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Topic: '73/'74 Taiwan scrap yard.

Maasdam
First Class Passenger
Member # 3858

posted 09-15-2010 08:13 PM

This time no happy ships pictures bud sad and full of history. 3 liners met there end in Taiwan Homeric, Nieuw Amsterdam, Patria.

Greetings.

[ 09-16-2010: Message edited by: Maasdam ]

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Linerrich
First Class Passenger
Member # 4864

posted 09-16-2010 05:50 AM

Great photos of the end of some classic ships, and images from Kaohsiung are rare. This photo was taken in 1974.

HOMERIC was 42 years old and had just suffered a fire; it was just not worth the time and expense to refit her.

NIEUW AMSTERDAM's boilers were shot (they had just been replaced in 1967) and she was expensive to operate. She was 36 years old.

PATRIA was the youngest of the trio, at 27 years old. But the Portuguese colonial services were ending and there was just no market for her any more.

Rich

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desirod7
First Class Passenger
Member # 1626

posted 09-16-2010 08:35 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Linerrich:
Great photos of the end of some classic ships, and images from Kaohsiung are rare. This photo was taken in 1974.
NIEUW AMSTERDAM's boilers were shot (they had just been replaced in 1967) and she was expensive to operate. She was 36 years old.

Rich

Rich, were the boilers replaced with used ones from a scrapped frieghter?

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Linerrich
First Class Passenger
Member # 4864

posted 09-16-2010 09:25 AM

quote:
Originally posted by desirod7:
Rich, were the boilers replaced with used ones from a scrapped frieghter?

The boilers actually came from a retired U.S. Navy cruiser.

Rich

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Maasdam
First Class Passenger
Member # 3858

posted 09-16-2010 12:27 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Linerrich:
The boilers actually came from a retired U.S. Navy cruiser.
Rich

They where actually to light. I believe one of the old boilers was left behind and steel and concrete where add to here fore stability. But the whole operation proofed to be efficient. She was still able to reach here service speed of 21 knots.

At the end here machinery became to costly to run. Also here AC gives much problem that there where still cabins without private facility's. But she stayed very popular until the end.

Greetings Ben.

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desirod7
First Class Passenger
Member # 1626

posted 09-16-2010 03:14 PM

It would have been nice to see all of her beautiful public rooms re-assembled on land. The more pics I see of her the more beautiful she is and must have been an experience to be inside.

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lasuvidaboy
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Member # 4527

posted 09-20-2010 01:15 AM

Homeric was so well built she may have sailed another 15-20 years had she not be damaged by the fire. Her beautifully re-built interiors were comparable to the Italia ships of the early-1950s.

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sslewis
First Class Passenger
Member # 3649

posted 09-23-2010 05:42 AM

ssHomeric is looking ggood even with only one funnel! She looks like a P&O liner!(Chusan?)

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