on:** August 20, 2010, 07:13:49 pm »

Seems that most people are just listing their own favourite ship rather than the most well known one....

Martin (Admin) · « **Reply #55 on:** August 20, 2010, 07:55:00 pm »

For the modern age I reckon...

Great Western - the first purpose built transatlantic steamship and first ocean liner.
Great Britain - considered the first modern ship, being built of metal rather than wood.

garston1 · « **Reply #56 on:** August 20, 2010, 08:07:29 pm »

CARPATHIA

Colin Bishop · « **Reply #57 on:** August 20, 2010, 08:48:29 pm »

Oh, what the hell! Syrarcusia then...

garston1 · « **Reply #58 on:** August 21, 2010, 12:22:22 am »

Nah! Never heard of it!

JerryTodd · « **Reply #59 on:** August 21, 2010, 04:36:16 am »

Lollypop a good ship I hear.

Jonty · « **Reply #60 on:** August 21, 2010, 08:37:19 pm »

Tempted to respond to Lollipop with Venus, but decorum and good taste suggest the Argo instead.

toesupwa · « **Reply #61 on:** August 22, 2010, 05:06:06 am »

I have four.. in no particular order..

Trieste (look it up!)

HMS Victory (the oldest commissioned warship)

SS Great Britain

RMS Titanic

tigertiger · « **Reply #62 on:** August 22, 2010, 06:25:25 am »

I hate to be pedantic. But if you have to look it up, its hardly famous.

Netleyned · « **Reply #63 on:** August 22, 2010, 06:50:29 am »

I am surprised that none of the ships that sailed on the great voyages of discovery
and opened up the world to new lands and trade are mentioned
How many would know the names of Chris Columbus's ships or even Charles Darwin's
The names of the great adventurers live on on maps and charts as placenames
but the ships that carried them around the known and the unknown world fade
into the background
These were not specially built ships , they were just ships borrowed for the voyage.
For example Endeavour was a Whitby 'Cat' designed for transporting coal in the North Sea
but she got a fair few miles under her keel.
Ships evolved from primitive mans need to cross a stretch of water or to catch fish away from the shore
In this context the pinnacle of maritime evolution would be the first ship to circumnavigate the world.
There are many ships that have achieved fame for the wrong reasons. Titanic should be nototious rather
than famous as she was a catalogue of errors from the drawing board upwards. You don't achieve fame by
not having enough lifeboats.
Many ships achieve fame by the actions of their crews or because they are the first ,fastest,biggest or most
innovative of their kind or time.
Martin you have asked a very difficult question--Whats your answer?

Yours Aye

Ned

Peter Fitness · « **Reply #64 on:** August 22, 2010, 06:54:35 am »

Just to be clever,

and without looking them up

The Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria for Columbus, and Beagle for Darwin

Peter.

Netleyned · « **Reply #65 on:** August 22, 2010, 07:01:32 am »

I meant in general Peter
Not the knowledgeable members of this forum
We of a certain age were taught these facts in school
but no more alas

Ned

steamboatbob · « **Reply #66 on:** August 22, 2010, 10:30:01 am »

i will have to say the titanic should not rate a mention as she sunk halfway through her first voyage

Just my 2 cents

malcolmfrary · « **Reply #67 on:** August 22, 2010, 11:26:05 am »

All of the boats mentioned have their merits, but fame and merit are not the same. Just read the papers and figure if any of the "famous" actually have any real merit. Same with ships.

Peter Fitness · « **Reply #68 on:** August 25, 2010, 01:35:46 am »

Quote from: netleyned on August 22, 2010, 07:01:32 am

We of a certain age were taught these facts in school

Ned, you mean old codgers like me

You're quite right, though, I WAS taught those facts at school but, even more amazing, I've remembered them

for 60 odd years

Peter.

Jimmy James · « **Reply #69 on:** August 25, 2010, 04:21:49 pm »

OK Lads it's time to stop pussyfooting around, All seamen know that there is only one candidate, and that is "The Good Ship Venus" There was even a poem penned about her
Twas on the good ship Venus
By god you should have seen us
The Figure Head was a Maid in Bed ---{and so on and so forth}

Now what could be more famous than that????? And No I won't' post you the full poem, look it up your self... Oh! you might look up Eskimo Nell (27 verses) while you are at it
Freebooter

Netleyned · « **Reply #70 on:** August 25, 2010, 05:51:12 pm »

Quote from: Peter Fitness on August 25, 2010, 01:35:46 am

Ned, you mean old codgers like me

You're quite right, though, I WAS taught those facts at school but, even more amazing, I've remembered them for 60 odd years

Peter.

It seems that being taught the 'old' way worked I can remember all sorts that amaze the grown-up children when quizzes are on but what was for lunch yesterday???

Ned

jonny shoreboy · « **Reply #71 on:** August 25, 2010, 08:32:15 pm »

Titanic is the worlds most popular shipwreck, no question.

HMAV Bounty had an interesting story, one that is still being talked about today (that basically Bligh wasn't a tyrant etc).

HMS Endeavour and cooks trip to watch Venus (and check out the Vegemite down under)

KZ-7 (aka plastic fantastic) the first glass fibre Americas Cup yacht. Changed modern sailing forever

QE II as most of us have seen it at some stage in our lives. I remember a large chunk of Auckland used to go down and watch it arrive.

But I all suppose it will depend on how old you are, where you live, what boats you like and how much you like them.

xilsoe · « **Reply #72 on:** August 26, 2010, 02:50:11 pm »

USS Nautilus (SSN-571)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Nautilus_(SSN-571)

DARLEK1 · « **Reply #73 on:** August 26, 2010, 10:43:10 pm »

USS ENTERPRISE.
Paul...

PS, Beam me up Scotty!

garston1 · « **Reply #74 on:** August 27, 2010, 01:13:09 am »

you can't beat USS Voyager then.

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