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Cruise - Luxus auf großen Schiffen

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Luxus auf großen Schiffen. Ist GRÖSSER besser? by Earl of Cruise Entwurfsrendering der COSTA Neubauten, welche identisch mit denen von AIDA sind.   Am 03.Juli 2015 annoncierte die CARNIVAL CORPORATION , zu der die Kreuzfahrtgesellschaften AIDA CRUISES , COSTA CROCIERE , HOLLAND-AMERICA LINE , CARNIVAL CRUISES (2014 US$ 15,884mrd), P&O CRUISES , P&O CRUISES AUSTRALIA , PRINCESS CRUISES - das sind die mit der US TV Serie LOVE BOAT , SEABORN CRUISE LINES , CUNARD LINE und FATHOM als neueste Gesellschaft ( Brand ) gehören, dass sie einen Neubauauftrag für 4 Schiffe fest, und 2 Schiffe in Option, vergeben haben. Die mit den zuvor genannten Reedereien größte Kreuzfahrtgesellschaft der Welt (102 Schiffe), will nicht nur LNG (Liquid Natural Gas) als Treibstoff für die für COSTA und AIDA bestimmten Neubauten verwenden, sondern will auch 6.600 Passagiere (7.000 bei Doppelbelegung) auf den rund 180.000 BRZ (engl. GT, gesamter Rauminhalt eines Schiffes) großen Schiff...
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Crewing - Wir feiern und die Crew?

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Heizer beim entschlacken der Kessel - S.R.Archiv Basel Die neue schwarze Gang by Earl of Cruise Wir haben Spaß. Wir feiern das Leben. Wir freuen uns über das Schiff, die Reise zur See, den Service, das Essen, die Drinks, die Entdeckungen, die Ausflüge und die Erlebnisse. Andere Menschen, die Mitreisenden, die Bewohner in den Zielgebieten sind Bereicherungen für unser Leben. Aber was ist mit der Crew, also der Mannschaft? Diese Menschen ermöglichen uns, den Passagieren, eine unbeschwerte Zeit an Bord des Kreuzfahrtschiffes. Sie lächeln uns an und sind hilfsbereit. Als die Schiffe noch mit Kohle befeuert wurden, war der größte Teil der Crew tief unten im Bauch der Dampfer und schaufelte Kohle aus den Bunkern (Lager für Kohle) in die Feuerbuchsen der Dampfkessel. Es war heiß dort unten und stickig. Nicht selten auch extrem schlecht belüftet. Das Feuer bekam zumeist mehr Sauerstoff als die Schwarze Gang (Black Gang). Sie schufteten sich buchstäblich die Lunge aus dem Lei...
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Design - Ist das Aussehen wichtig? Von Schiffen?

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ss NORMANDIE at sea (Quelle/Source: Wikipedia) Ist das Aussehen Wichtig? by Earl of Cruise Zuerst einmal für uns, die Spezies Homo Sapiens Sapiens (der moderne Mensch) - JA! Es erleichtert einem das Leben, den Lebensweg, die Partnerwahl ... Es gibt hinlänglich und ausreichend viele und gute Untersuchungen dazu. Und warum sonst stürzen wir uns in die Fitness Studios, boomen die Casting Shows für Super Models (wobei Models eigentlich eher auf anderen Wegen entdeckt werden), die Schönheitschirurgie ... ? Schönheit liegt aber immer im Auge des Betrachters. Natalia Vodianova by Mario Testino (Quelle/Source: ohlalalamag.com) So wie wir für uns, den Menschen, ist das Aussehen auch "verkaufsfördernd"- Schönheit steigert schlicht den Marktwert! Aber was nützt der beste Marktwert, wenn man nicht die Grundregeln der Courtoisie (Höflichkeit) und Respekt anderen gegenüber besitzt ... dann ist der schönste Teller ein blödes A... Was für uns gilt, gilt auch für all...
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HISTORY - Traveling with airliner LZ 129 HINDENBURG was the most luxurious airtravel

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The real airliner LZ 129 HINDENBURG enabled the most luxurious airtravel for decades. Imagine, gliding through the air while the landscape or the sea below can be seen ... LZ 129 HINDENBURG marks the climax of airship construction. On May 6, 1937, the story of civilian airship ended in a tragedy. In Lakehurst, New Jersey, the largest flying object and has been with the similar sized LZ 130 GRAF ZEPPELIN II the most luxurious of all time. How this came about can be reconstructed logically, a series of fatal physics concatenations . The airship LZ 129 HINDENBURG marks the climax of airship construction. It was in its time the fastest and most exclusive traveling object between Europe and America. The challenges of the construction of the giant of the heaven were immense. by Earl of Cruise LZ 129 HINDENBURG, 1936, in Lakehurst - digital copy of a coloured cover photo, originally by Bill Schneider, published in Dan Grossman´s book ` ZEPPELIN HINDENBURG: AN ILLUSTRATED HI...
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HISTORY - The Monster-ships that changed how we Travel at Sea

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Our present days sea travel, with its `luxuries´ started with the Monster-ships after the turn from 19th to 20th century, and technical progress and innovations made us think "unbeatable" at sea ... This hybris and belive in the technological progress was destroyed when the TITANIC sank after its encounter off Newfoundland with an iceberg. The beauty salons, fitness rooms, swimming pools, firsts on German liners, and even wireless communications of today’s huge cruise ships all got their start with the `floating palaces´ of a century and a bit ago.   by Earl of Cruise ss GREAT WESTERN, of GREAT WESTERN STEAMSHIP COMPANY, constructed by genius Isambard Kingdom Brunel - Sourece: Engineers Walk ss GREAT BRITAIN of GREAT WESTERN STEAMSHIP COMPANY, constructed by genius Isambard Kingdom Brunel - Sourece: ART UK In the first half of 19th century steam started powering ships. No longer tedious and unpredictable voyages at sea. And with the groundbreaking game chan...
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Ocean Liners in Movies or Films at Sea (updated Nov 2017)

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For liners and the shipping companies movies and films had been a top marketing tool Movies or Films and liners at sea, had been intriguing me since I have read about in my youth in LUXUSLINER - BILDER EINER GROSSEN ZEIT by Lee Server ( THE GOLDEN AGE OF OCEAN LINERS ). But earlier, mot only since my first crossing, I was keen watching movies with liners in it, and disapointed, which was an understatement, when I realized the films have been made in a set ashore in some movie "factory". That was after my first crossing.   by Earl of Cruise an essay in progress `Sabrina´, Humphrey Bogart in the office, while LIBERTÉ is sailing out of New York harbor - screenshot Ocean liners, especially those of the luxury category, had been the location of dramas, love stories, thrillers, suspense and catastrophies sinde film was born, or nearly. In this list, the most descriptions are taken from Wikipedia, as I guess no one can expect having seen all these films ... otherwise I w...
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Destination - Capri, Dolce Vita and Legends - a cruise on board ANDREA

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Capri filled with legends, over boarding beauty and Italian `dolce vita´ More than 190 years after the German painter August Kopisch's `discovery´ of the Grotta Azzurra in 1826, Capri ( it is pronounced `KAH pree´, with an accent on the first syllable ) is the most sophisticated island in the Mediterranean. The sound of its name evokes nostalgia, beauty and enthusiasm. And more so, each one of us can and will find its `own´ Capri. by Earl of Cruise Grotta Azzura on Capri - Source: Atlantide Phototravel © Corbis During a Mediterranean cruise from Barcelona to Venezia on board the yacht like ANDREA of ELEGANT CRUISES & TOURS one of the beautiful destinations has been Capri ... Early morning, approaching Capri - © Earl of Cruise Capri smells of sweet life, light moments, riches and pomp. It is the island of love and happiness. Capri is the place for yearning, dreams and wonderful craziness. Capri is a myths in the Mediterranean Sea, unique and tender,...
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ss NORMANDIE 1935 - 1942 IX

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s s / te NORMANDIE starting from cold Owners: COMPAGNIE GÉNÉRALE TRANSATLANTIQUE BUILDERS: PENH Ö ET, St. Nazaire, France   by Stephen Carey © , editing by Earl of Cruise   This document is almost exclusively about the engineering aspects of NORMANDIE , mainly on how to start her up from cold. If you are looking for photos of the passenger spaces, there is a plethora of them on the web, in Facebook groups - Admirers of the ss Normandie , ss Normandie photographic file , The French Ocean Liners / Les Paquebots Fran ç ais , ss Normandie , GREAT LINERS OF THE PAST & PRESENT , and others, Pinterest and in articles about NORMANDIE here in the blog, please see at the end of the article. Using "ss" for NORMANDIE is quite incorrect, as NORMANDIE was a Turbo Electric vessel and not a steamship, therefore NORMANDIE should be adressed as "te".   by Earl of Cruise te / ss NORMANDIE berthed in Le Havre, Gare Maritime May 29th, 1935 - colouring courtesy ...
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Heritage - ORIENT EXPRESS living history

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The living legend ORIENT EXPRESS ORIENT EXPRESS, its name alone is evoking dreams and longings. Immediately one is remembered  about Agathe Christie and her brilliant crime novel - ` Murder on the ORIENT EXPRESS ´ - and we see Hercule Poirot and the suspects. by Earl of Cruise Click here for luxury rail travel 2018 With the ORIENT EXPRESS to Venezia (Mit dem Orient Express nach Venedig) - still from a German TV documentation, PHOENIX When in 1883 the first Express train of a new formed luxury train company, founded by its brainchild Georges Nagelmakers, Paris left for, at first Giugiu in Romania, left, Mr. Nagelmakers may have dreamed, that his luxury express train should become the synonym for luxury, comfort and speed. And indeed the ORIENT EXPRESS turned into the Queen of Trains - often copied, but never outdone in its fame. Alone the destination, the Orient, was a place of longing and dreams. And that very train fulfilled those dreams within a short time. No ...
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Starting rms TITANIC from cold

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rms TITANIC, 1911, Cold Starting WHITES STAR LINE Ltd., Builders: HALAND & WOLFF, Belfast by Stephen Carey, engineer, editing by Earl of Cruise rms TITANIC, 1911 © Stephen Carey   Table of Contents 1     Overview of machinery spaces 1.1        Boiler rooms 1.2        Coal bunkers 1.3        Propulsion engines 1.4        Electrical power generation 1.4.1            Main generating sets 1.4.2            Emergency generating sets 2     Lighting up the boilers 2.1        Steam line redundancy 3     Starting the generators 3.1        Auxiliary seawater pump and condenser 3.2        Starting an emergency gener...
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Heritage - Voyage of the Damned on St.LOUIS

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St.LOUIS sailed in May 1939 with Jewish refugees to Cuba, a voyage known today as the VOAYAGE of the DAMNED. On May 13, 1939, the German liner St.LOUIS sailed from Hamburg, Germany, for Havana, Cuba. On the voyage were 937 passengers. Almost all were Jews fleeing from the Third Reich. Most were German citizens, some were from eastern Europe, and a few were officially "stateless". Basicly the journey was a fraud, set up by sinister Propaganda Minister Josef Goebbels and his staff, to showcase nobody is interested in wanting Jews among them ... and till a seeming bitter end the free countries played in the Nazis directed game as they wished ... by Earl of Cruise based on Holocaust Ecyclopedia´s article St.LOUIS, sister ship of MILWAUKEE, were motorships of HAMBURG AMERIKA LINIE which served on different lines for HAPAG, as well on cruises - collection Earl of Cruise The majority of the Jewish passengers had applied for Cuba tourist visas and US immigration vi...
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Heritage - UNITED STATES LINES - a review

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In my UNITED STATES LINES historic review I want to show the rise and fall of the last national shipping and post line of the United States of America. by Earl of Cruise © UNITED STATES LINES The UNITED STATES LINES has been at first a transatlantic shipping company that operated passenger, mail and cargo services from 1921 to 1989. The passenger service with oceanliners was offered until 1969 - most famously by ss  UNITED STATES . The line became well known in the 1920s, when two valiant rescues were made. These ships involved have been the ss PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT in 1926, and the ss AMERICA in 1929 both under the command by Captain George Fried . 19th Century Since the dramatic ending of the COLLINS LINE in mid 19th century, after successfully crossing the North Atlantic, there has not been any major US American steamship line. The congress was not able giving a push to any new entrepreneur to come. So foreign companies got the main share in post trading and pas...
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HISTORY - ts / ss BREMEN and ts / ss EUROPA

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Germany’s two luxury liners, BREMEN and EUROPA , have not only played an important part in their country’s mercantile revival, but have added also an immortal chapter to the history of transatlantic travel. Copy from Shipping Wonders of the World   From part 6 , published 17 March 1936 editing by Earl of Cruise ss / ts BREMEN in her early years - Source: Shipping Wonders of the World/Bundespresse Archiv The PRIDE OF A NATION - the NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD quadruple-screw turbine express liner BREMEN . The keel of this ship was laid in June 1927. Her launch took place in August, 1928. In less than a year later, the Bremen made her first voyage to America, when she crossed the Atlantic from Cherbourg to New York in four days seventeen hours forty-two minutes, thus setting up a new record and gaining the coveted “Blue Riband”. During the passage the Bremen attained an average speed of 27.83 knots. ss / ts BREMEN in her early years - Source: W ikipedia For the pop...
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