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[pugwash]

Sorry Dinosaurman. but who or what was S.S. Minnow??

Geoff

[HS93 (RIP)]

Sorry Dinosaurman. but who or what was S.S. Minnow??

Geoff

http://www.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&q=S.S.+Minnow.&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=VkhtTP7wCc6z4gaW25niCg&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=4&ved=0CDUQsAQwAw&biw=1259&bih=526

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfR7qxtgCgY

Peter

[malcolmfrary]

In that case, how about "The Black Pig"? Or was it just the crew?

[Tug-Kenny RIP]

       Marie Celeste

[pugwash]

I'm in a pedantic mood it was actually the MARY CELESTE

[Tug-Kenny RIP]

          oh vraiment   

[cos918]

No contest

 QE2

she speaks for her self

John

[pugwash]

Only joking Kenny - had a bad day - SWMBO has had me powerwashing the
stables most of the week and I'm about K - nacked

Geoff

[Tug-Kenny RIP]

Hi Geoff.  Just feeling a bit light headed. had a good day modelling and all's well with the world.     

It's just that this ship reminds me of modellers at the lake.  All boat, and no crew   

Ken

[Deep Diver]

Sorry but for me it has to be HMS/M TRUCULENT a "T" Class mk 3 lost on the 12th Jan 1950. Why my DAD was on her at the time.

[DickyD]

Which ship was the first with a Triple Expansion steam engine?

The first transatlantic vessel with triple expansion engines, was the S/S Martello of the Wilson Line, introduced in the trade in 1884.

[Jimmy James]

Taking the title ship in its true sense  ("Ship" A three or more masted vessel square rigged on all masts)and being bloody minded I would say HMS Victory, HBMS Revenge, The Clipper Ship Cutty Sark

 If you are talking about vessels I would have said The Viking Long Boat 1) Discovery of the Americas   2) Exploration {and raiding} Europe The Med, British Isles, Baltic, Russia's, North Atlantic  and Parts of Africa ... The "Ambiguous Spanish" Galleon (they were mostly Barque Rigged and so were not true ships) "Most people on seeing a sailing vessel or a model say "look at that Galleon" So even though its mistaken ID  they are still the most famous Name.
Freebooter 

[dbninja]

still stand by my first answer...  some of you are just trying way too hard and coming up with some really obscure vessels

"famous" is the key word.. its no good asking  ship enthusiasts..   to get the right answer for "most famous" you have to ask "joe Public"   ships your granny or yer mam can name..


Titanic it is then



its like... most people can tell you the name of the plane that dropped the first nuclear bomb on Japan?



"Enola Gay"     easy everyone knows that!


ask the same people to name the aircraft that dropped the bomb on Nagasaki?




errrrrrm????



yep     most famous it is!




db

"Bocks car" dropped the bomb on Nagasaki if you wanted to know

[Peter Fitness]

dbninja, the question is what "should be", not what "is", the most famous ship of all time. While I do agree with your reasons for naming Titanic, and there's no doubt it is the most famous, Martin has asked for opinions on what should be the most famous. As I said in my earlier post, it's a very subjective question, rather like asking, "How long is a piece of string?"  , and there's no definitive answer.

But it does make for some interesting debate 

Peter.

[mickyrubble]

Hi,
 a lot of people will say Titanic (i believe its because of the sinking on its maiden voyage , the loss of 1500 lives and the films) .but i would nominate the Wilhelm Gustloff a German cruise ship which was torpedoed in January 1945 and was the worst ever loss of life in a single incident ,with a loss of over 10 thousand souls.
The most fascinating vessel i have seen would have to be Mary Rose.

[garston1]

TURBINIA

[garston1]

GREAT BRITAIN

[garston1]

DREADNOUGHT

[garston1]

ROYAL DAFFODIL

[garston1]

SRN6 ?

[RaaArtyGunner]

What should be the most famous ship of all time,   Noah's Ark
and Why, because that is where we all are from? 

[mickyrubble]

What should be the most famous ship of all time,   Noah's Ark
and Why, because that is where we all are from? 

REMEMBER IT WELL,I WAS IN CHARGE OF THE SHOVEL

[mickyrubble]

I WOULD ALSO HAVE TO NOMINATE MY MOTHER IN LAW, What a battle wagon ,WITH A FULL HEAD OF STEAM and all gunnery going,it was a fearsome sight which would have sent any ship to the bottom with a sharp word,
 

[Netleyned]

I remember the Ark when Noah was the skipper and Pontius was a pilate

Ned

[gondolier88]

The ark was not a ship- it was unpowered and was therfore a barge.

The one that does it for me is IKB's Great Britain- first propellor driven ship, fastest across the atlantic, arrived in US with 200tons of coal still in her hold on her first trip, she opened up transatlantic travel- something that today we cannot live without, and most importantly she represents entirely the period in our history where great men could come up with ideas and see them through with sheer tenacity and intelligence, and they worked!

Greg