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Topic: Fate of ssBlue Lady ex Norway ex France..

sslewis
First Class Passenger
Member # 3649

posted 03-06-2007 05:27 AM

The recent Moon eclipse made me very sad despite its beauty.
The very hightide (highest on 21st march) reflected the silver seas then the eclipse plunged the night into darkness.....
I thought it could be the last full moon to shine on that beautiful sleek hull which has been rusting since August 15th last year in India.....
I hear that March 7th, tomorrow will seal her fate, turning hope to resignation, despair or surprise??? The recent Ship's Monthly have a wonderful but sad accounted of the former EugenioC on the beach....
I think that ship remains beautiful, even to the end...
It just that full moon means high tide and then beaching.......

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Vaccaro
First Class Passenger
Member # 465

posted 03-06-2007 05:35 AM

I can't be 100% sure of the reliability of that information but last week, it has been reported the decision of the High Suprem Court of India has been postponed to May 13, 2007.

Besides, even if it has less than 1% to occur, some parties are still in negociation to try and purchase her for a new role.
However, for understandable confidentiality reasons, I have to keep the very few details I have and their names out of public.
But I repeat, I think it has less than 1% to concretise, although I still hope so.

[ 03-06-2007: Message edited by: Vaccaro ]

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desirod7
First Class Passenger
Member # 1626

posted 03-06-2007 07:46 AM

My hope is that Peter Knego salvage what is left of the great art works, murals, and the neat vanities.

It would be great to reconstruct the Saga Theatre and the Windward Dining room in a Museum

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Ernst
First Class Passenger
Member # 5369

posted 03-06-2007 09:25 AM

...not to forget the funnels. It would be nice to see them safed.

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Malcolm @ cruisepage
Cruise Director
Member # 301

posted 03-06-2007 05:53 PM

Maybe they can save little Norway 1 and 2 and use them at Sea Word?

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VDK
First Class Passenger
Member # 3460

posted 03-06-2007 06:08 PM

They are supposidly going to collect the aluminium from the funnels and will be making cufflink and pipe replicas for the men and broaches and rings for the ladies...or so the story goes....:-)

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lasuvidaboy
First Class Passenger
Member # 4527

posted 03-06-2007 06:56 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Malcolm @ cruisepage:
Maybe they can save little Norway 1 and 2 and use them at Sea Word?

I thought her two huge tenders were still in use in the Caribbean??

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SCOTT H
First Class Passenger
Member # 6831

posted 03-06-2007 11:20 PM

Hello. About the fate/location of The NORWAY's tenders, I believe lasuvidaboy is right. In August of 2005 ,I was on the Norwegian Dawn on a cruise of the the Carribean, and one of the stops was Stirrup Cay. To get the passengers to the island three tenders were used. and the larger two were identicial. I didn,t ask if they were from BIGBLUE but thinking back I stongly believe they probably were.

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6263866
First Class Passenger
Member # 5115

posted 03-07-2007 12:45 AM

I think...
both funnels should be taken off and preserved
all art, ornamates, should be taken off
chairs, furniture, panels, ahh the whole ship should be saved!!
......has it already been 2 years since we started discussing Norway's fate

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Conte Di Savoia
First Class Passenger
Member # 1802

posted 03-07-2007 12:38 PM

Here is a picture of Little Norway II at Great Stirrup Cay taken this past January when we were on the island. We tendered from Regent Seven Seas Voyager to the island aboard her.

[ 03-07-2007: Message edited by: joe at travelpage ]

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Ernst
First Class Passenger
Member # 5369

posted 03-07-2007 01:12 PM

What is actually the reason to be upset about the fact that the tenders of Norway are still in service?
Haven't they be removed from her well before the boiler explosion? Isn't the fact her tenders are still in use more something to be happy about?

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lasuvidaboy
First Class Passenger
Member # 4527

posted 03-07-2007 02:15 PM

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Ernst:
[QB]What is actually the reason to be upset about the fact that the tenders of Norway are still in service?

Maybe SCOTT H was upset because he did not realize he saw Norway's original tenders-and did not photograph them.

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Malcolm @ cruisepage
Cruise Director
Member # 301

posted 03-07-2007 03:56 PM

I assume that they were originally ex-Navy landing craft, converted?

I am upset because they should have scrapped the tenders if necessary and retained the ship!

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PamM
First Class Passenger
Member # 2127

posted 03-07-2007 06:21 PM

No, they were purpose built in Norway.

Pam

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Malcolm @ cruisepage
Cruise Director
Member # 301

posted 03-07-2007 07:09 PM

quote:
Originally posted by PamM:
No, they were purpose built in Norway.

Really! Well they must have used landing craft plans.

Even the ramp at the front can come down landing craft style. Surely they simply added an extar deck?

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lasuvidaboy
First Class Passenger
Member # 4527

posted 03-07-2007 07:24 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Malcolm @ cruisepage:
Really! Well they must have used landing craft plans.
Even the ramp at the front can come down landing craft style. Surely they simply added an extar deck?

Like Pam said, they were custom built (along w/the massive davits) for Norway back in 1979. It is possible their design was inspired by landing craft and were the largest tenders ever installed on a passenger ship. I believe Caronia of 1948 had the second largest purpose built tenders before Norways were built. Caronia's were built at John Brown-Clydebank and launched in the traditional manner into the River Clyde.

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6263866
First Class Passenger
Member # 5115

posted 03-09-2007 01:43 AM

Norway's tenders look a lot like the tenders RCL uses at Labadee, is there any link?? They also look like WWII landing craft.

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6263866
First Class Passenger
Member # 5115

posted 03-09-2007 01:47 AM

After looking around, SS France actually averaged 35 knots on sea trials, impressive, they really don't build em' like that anymore.

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Waynaro
First Class Passenger
Member # 3484

posted 03-09-2007 11:35 AM

So are both NORWAY tenders still in service?

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lasuvidaboy
First Class Passenger
Member # 4527

posted 03-09-2007 06:56 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Waynaro:
So are both NORWAY tenders still in service?

I remember reading that both tenders were shipped back to the Caribbean during her lay up in Germany.

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PamM
First Class Passenger
Member # 2127

posted 03-14-2007 06:54 AM

quote:
Originally posted by 6263866:
Norway's tenders look a lot like the tenders RCL uses at Labadee, is there any link?? They also look like WWII landing craft.

Coco Cutter I & II [1990], La Santa Maria [1991 & Ship-to-Shore [1995] are all purpose built passenger tenders by Palatka Shipbuilding Inc.

Pam

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Beezo
First Class Passenger
Member # 1505

posted 03-14-2007 07:50 AM

When I was on the S/S Norway back in 2000, there was a 3rd tender in use at Great Stirrup Cay. It was called the "BahamaRamaMama." It had a slightly different design, but I believe this is the one that was the ex-navy landing craft...

Brian

[ 03-14-2007: Message edited by: Beezo ]

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Linerrich
First Class Passenger
Member # 4864

posted 03-14-2007 03:25 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Beezo:
When I was on the S/S Norway back in 2000, there was a 3rd tender in use at Great Stirrup Cay. It was called the "BahamaRamaMama." It had a slightly different design, but I believe this is the one that was the ex-navy landing craft...
Brian
[ 03-14-2007: Message edited by: Beezo ]

That's right--this was the original tender for the private island, serving the other NCL ships which otherwise would only be using lifeboats.

Rich

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steeplechase
First Class Passenger
Member # 4056

posted 03-22-2007 08:04 AM

That would suck riding on one of her tenders and not even knowing it. I thought they might still be in service down there.

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TDM99
First Class Passenger
Member # 6196

posted 04-21-2007 06:31 AM

Bonjour ,
See the last new by Reuben Goossens , perhaps the very last chance to save this Ship ...
http://www.ssmaritime.com/newsupdates.htm
Noel

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