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Kapitan
11-20-07, 04:32 PM
What is your favorite type of ship and why ?

for me i like VLCC / ULCC oil tankers they are slow clumsy but require a skill all to them selves and they challenge even the best captains.
Peto
11-20-07, 04:54 PM
Well--the Love Boat of course!!!! And for all the obvious reasons! :lol:

I also have an affinity for Flower Class Corvettes. Short, Clumsy, Ugly, A Sailors Nightmare. Kind of like going to sea on a bobber. But they were amazing in their own right.
Chock
11-20-07, 05:04 PM
Technically a boat, rather than a ship, but the Riva Aquarama is unquestionably the most beautiful thing ever to have been set on the water, so that's my favourite:

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j105/AlanBradbury/RivaAquarama.jpg

:D Chock
Ramius
11-20-07, 05:13 PM
You missed the most important one off the list :(

A DEAD one

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Mark_48_Torpedo_testing.jpg/300px-Mark_48_Torpedo_testing.jpg
mrbeast
11-20-07, 05:30 PM
How about this for beautiful:
http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/9056/hmshood20topem3.jpg

The most elegant British capaital ship ever to sail the seven seas. :cool: :up: :arrgh!:

BTW its HMS Hood for those who should know better! :D ;)
bookworm_020
11-20-07, 05:40 PM
Warships and submarines. Nuff said!:up:
Letum
11-20-07, 07:06 PM
Submarines are boats, not ships.
/pedants blog
Sailor Steve
11-20-07, 07:06 PM
I put down Warships, but it wasn't specific enough. I like destroyers. Gearing class destroyers.

Like the one I served on.
CCIP
11-20-07, 07:12 PM
I put down Warships, but it wasn't specific enough.
Agreed.

I like Battleships, particularly those between the pre-dreadnought era and WWI-era designs. Mind you, that's "like" in the same way one would like dinosaurs :p

http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/807/tsesavib5.jpg

In other words between this and the one mrbeast posted :)
Letum
11-20-07, 07:21 PM
Wow CCIP!#

Shes a beauty, very "steampunk".
Reaves
11-20-07, 07:28 PM
Submarine is a boat but I still love them anyway, nothing like sliding underwater for a bit of peace and quiet when there's a storm going on above.
U49
11-20-07, 07:37 PM
Uboot!
Where am I here? Why am I here :hmm: Ahh! Subs :sunny:

...

and containerships :oops:
in example : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_M%C3%A6rsk

I learned how many times EVERYTHING in my home city could be put on board with ample space left :o
(compare it with the size of the Queen Mary: WHOW!)
seafarer
11-20-07, 09:24 PM
I voted for cruise ship, just because I'm always impressed with their ship handling prowess. Watching an 850ft ship navigate down Tracy Arm Fjord in heavy block ice (Alaska's Sawyer Glacier), or through parts of the inside passage is pretty impressive. I know, I know, they've got GPS, twin screws, thrusters and all, but moving 850ftx108ft and 80K tons in shallow, confined waters still takes a lot of skill. Especially in a narrow fjord where two such ships could not even pass eachother.

When we turned around in Tracy Arm (our way to the glacier was blocked by ice about a mile back from the face), I had the impression of trying to park a Hummer in a compact car space!
Syxx_Killer
11-20-07, 09:29 PM
Well, since I live in MI the only thing I can really say is the Great Lakes freighter. As far as bulk carriers go, they are unique and even a little majestic to watch sail by.
elite_hunter_sh3
11-20-07, 09:31 PM
warships, simply because you can do so much damage :arrgh!::arrgh!:

http://www.hpwt.de/2Weltkrieg/Bismarck.jpg

http://www.kbismarck.com/bismarck33.jpg
:rock:
Chock
11-20-07, 09:42 PM
Well, since I live in MI the only thing I can really say is the Great Lakes freighter. As far as bulk carriers go, they are unique and even a little majestic to watch sail by.

Unless it happens to be this one:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Edmund_Fitzgerald

:D Chock
fatty
11-20-07, 10:39 PM
None of the above, my vote is for airships! :arrgh!:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/USS_Shenandoah_on_Mast_h82257.jpg

But seriously, probably warships. I like modern fast frigates and destroyers, and by extention the older cruisers.
fatty
11-20-07, 10:51 PM
Well--the Love Boat of course!!!! And for all the obvious reasons! :lol:

I also have an affinity for Flower Class Corvettes. Short, Clumsy, Ugly, A Sailors Nightmare. Kind of like going to sea on a bobber. But they were amazing in their own right.

Come to Halifax someday :) I'm sure you know that we have a very well-preserved Flower here open to the public. I'll get you into all the good tours if you are ever in town.
JSLTIGER
11-20-07, 11:07 PM
Sexy and Deadly:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/Uss_wisconsin_bb.jpg

Bonus points for guessing this one:

http://tinyurl.com/2m2b2u
fatty
11-20-07, 11:20 PM
Sexy and Deadly:
Bonus points for guessing this one:

http://tinyurl.com/2m2b2u

The artist's depiction of the unbuilt Montana. :rock:
JALU3
11-20-07, 11:35 PM
Sexy and Deadly:
Bonus points for guessing this one:

http://tinyurl.com/2m2b2u
The artist's depiction of the unbuilt Montana. :rock:

Yup, the second turret aft of the superstructure gave that one away. To bad they have abandoned the battleship . . . probably would have been better the the DD that they are building now . . . and probably a lot more survivable.

I can't see why they just can't build a pocket battleship with AEGIS, SPY, and VLS . . . the technology is already out there . . . so it's not like it will cost that much . . . you just build in significant size to reduce unit cost . . . and there you go.