A final farewell

Kapitan · 08-13-07, 11:55 AM

The Final farewell

August the 1st 2007 saw what was to be the last voyage of the grand old lady Oriana.

At 1000 on the morning of the 1st oriana slipped her moorings and slowly slipped away from her home of more than four years, the grand old liner aided by her escorting tug was to make her one final voyage, but things wouldn’t go all her own way.

In response to thousands of requests to allow the vessel to make the voyage under her own steam, and to be sent off in a blaze of glory, The Chinese officials banned any vessel or person coming within 500 meters of the vessel.

The BBC reporter Alan Wood enquired as to why such action was needed and why should this fine vessel be allowed to be towed away in a total shadow, the Chinese have released a statement saying the following.

“The vessel in which we have full right over is dangerous, we have put the safety of our people first, and the people who will be towing the vessel, it would be absurd to allow the vessel which is not seaworthy to sail under her own steam with guests on board.”

The Liner which so proudly cruised the seas for over three decades is now a rusting relic being towed to Alang for scrapping; she has already arrived at Alang and is now awaiting her final place on the beach where she will be dismantled.

Jimbuna · 08-13-07, 12:00 PM

A sad end for this grand old lady of the sea

Kapitan · 08-13-07, 12:07 PM

Acctually the version above is fictional but she has been scrapped in 2005 as it goes please read here

http://www.maritimematters.com/oriana.html

Jimbuna · 08-13-07, 12:59 PM

Rgr that

Etienne · 08-13-07, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Kapitan

In response to thousands of requests to allow the vessel to make the voyage under her own steam, and to be sent off in a blaze of glory, The Chinese officials banned any vessel or person coming within 500 meters of the vessel.

Aw, come on, refitting a ship to travel under her own power after being laid-up for almost twenty year, just for one trip, is TOTALLY cost effective. Not to mention the refit she'd need to safely accomodate guests.

And a 500 meters safety zone is pretty lax, for a dead ship under tow. I imagine that's in confined water.

Sometimes, I just wish the media'd stay far away from anything involving ship. Or at least research their stuff.

08-13-07, 11:55 AM	#1
Kapitan Sub Test Pilot Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK + Canada Posts: 7,130 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 7	A final farewell The Final farewell August the 1st 2007 saw what was to be the last voyage of the grand old lady Oriana. At 1000 on the morning of the 1st oriana slipped her moorings and slowly slipped away from her home of more than four years, the grand old liner aided by her escorting tug was to make her one final voyage, but things wouldn’t go all her own way. In response to thousands of requests to allow the vessel to make the voyage under her own steam, and to be sent off in a blaze of glory, The Chinese officials banned any vessel or person coming within 500 meters of the vessel. The BBC reporter Alan Wood enquired as to why such action was needed and why should this fine vessel be allowed to be towed away in a total shadow, the Chinese have released a statement saying the following. “The vessel in which we have full right over is dangerous, we have put the safety of our people first, and the people who will be towing the vessel, it would be absurd to allow the vessel which is not seaworthy to sail under her own steam with guests on board.” The Liner which so proudly cruised the seas for over three decades is now a rusting relic being towed to Alang for scrapping; she has already arrived at Alang and is now awaiting her final place on the beach where she will be dismantled. __________________ DONT FORGET if you like a post to nominate it by using the blue diamond Find out about Museum Ships here: https://www.museumships.us/ Flickr for all my pictures: https://www.flickr.com/photos/131313936@N03/ Navy general board articles: https://www.navygeneralboard.com/author/aegis/

08-13-07, 12:00 PM	#2
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,544 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	A sad end for this grand old lady of the sea __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

08-13-07, 12:07 PM	#3
Kapitan Sub Test Pilot Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK + Canada Posts: 7,130 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 7	Acctually the version above is fictional but she has been scrapped in 2005 as it goes please read here http://www.maritimematters.com/oriana.html __________________ DONT FORGET if you like a post to nominate it by using the blue diamond Find out about Museum Ships here: https://www.museumships.us/ Flickr for all my pictures: https://www.flickr.com/photos/131313936@N03/ Navy general board articles: https://www.navygeneralboard.com/author/aegis/

08-13-07, 12:59 PM	#4
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,544 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Rgr that __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!