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But when did this design become so popular? I looking for help tracing the beginning and evolution of this funnel design.
My memory begins with the Italian Line ship Michelangelo...her two caged funnels were very odd and stylish for 1965. But that ship really didn't start a trend. I can't think of another ship with a birdcage funnel design for many years.
Next in my memory is Celebrity Cruises' 1990 Horizon. Her funnel incorporated the lines' logo "X" with the horizontal lines of the birdcage funnel matching the horizontal lines of the logo.
Then came Sun Princess (1995) which kicked off Princess Cruises' birdcage funnels that we still see on their newbuilds today.
We now see birdcages funnels on many, many ships including Oasis/Allure, MSC newbuilds, The World, Azura/Ventura, all NCL ships since Nor. Star, and more.
And there are many other ships with at least partial birdcage funnels like the Solstice class:
HAL's Vista-class:
And RCI's Radiance class:
Thankfully there are some lines that still have the classic solid funnel casing.
Coral/Island Princess:
The World:
Azura/Ventura:
Norwegian Spirit
[ 11-22-2010: Message edited by: joe at travelpage ]
quote:Originally posted by NAL:I would suggest after MICHELANGELO and RAFFAELLO of 1965, came in 1968-69 with German-Atlantic Line's HAMBURG.
I do not agree with that since Hamburg's funnel is based on a different 'principle' (of course, Michelangelo and Raffaelo's funnel are also slightly different to contemporary 'cage' funnels).
quote:Originally posted by NAL:I'm not asking you to agree with me on Hamburg's funnel. It's my opinion and you're free to disagree.
Well, but Hamburg had no 'cage funnel'. This is simply a different (technical) approach and that's not a matter of opinion.
-Russ
quote:Originally posted by linerguy:The 'birdcage funnel' design dates back way before the Michelangelo and Raffaello....all the way back to early Dreadnought designs.-Russ
That's actually a mast - not a funnel.
quote:Originally posted by Fairsky:One of my (few) favorite birdcage funnels...MSC Fantasia/Splendida:
I recently read on some website (can't remember which one though) that Cantieri Riuniti originally designed those bird cage funnels for Galileo Galillei and Guglielmo Marconi but Lloyd Triestino rejected the design. OTOH, Italia liked them so the design was used on Mike and Ralph.
Since I read it on the web, one really should treat the claim with some degree of scepticism. Heck, I even found a huge faux pas on the Italia Maritimi (formerly Lloyd Triestino) web site the other day. In its history section it has a photo which they identify as being of the Victoria of 1953. It's actually a photo of Europa with the name blanked out.
Brian
[ 11-23-2010: Message edited by: Brian_O ]
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