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©ShipSim Magazine 2010 Issue 23 26th July 2011 Pictures from SS A new month and a fresh set of pictures from Ship Simulator Extremes featuring snapshots from ShipSim Magazine readers.

Competitions Page The usual compilation of word searches and quizzes as well as a new ‘Guess the Ship’.

Ship Review - Vermaas One of the largest vessels ever to feature in the ShipSim series is the container ship . We take a look at the ShipSim model and explain more about the role of these mammoth vessels in the shipping industry.

Media Last month’s ‘Picture of the Month’ winner as well as some pictures submitted by SSM readers.

Real Life Pictures The usual set of shipping pictures from the maritime world submitted by SSM readers.

Ocean Liners Page This month we examine the legendary , more commonly known as . OceanLiners.com profile the longest serving vessel in Cunard Line’s distinguished history from birth to the present day.

Wardroom The latest SSM notices as well as a look at Issue 2 of ShipSim Magazine which will mark the magazine’s second anniversary.

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©ShipSim Magazine 2010 Guess the Ship Ship Quiz:

Q: Orient Star name... A: Ocean Star

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©ShipSim Magazine 2010 Ship Review Vermaas The Vermaas first made its Initially container ships were panamax category; the ShipSim debut in Ship simply old tankers from the maximum beam of a ship that Simulator 2008 and has since World War 2 period that were can pass through the canal is been included in Ship converted to hold metal 32.31 metres, a length of Simulator Extremes. containers. 294.13 metres and a maximum draught of 12.04 The post-panamax vessel is One of the pioneering names metres. designed to carry thousands in containerisation was of containers on trips across Malcom McLean who was However, due to the new the globe, she is typical of originally an American locks being built at the many large container ships trucker. Panama Canal ships with a sailing today. beam of 49 metres, a length In 1955 he founded McLean of 366 metres and a draught Before the 1960s, ships would Industries after purchasing of 15.2 metres. Therefore spend weeks alongside in port Waterman Steamship much larger ships can use the loading cargoes which gave Corporation. In 1956, a canal, including passengers crew members a good converted tanker named SS vessels such as the 151,400 opportunity for shore leave Ideal-X sailed to Texas gross ton Queen Mary 2. but was not very efficient. carrying 58 11 metre containers. A notable ship of the ultra- It was eventually realised that large category is the 15,000 the process of transporting a There are currently seven size TEU (twenty-foot equivalent cargo could be made far more categories for container ships: unit) Ebba Maersk one of efficient and cheaper by small feeder, feeder, eight ships in the E-Class adopting a standardised feedermax, panamax, post- which carried 15,011 system using containers. panamax, new-panamax and containers in May 2010. finally ultra-large. This meant that goods could The size of these giant vessels be packed into metal Feeder vessels generally tend doesn’t simply stop with the containers and transported on to operate around coastal E-Class; the Maersk group a standard trailer to the areas transporting small ordered the first vessels of the dockside where it would be volumes of containers from class in February and they are loaded and stored on a ship port to port. expected to be the world’s until it reached its destination biggest ships upon where it could then be loaded The Panama Canal dictates completion. back onto another trailer to the size of some ships its final destination. therefore creating the

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

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©ShipSim Magazine 2010 Ocean Liners Welcome to the Ocean Liners page, produced in association with OceanLiners.com. Once again we go to Scotland where one of the world’s most iconic ships was born, the QE2.

History of the Queen Elizabeth 2 QE2 Facts The RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 and her passengers taken off, Built: 1965 (QE2) was built by the John coral reef damage requiring Brown Shipyard, in Clydebank, urgent repairs and even an Builder: John Brown Scotland, where many previous engine-room fire on 23rd July, Clydebank liners were constructed including 1976 forcing her to return to the Queen Mary and Queen Southampton. Length: 293.5m Elizabeth. In May 1982 she transported Beam: 32m Her keel was laid on the 5th July, troops fighting in the Falklands 1965 and she was launched and War. named on the 20th September, Draught: 9.8m 1967 by Queen Elizabeth II. After mechanical issues, between 1986/7 she was converted from Speed: 32.5kn She was designed to be more steam power to diesel, and had (max) competitive against air travel her passenger accommodations than previous liners by operating modernised. She was to be cruises half of the year and refurbished again when acquired having only two classes and by the Carnival Corporation in Timeline: more facilities such as outdoor 1998. pools, cinemas, discos and shops. 1965: Laid down. She was sold to Istithmar (Dubai The sea trails were problematic, investment company) on the 18th 1967: Launched and Cunard refused delivery of June, 2007 and subsequently the ship twice. retired. The intended use was to 1969: Maiden voyage become a ‘luxury floating hotel, On the 2nd May, 1969 RMS retail, museum and Queen Elizabeth 2 left on her 1971: Rescued 500 entertainment destination’ at passengers from maiden voyage between Dubai World, but due to Southampton and New York financial reasons she remains Antilles City. berthed at Port Mina Rashid in Dubai, in seaworthy condition. 1986/7: Converted to diesel In 1971 the liner participated in the rescue of 500 passengers 2008: Final voyage to from the burning French Line Dubai ship Antilles, and was then she had a bomb threat, resulting in the arrest of the hoaxer.

Only a year later terrorists threatened to blow up the ship on a charter cruise between New York and Israel for the nation’s 25th anniversary.

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