Model Boat Mayhem

Mess Deck: General Section => Full Scale Ships => Topic started by: tobyker on March 21, 2012, 06:02:37 pm

Title: Solitaire off Largs
Post by: tobyker on March 21, 2012, 06:02:37 pm
The world's largest undersea pipelaying ship. Solitaire, is off Largs at present. Saw it this pm on our way to/from the garden centre (ugh). I tried to take a photo of it on my phone but I doubt it will come out - easier to use a ship tracker and look her up on the web!
Title: Re: Solitaire off Largs
Post by: Norseman on March 23, 2012, 12:42:57 am
Usual wiki type info on her at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solitaire_(ship)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solitaire_%28ship%29

Dave
Title: Re: Solitaire off Largs
Post by: tobyker on March 23, 2012, 07:17:42 pm
There are also a couple of interesting youtube bits on how the pipe sections are loaded, welded and pushed out the back!
Title: Re: Solitaire off Largs
Post by: hodgie35 on April 09, 2012, 08:58:00 pm
some nice pics on AIS

http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/
Title: Re: Solitaire off Largs
Post by: slug on April 10, 2012, 07:16:06 am
what a ship,she is quite old underneath, 1972 slug