Some shots
 

Just some screen shots of a voyage ive recently compleated.

The ship is the origional SS Oriana built for the orient lines, it then became P&O later on, but the ship itself has only recently been scrapped.

Built in 1959 she was made specificaly for the southampton to sydney route operating as a liner, the voyage would take her through the straight of gibralter the suez canal and then finaly into australia itself.

But when air travel made the crossing a 26 hour affair and not 2 weeks, the trade died off and orient lines was taken over by P&O, and eventualy oriana saw herself being refitied as a cruise ship.

After many decades of service the orian was paid of in the 1980's and sold to a japanese company however the venture went bust and it was another decade before she would be sold again this time to a chinese venture.

The venture was a sucsess and lasted for a few years untill a storm finaly claimed oriana, in 2004 a storm hit the area oriana was moored in, and she took on water and listed heavily, all efforts to salvage and repair her were seen as to great a cost.

In 2005 oriana was rightend and towed down to wayou scrap yard for dismatling.

But her memory lives on !

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i2.../Departure.jpg
Oriana moored in southampton england due for departure

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i2...tauthority.jpg
Before entering the suez egyptian authorites borded the oriana to make sure everything was ship shape and bristol fashion, aso at this point she takes on a pilot.

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i2...drotterdam.jpg
The dutch ship Rotterdam and oriana moored alongside prepareing to sail into the first leg of the suez, rotterdam is slower therefore oriana will enter first.

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i2...ailor/suez.jpg
A view from the bridge the suez egypt one side and saudi arabia the other this is mid morning and about half way down the canal.

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i2.../australia.jpg
Sunrise over the coast of australia sadly theres no acctual scenary for this part of the voyage so thats all there was sorry!

You're an addict

yeah i know my doctor says the same thing.

Can I suggest some counseling? Or maybe some phyciatric help? I heard Skybird knows a thing or two and can help you with your addiction! :p :D

Your kidding right not more 5 pages essays in which i have to read 4 or 5 times to even get a hint at what he is trying to say !:o

See?!! It is already clouding your addiction and forcing you to think about something other than piloting ships! We are already on the right track as I can see. Now just keep continuing along this path of enlightement, and you will be cured for all time!

-S

You safely completed a voyage?

I think you're so addicted you've taken to cheating!:rotfl:

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :D

LOL no i can do it without sinking running aground capsizing a vessel :D

Let me guess - by keeping your finger on the reset button? :p:D:rotfl:

LOL where that then? i got a big red one saying self destruct should i push it?

Only if you can get some screenshots! :D