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New Real life Pictures Fresh set of SSE Pictures This month’s ocean liner ShipSim Magazine Issue 22 - JuneRMS 2011 - www.shipsimmag.comQueen Mary1

©ShipSim Magazine 2010 Issue 22 27th June 2011 Pictures from SS A new month and a fresh set of pictures from Ship Simulator Extremes.

Competitions Page The usual quizzes and word searches including ‘Guess the Ship’ as well as a new word search puzzle.

The Port of Southampton From the first Roman settlers to the bustling port of today, we examine the Port of Southampton’s rich maritime history.

From the beginning to the middle We take a look at the early port of Hamtum, and later South Hamtum and how it developed into one of England’s most important ports.

The Atlantic Liners In this second Southampton article we examine the Atlantic liners that once came alongside the docks as well as look as some of the most famous.

Southampton Today In this third Southampton article we take a look at the port as it is today and discover some of the vast statistics that it boasts.

Media May’s POTM Winner and a selection of ShipSim pictures.

Real Life Pictures Another month heralds a fresh selection of pictures from the maritime world submitted by ShipSim Magazine readers.

Southampton Today Forum member Ralphy examines the history of ferry operator Red Funnel which is celebrating its 150th Anniversary this year.

Exclusive VSTEP Interview VSTEP’s Ben Borrie gives us a behind the scenes look at creating a virtual environment for the Ship Simulator series.

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©ShipSim Magazine 2010 Guess the Ship Ship Quiz:

Q: How many ferries... A: 5

Q: Name of Hamburg ferry A: St. Pauli

Q: Hull-Rotterdam ferry.. A: Pride of Rotterdam

Can you guess the name of this ship and who operates her? Q: Anchor handling tug A: Fairmount Sherpa Ship Quiz Q: SS Hovercraft Ÿ What was the original name of Orient Star? A: Freedom 90

Ÿ Did the Cutter first feature in SS08 or SSE? Guess the ship:

Ÿ Name of the azimuth tractor tug? Mont. St. Michael, Brittany Ferries Ÿ Name of the company that operates Red Jet 4? Nautical Term Ÿ Name of the company that operates Freedom 90? Aft Nautical Term of the Month Near the stern of a vessel. Ashore Word Search E S J W W Z B X C Words to look for: R N O U O Z E H T E S E H X S N T R L T G O E B R E N I J I N B E A O B Beaufort Engine V U C G A N U N F Channel River O A D A J A L I E E N J M N R F S R Mast Stern H R I V H L A O Z Rudder R W A E T E O J E T B R C E T R C A Wave R O B P P A L E J A S L V H T R U D Bow T X Q B I E T B D Dock O A O A R A D A R S T E R N G V T U Navigate P R C Y O A G N Q Sonar P D O F F I C E R E G D I R B A A R Bridge G A G K C O D T W A L B A T R O S S H P I I K L E R E S E M E R T X E M W O T S D A P M P Send your answers to: [email protected] or via our contact form.

Winners will be mentioned in the next issue.

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©ShipSim Magazine 2010 From Roman settlers to Atlantic greyhounds

Once a turnaround port for the great Atlantic liners of yesteryear, Southampton continues to play host to the world’s cruise ships as well modern day freight vessels.

Wikimedia Commons In the 1930s Southampton began and was described as the ‘gateway in 1418 to the world’ and even Henry V’s though the many liners that flagship once moored alongside have HMS Grace since disappeared, the Port of Dieu was Southampton continues to be built in one of the most important Southampt- ports on England’s south on. In 1439 coast. it was struck by However, like many towns lightning on and cities Southampton had the river

humble beginnings as far Hamble Wikimedia Commons (geograph.org.uk) back as Roman times when where the they built a town called wreck still lies. By now The 19th century once again Clausentum on the river Southampton was beginning allowed the port to flourish Itchen around 70 AD. This to emerge as a major port, with the import of timber and town was abandoned when and trade was rich with grain as well as stone and coal the Roman army left the France and Spain. The city from Scotland. The port also country. also witnessed the departure handled imports of wine and of the Mayflower as it began fruit from Portugal and Spain. A new town was later built on its voyage across the Atlantic. By 1838 the amount of the opposite side of the river vessels calling at the port in Saxon times and named In the 16th century the port’s necessitated the need for a Hamtum. The port handled trade with Italy ended and the dock which was opened in the export of wool and the port fell into decline despite 1843. import of wine from France. still having a coastal trade Wool was stored in the Wool with cargoes such as coal and In the mid 1800s House which survives today timber. However later in the Southampton began to attract and is the home of the 16th century, Southampton the big shipping lines. The Maritime Museum. From the was one of the ports from first to arrive was P&O which 11th century the town was which the plague entered commenced services from the known as South Hamtum. England after it had begun to port in 1840, starting a long spread throughout the rest of and distinguished association In the 14th and 15th centuries Europe. with Southampton and ocean shipbuilding in Southampton liners. 70AD 1439 1843

Wikimedia Commons Wikimedia Commons Wikimedia Commons The Romans built a small Henry V’s flagship Grace P&O commence services town on the banks of the Dieui sinks on the River out of the port of River Itchen. Hamble. Southampton.

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©ShipSim Magazine 2010 The Atlantic Liners

After P&O Queen Elizabeth 2 began services from Southampton other major lines began to follow suit. In 1842 the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company arrived with its ships sailing to South America and the Union Line in 1857. Wikimedia Commons In 1907 the first Trans- Mary and Cunard’s Aquitania. moor at the Ocean Terminal Atlantic company moved to which even had a press room Southampton; the White Star Throughout the 1930s the for journalists waiting to Line. The White Star Line port continued to thrive and interview stars on their took a different approach to became known as the travels. This was later taking passengers across the ‘gateway to the world’. demolished and the site now Atlantic and preferred to plays host to the new Ocean focus on comfort and luxury For years the port had to Terminal built in 2009, albeit as opposed to speed. keep building new dry docks on the opposite side of the in order to keep up with the dock. By 1919 White Star’s biggest number of larger and larger rival, Cunard arrived at ships entering service. In Possibly the most famous Southampton despite still 1934 the Western Docks, liner to be registered to having its headquarters in then known as the ‘New Southampton as its home Liverpool. Docks’ opened along with the port was the Queen Elizabeth King George V dry dock 2, now in Dubai. For most of Southampton saw many which was able to the ship’s career she would famous ships come and go accommodate the giants berth at the Queen Elizabeth over the years, notably the Queen Mary and Queen II terminal, built in 1966 in Titanic on its one and only Elizabeth. the Eastern Docks. call at the port. Other ships include the Olympic, Queen Large Atlantic liners would 1907 1912 1966

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Wikimedia Commons Wikimedia Commons White Star Line move to Titanic departs Southampton Queen Elizabeth II cruise Southampton for their on her ill fated maiden terminal opens in the home port. voyage. Eastern Docks.

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©ShipSim Magazine 2010 Southampton Today Today the Port of Southampton is thriving with all kinds of vessels calling to unload and has been described as the ‘cruise capital of Northern Europe’. Some of the world’s largest containerships can be berthed at CommonsWikimedia the container docks and the port can boast that it has no The port also has facilities to base, berthing at the City less than four cruise terminals cater for the impressive Cruise Terminal. able to turn around some of number of container, Ro Ro the largest cruise ships in the and bulk vessels that visit. S In 2009 the new Ocean world including the Each year the Ro Ro berths Terminal opened and is now Independence of the Seas and handle an impressive 664,000 the main terminal for Cunard’s Queen Mary 2. vehicles built by some of the Carnival UK’s ships that use largest car dealers including Southampton as a turnaround Southampton handles 42 Ford, Toyota and Jaguar. It is port including Queen Mary 2, million tonnes of cargo also the UK’s export centre P&O’s Oriana and the two annually and is home to the for Honda vehicles. latest Cunard Queens. second largest container terminal in the UK. All in all Southampton is probably After recently announcing a this accounts for roughly 7% most known for being a new, fifth cruise terminal as of the UK’s sea trade. major cruise port handling well as the expansion of hundreds of cruise ship calls container docks to Oil tankers of various sizes each year. It is the home port accommodate the container call at the Fawley oil refinery for Cunard Line as well as ships of the future, the Port which handles about 28 P&O Cruises and Royal of Southampton has secured million tonnes of oil along Caribbean’s Independence of its place in the 21st century. with the Hamble oil refinery. the Seas uses the port as its Wikimedia CommonsWikimedia

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©ShipSim Magazine 2010 Congratulations to May’s POTM Winner!

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©ShipSim Magazine 2010 Feature Article With a top speed of 14 knots the crossing across the Solent takes approximately 1 hour to Since 1861 Red Funnel ferries have transported people from complete, while this is the Southampton to the Isle of Wight. Forum member Ralphy longest crossing time looks at the company in more detail... compared to the competitors it is the most successful and Operating between expansion of the three profitable route. With a top Southampton and the Isle of Rapture class car ferries; the speed of 42 knots Red Jet 4 Wight are the Red Funnel upgrade added an upper car can complete the same route ferries. Originally called the deck and a mid-section which in a much more respectable Isle of Wight Royal Mail increased the length by 10 20 minutes. Steam Packet Company, Red metres, overall the expansion Funnel has a history spanning added an extra 60% to the Each year Red Funnel Ferries 150 years making it one of the total vehicle capacity. operates 37,000 crossings oldest shipping companies covering more than 450,000 still operating today. Since miles over the 13 mile stretch starting in 1861 Red Funnel Currently Red Funnel of water in which they travel. has expanded to include many operates a fleet of 3 vehicle different services including ferries: Red Eagle, Red towage, haulage and Osprey and Red Falcon. They Name Type* Speed excursions as well as the ferry also operate 3 high-speed Red Eagle Vehicle 14kn route that still remains today. craft, Red Jet 3, 4 and 5. The Rapture’s are powered by two Red Falcon Vehicle 14kn After a surge of holiday FD340 Watsila diesel engines Red Osprey Vehicle 14kn makers heading to the island which power Voith-Schneider Red Jet 3 Cat 38kn with cars Red Funnel decided propellers, Voiths are well Red Jet 4 Cat 38kn to concentrate on the ferry known for their Red Jet 5 Cat 38kn service so therefore the manoeuvrability ensuring towage company was sold to safety at low speeds and when * Cat stands for Catamaran allow the upgrading of the docking. current fleet. A year after the sale in 2003 Red Jet 4 was introduced on the West Cowes – Southampton route which increased the High- speed fleet to 4 crafts. Another upgrade that they approved was the

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©ShipSim Magazine 2010 VSTEP Interview The Solent environment is home to many ferries as well as a which use textures derived port of call to countless number of cruise ships and cargo directly from the photos. We vessels. VSTEP’s Ben Borrie tells us more about making a managed to take all the ShipSim environment. photos of the Solent environment within one (very Firstly, how do you decide Use elevation data to displace long!) day. We took trips on which environment to pick? mesh (creating accurate the various ferries between terrain topology) Southampton, Cowes, We don't follow a set process Use satellite imagery to cut Portsmouth and Ryde and for choosing new roads and other material also took many photos from environments but the boundaries into terrain (parks, land at each of these following criteria play a concrete areas etc. ) locations. In addition to the major role in deciding what Apply terrain textures photos we used Satellite makes the cut : Gameplay Export terrain and buildings imagery to make sure all the potential, number of to game engine buildings and vegetation were customers likely to have an Place all buildings, vegetation, placed accurately. Seacharts interest, attractiveness, fame, objects. were used to ensure that the complexity and size. seabed is accurate. A DEM From start to finish, what is (digital elevation model) was What is the general process the general time frame for used create terrain topology. for creating an environment building an environment? for ShipSim? When producing such large From 4 to 12 weeks virtual environments, how The environment creation depending on size and important was the process is very complex – complexity. cooperation of Here is a brief and greatly local port authorities? simplified overview : The Solent is a large environment featuring two Fortunately not important as Take around 1500 photos major ports as well as the dealing with port authorities from water and land Isle of Wight. How can be a very slow and Create 100 or so key much research and pictures bureaucratic process! We are landmark buildings from were necessary for 3D able to gather all necessary photos models to be made nautical data from publicly Create 100 or so generic accurately? available sources. buildings (typical houses, apartments, offices, Quality photos are key to Continued on next page... warehouses etc. accuracy and the quality of representative of the style the 3D models found in area). Trace environment outline from a scanned/digital map/chart and convert to mesh.

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Much of the modelling work is outsourced but the integration work and quite a lot of the more technical environment modelling is done in-house. why the cars in the GTA from prominent figures, games are unbranded as well). such as When planning an When we show them them Harbour Masters and port environment, do you the quality of our game and officials? approach shipping the fact that we are a hardcore companies involved with simulation game, they are This can happen when we the area to request more likely to agree. But there need a missing piece of permission for their vessels will always be information, but quite often, to be included too (such as shipping companies all necessary information is Red Funnel)? that remain very publicly available (charts, hesitant when they photos and satellite imagery Red Funnel and Hover Travel hear the word "game" or etc. ) so we can go right ahead were very enthusiastic and "simulator". with building the helpful when we approached environment. them about adding their When vessels to the game. However, building a some other shipping port do you Some environments have companies are more hesitant seek been expanded over time, to give permission for their advice and are there any plans to vessels being used in "new guidance expand/ improve media". They take quite some the Solent too? convincing and we end up with long talks with their legal We don't have any department. They plans but we have this have discussed huge fear expanding it of their to include vessels the entire being Isle Of abused Wight, in a perhaps this game will happen at (probably the reason some point in the future.

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©ShipSim Magazine 2010 Ocean Liners Welcome to the Ocean Liners page, produced in association with OceanLiners.com. This month we’re going to Scotland to examine one of Cunard’s most famous liners, Queen Mary.

History of the Queen Mary Queen Mary Facts The RMS Queen Mary is a capturing the Blue Riband Built: 1930 classic ocean liner that was ultimately from the Normandie operated by, and initially the until the arrival of the SS United Builder: John Brown flagship of the Cunard Line States in 1952. Clydebank (Cunard-White Star), that sailed the North Atlantic between 1936 During World War II the RMS Length: 310.7m and 1967. Queen Mary was painted grey and transported troops from Beam: 36m She was constructed by the John Australia to Africa across the Brown & Company shipyard in Indian Ocean, often with as Clydebank, Scotland, with work many as 15,000 troops in a single Speed: 28.6kn beginning late in December voyage. (service) 1930. Prior to being named she was known simply as Hull 534. British Prime Minister Winston Fate: Hotel in Long Churchill also travelled across Beach, Due to a worldwide economic the Atlantic on her several times. California crisis (the Great Depression) construction was halted a year In an incident off the Irish Coast Timeline: later, in December 1931. After on the 2nd October 1942, the debate, the British Government Queen Mary sliced through the 1930: Laid down. provided Cunard with a loan to HMS Curacoa, one of her escort complete construction of the ships, with a loss of 239 lives. 1934: Launched Queen Mary, which also funded construction of the RMS Queen After the war the ship was 1936: Maiden voyage Elizabeth. Building of the Queen returned to service, but Mary resumed on April 3rd, 1934. ultimately retired by Cunard. 1942: Collided with HMS The Queen Mary was launched Curacoa by the Queen on 26th The RMS Queen Mary was September, 1934. The Queen converted to a tourist attraction, 1942: December - carried and Royal family members also hotel, museum and event facility went to Southampton to inspect and is located in Long Beach, 16,082 troops the finished ocean liner in May California. 1936 1967: Steamed to Long . Beach Luxurious throughout, the Queen Mary offered an indoor swimming pool, salon, ship's library, children's nursery, outdoor tennis court, and even a ship's kennel. Woods from different regions of the British Empire were used in her public rooms and staterooms, some no longer in existence.

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