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[cos918]

hi all found this web site. Its all about the ferry FINNJET. I have never seen such a good  web site dedicated to one ship. Some of the photos are awesome ,and if some one wanted to make finnjet this would be the best tool in the world. As there are photos of every thing at so many diffrent angles.

john


http://www.finnjetweb.com/

[Colin Bishop]

Thanks for that. Some sad pictures of her beached at Alang.

[cos918]

yep there very sad :(. As she was so much more that a ferry. She was the longest , the biggest , the fastest ferry in the world at her lanch ,she was the first to use gas turbines and introduced ferry crusing  :). She was a world leader and derserved to be preserved but it sad that its not to be. It just goes to show how hard it is to preserve a big ship. QE2 is a very very lucky lady to get what she coming to her in her reteriment. You cant help thinging with scrap at an all time high what might happen to the ss united states.


john

[MikeK]

She was ever a spectacular sight charging up and down the Baltic on her turbines with a 'bone' in her teeth the height of the bow apron ! We used to be trundling up to Finland at 12/13 Kts and she would pass us twice from Travemund/Helsinki before we got there !. On a calm day she would leave us rolling in her wash and now to see her high and dry at the bone pickers - very sad

Mike

[Sven]

I have been working for her more than 20 years, landside cargobooking etc., I know that ship very well from the bottom to the top. For me it's very sad to see her now at Alang. :'( :'( :'( :'(

now we run socalled Kombifähren with more than 4000 lanemeters at a speed of 27 knots and space for 400 pax. Finnjet would have been laughing about this speed.

Sven

[lifeboatpaul]

wHAT WAS FINNJET`S SPEED ?

Paul.

[cos918]

hi warp 9 well it might has well been.

Finnjet's Maximum speeds in detail:
Combinations    Maximum Speed    Maximum power (together; for both propellers)
1 Diesel    12 knots    7200 kW
2 Diesels    18,5 knots    14400 kW
1 Turbine    21,5 knots    27500 kW
1 Diesel 1 Turbine    23 knots    34700 kW
2 Diesel 1 Turbine    25 knots    41900 kW (37200kW*)
2 Turbines    31 knots    55000 kW
2 Turbines 1 Diesel    32,9 knots    62200 kW (57500kW*)
2 Turbines 2 Diesels    33,4 knots    69400 kW (60000 kW*)

http://www.finnjetweb.com/en/ then click on facts then speed sorry cant get a direct link to that page to work

john