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"Just a fast fact check on you information, the ship was build in Turkey: "correct!", but as an empty shell for a Norwegian shipyard, everything else was done in Norway." This in fact not true. These four ships (HAVILA CAPELLA, CASTOR, POLARIS and POLLUX) were completely built by Tersan in Turkey ...

There are around four or more Meteors still operating out of Corfu. I saw them last week. A couple running between Corfu city and Sarandë in Albania for two different companies and some more running between Corfu city and the island of Paxos. Companies operating them are Ionian Cruises and Finikas ...

Can anyone help me find back the concept for a Polar frigate/patrol ship the Soviets designed in the 1970s? It looked like a cross between a Krivak and an icebreaker. I used to have a rendering of it but lost my entire archive in a HD crash :-(. If someone knows the project name/number that would ...

Can anyone help me find back the concept for a Polar frigate/patrol ship the Soviets designed in the 1970s? It looked like a cross between a Krivak and an icebreaker. I used to have a rendering of it but lost my entire archive in a HD crash :-(. If someone knows the project name/number that would ...

It's a derivative of the boat that Lurssen did for Brunei. Well done!

That IS rather interesting

Special method they use, assembling the blocks on a barge. Must involve certain challenges in terms of keeping the barge stable while placing the blocks.

interesting article on the failure of the Germany navy to deploy one of their 212A's to the Gulf of Aden two years ago. Article is in Dutch, but main points are: "Somali waters too hot and too far for German submarines" -The sub would be carried to Somalia in a heavy lift ship, rather than sail on ...

Just in case you haven't seen it yet: http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.ph ... -time.html

Note she was renamed MARCO POLO while still in Lloyd Triestino service. Only in 1937 was she transferred to Adriatica In LT colours in 1936 as MARCO POLO: http://www.naviearmatori.net/eng/foto-209495-dHg9bWFyY28gcG9sbyZuYT0xJmltbz0wJmRjPTAmY2w9MCZhcj0wJmNhPTAmc209MA==.html Note her funnels had a bit ...

Fantastic stuff Novice! I have a huge picture of the ship as built on a calendar somewhere. Note that her original name was KAISER FRANZ JOSEF I, not JOSEPH.