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P&O liner, SS Canberra. One of the last true ocean liners before the advent of the Cruise Ship.
Showing off her sleek lines and a design which optimised space and grace as opposed to the more modern cruise vessels where maximising the number of passengers leads to the ‘floating hotel’ boxy shape. Shot in 1986 using an Olympus OM40
SS Ordensburg – Wewelsburg 1939 - 1945
Die Wewelsburg ist ein burgähnliches Renaissanceschloss im Stadtteil Wewelsburg der Stadt Büren im Kreis Paderborn, Nordrhein-Westfalen. Die Höhenburg liegt über dem Tal der Alme und ist eine der wenigen Burgen mit dreieckigem Grundriss in Deutschland. 1123 errichtete Graf Friedrich von Arnsberg an diesem Standort eine Burg. Nach seinem Tod wurde die Burganlage von Bauern zerstört. Später besaßen die Grafen von Waldeck und die Fürstbischöfe von Paderborn Burgen an dieser Stelle. Das heutige Gebäude wurde von 1603 bis 1609 errichtet. Von 1934 bis 1945 wurde die Burg von der SS genutzt und teilweise umgestaltet. Heute sind in der Wewelsburg das Historische Museum des Hochstifts Paderborn und eine Jugendherberge untergebracht.
Als leitender Architekt für den Umbau der Wewelsburg zur SS-Burg wurde bereits 1933 Hermann Bartels vom „Reichsführer SS“ Heinrich Himmler ernannt. Im Juni 1934 wurde die Burg zum symbolischen Preis von einer Reichsmark pro Jahr von der NSDAP angemietet. Bis 1938 war Manfred von Knobelsdorff und bis Kriegsende Siegfried Taubert „Burghauptmann“. Himmler, der Ostwestfalen während des lippischen Landtagswahlkampfes im Januar 1933 kennengelernt hatte, wurde durch führende Nationalsozialisten aus der Region, insbesondere Adolf von Oeynhausen, auf die Wewelsburg aufmerksam gemacht. Himmler plante zunächst eine Schulungsstätte für SS-Führer.
Ein kleiner Stab von SS-Wissenschaftlern wurde eingestellt. Ab Kriegsbeginn waren neue Pläne darauf gerichtet, aus der Wewelsburg einen Versammlungsort für die SS-Gruppenführer (Generäle), vor allem bei besonderen Anlässen, zu machen. Überlieferte Vorgaben Himmlers sahen die Aufhängung von Wappen der Gruppenführer (1937), die Durchführung einer jährlichen Gruppenführertagung mit Vereidigung (1938) und die Aufbewahrung der Totenkopfringe von verstorbenen Ringträgern (1938) vor. Die Wappenaktion wurde abgebrochen. Regelmäßige Gruppenführertagungen fanden nicht statt. Lediglich im Juni 1941 rief Himmler eine Gruppe von SS-Funktionsträgern zusammen, um ihnen die Kriegsziele des Russlandfeldzuges zu erläutern. Die Sammlung der Totenkopfringe scheint angelegt worden zu sein. Nach Aussage von Ortsansässigen nahmen amerikanische GIs solche Ringe 1945 mit.
Die baulichen Maßnahmen der SS erreichten – ungeachtet der eher vagen inhaltlichen Vorstellungen – beträchtliche Ausmaße. In den Anfangsjahren erhielt die Wewelsburg eine vollständig neue Inneneinrichtung, die zum Teil mit SS-Ornamentik geschmückt war. Das Äußere der Wewelsburg wurde durch Abnahme des Putzes, Vertiefung der Gräben und Errichtung einer neuen Brücke „burgähnlicher“ gestaltet.
In den Jahren 1936–1937 und 1939–1941 entstanden am Vorplatz zwei große SS-Verwaltungsgebäude. Im Dorf wurden eine Villa für den Chefarchitekten und Wohnhäuser für SS-Personal errichtet. Ab 1940 nahmen die Pläne unter dem Einfluss des von Himmler beauftragten Architekten Hermann Bartels gigantische Ausmaße an. Auf dem Gebiet des Dorfes Wewelsburg sollte eine neue Burganlage in einem Dreiviertelkreis mit einem Radius von 635 Meter um das alte Gebäude herum entstehen. Die Bewohner sollten ausgesiedelt werden.
Um die laufenden und geplanten Bauarbeiten im Krieg verwirklichen zu können, errichtete die SS ein Konzentrationslager in Wewelsburg. Das Lager bestand ab Mai 1939 zunächst aus einem Häftlingskommando, das dem Hauptlager Sachsenhausen unterstand.
Ab 1941 wurde das KZ (am nunmehr dritten Standort am Ortsrand) zum staatlichen Hauptlager KZ Niederhagen erhoben. Es bestand bis zum April 1943. Die verbliebenen Häftlinge wurden organisatorisch dem KZ Buchenwald unterstellt. Von den insgesamt 3.900 nachgewiesenen Häftlingen aus fast allen von der Wehrmacht besetzten Ländern überlebten 1.285 das KZ nicht.
Im März 1945 befahl Himmler die Sprengung der Burganlage und der angrenzenden Verwaltungsgebäude. Die Wewelsburg brannte vollständig aus, ebenso das Wachgebäude; das benachbarte Stabsgebäude wurde vollständig zerstört.[8]
Am 2. April 1945 wurde die zerstörte Burg von Amerikanern eingenommen.
Infos: www.wewelsburg.de/de/wewelsburg-1933-1945/historischer-hi...
Sydney Olympic Park
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Reading about the imminent removal of the SS Dicky shipwreck from near Caloundra on the Sunshine coast got me looking back at some photos I took at dawn a couple of years ago, and this prompted me to reprocess a couple of them using Lightroom 5. Here's the result. It will be a shame to see this wreck gone...
Below is the sky about an hour before i got here
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SS United States is a retired ocean liner built in 1950–51 for the United States Lines at a cost of US$79.4 million.[1] The ship is the largest ocean liner constructed entirely in the United States and the fastest ocean liner to cross the Atlantic in either direction, retaining the Blue Riband for the highest average speed since her maiden voyage in 1952.
Rotterdam
Netherlands
Maashaven
Shot from the top deck of a Spido tour vessel on a wonderful Rotterdam afternoon with Erard ( ie :: fotografie )
I found this image quite a while ago , apart from the fact that it is the SS France, its a stunning image and i can't find it again.
I have no idea of the artist, or how i even found it in the first place.
I am not convinced that it is not cropped as it looks as though there should be a bit more surrounding landscape.
Can anyone help in any way ?
The SS france is one of my all time favorites, i was obviously doing a search at the time, but i am having great difficulty finding it again.
A company of eight well-to-do folks posing aboard the Dutch ocean liner "SS Vondel". There is some handwriting in German on the reverse side of the photograph – see below. The lady marked with a cross is most probably called Lilly.
Country of origin: Germany
SS Great Britain is a museum ship and former passenger steamship, which was advanced for her time. She was the longest passenger ship in the world from 1845 to 1854. She was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806–1859), for the Great Western Steamship Company's transatlantic service between Bristol and New York. While other ships had been built of iron or equipped with a screw propeller, the Great Britain was the first to combine these features in a large ocean-going ship. She was the first iron steamer to cross the Atlantic, which she did in 1845, in the time of 14 days.
SS Great Britain in dry dock at Bristol in 2005, preserved for exhibit as a museum ship
HistoryName:SS Great BritainOwner:Great Western Steamship CompanyBuilder:William PattersonCost:Projected: £70,000 pounds sterlingActual: £117,000 pounds sterlingLaid down:July 1839Launched:19 July 1843Completed:1845Maiden voyage:26 July 1845In service:1845–1886Homeport:Bristol, EnglandStatus:Museum shipGeneral characteristicsType:Passenger steamshipDisplacement:3,674 tons load draughtLength:322 ft (98 m)Beam:50 ft 6 in (15.39 m)Draught:16 ft (4.88 m)[1]Installed power:2 × twin 88-inch (223.52 cm) cylinder, bore, 6 ft (1.83 m) stroke, 500 hp (370 kW), 18 rpminclined direct-actingsteam enginesPropulsion:Single screw propellerSail plan:Original: Five schooner-rigged and one square-rigged mastAfter 1853: Three square-rigged mastsSpeed:10 to 11 knots (19 to 20 km/h; 12 to 13 mph)Capacity:360 passengers, later increased to 7301,200 long tons (1,300 short tons; 1,200 t) of cargoComplement:130 officers and crew (as completed)
The ship is 322 ft (98 m) in length and has a 3,400-ton displacement. She was powered by two inclined 2 cylinder engines of the direct-acting type, with twin 88 in (220 cm) bore, 6-foot (1.8 m) stroke cylinders. She was also provided with secondary masts for sail power. The four decks provided accommodation for a crew of 120, plus 360 passengers who were provided with cabins, and dining and promenade saloons.
When launched in 1843, Great Britain was by far the largest vessel afloat. But her protracted construction time of six years (1839-1845) and high cost had left her owners in a difficult financial position, and they were forced out of business in 1846, having spent all their remaining funds refloating the ship after she ran aground at Dundrum Bay in County Down near Newcastle in what is now Northern Ireland, after a navigation error. In 1852 she was sold for salvage and repaired. Great Britain later carried thousands of immigrantsto Australia from 1852 until being converted to all-sail in 1881. Three years later, she was retired to the Falkland Islands, where she was used as a warehouse, quarantine ship and coal hulk until she was scuttled and sunk in 1937, 98 years since being laid down at the start of her construction.
In 1970, after lying under water and abandoned for 33 years half a world away, Sir Jack Arnold Hayward, OBE (1923-2015) paid for the vessel to be raised and repaired enough to be towed north through the Atlantic back to the United Kingdom, and returned to the Bristol dry dock where she had been built 127 years earlier.
A steel-hulled steam collier weighing 1140 tonnes and 79.1m long, it was built in the UK in 1911 and registered in Sydney in 1912.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bristol MMB 43 SS Great Britain.jpg
SS Great Britain in dry dock at Bristol in 2005.
History
Name:SS Great Britain
Owner:Great Western Steamship Company
Builder:William Patterson
Cost:
Projected: £70,000
Actual: £117,000
Laid down:July 1839
Launched:19 July 1843
Completed:1845
Maiden voyage:26 July 1845
In service:1845–1886
Homeport:Bristol, England
General characteristics
Type:Passenger steamship
Displacement:3,674 tons load draught
Length:322 ft (98 m)
Beam:50 ft 6 in (15.39 m)
Draught:16 ft (4.9 m)[1]
Installed power:2 × twin 88-inch (220 cm) cylinder, 6 ft (1.8 m) stroke, 500 hp (370 kW), 18 rpm inclined direct-acting steam engines
Propulsion:Single screw propeller
Sail plan:
Original: Five schooner-rigged and one square-rigged mast
After 1853: Three square-rigged masts
Speed:10 to 11 knots (19 to 20 km/h; 12 to 13 mph)
Capacity:
360 passengers, later increased to 730
1,200 tons of cargo
Complement:130 officers and crew (as completed)
SS Great Britain is a museum ship and former passenger steamship, which was advanced for her time. She was the longest passenger ship in the world from 1845 to 1854. She was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel for the Great Western Steamship Company's transatlantic service between Bristol and New York. While other ships had been built of iron or equipped with a screw propeller, Great Britain was the first to combine these features in a large ocean-going ship. She was the first iron steamer to cross the Atlantic, which she did in 1845, in the time of 14 days.
The ship is 322 ft (98 m) in length and has a 3,400-ton displacement. She was powered by two inclined 2 cylinder engines of the direct-acting type, with twin 88 in (220 cm) bore, 6-foot (1.8 m) stroke cylinders. She was also provided with secondary sail power. The four decks provided accommodation for a crew of 120, plus 360 passengers who were provided with cabins and dining and promenade saloons.
When launched in 1843, Great Britain was by far the largest vessel afloat. However, her protracted construction and high cost had left her owners in a difficult financial position, and they were forced out of business in 1846 having spent all their funds re-floating the ship after she was run aground at Dundrum Bay after a navigational error. In 1852 she was sold for salvage and repaired. Great Britain carried thousands of immigrants to Australia from 1852 until converted to sail in 1881. Three years later, she was retired to the Falkland Islands where she was used as a warehouse, quarantine ship and coal hulk until scuttled in 1937.[2]
In 1970, following a cash donation by Sir Jack Hayward that paid for the vessel to be towed back to the UK, Great Britain was returned to the Bristol dry dock where she was built. Now listed as part of the National Historic Fleet, she is an award-winning visitor attraction and museum ship in Bristol Harbour, with between 150,000 and 200,000 visitors annually.
The wreck of the SS Speke at Phillip Island Victoria. On 22 Feb 1906 the Speke drifted into rocks at Kitty Miller Bay having mistaken a beacon en route from Peru via Sydney with the loss of 1 life. The ship drifted towards the reef at Kitty Miller Bay where it was broken to pieces.
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Phillip Island is a tourist destination Australian island about 140 km (87 mi) south-southeast of Melbourne, Victoria. It is 26 km (16 mi) long and 9 km (5.6 mi) wide, with an area of about 100 km2 (40 sq mi).[1] It has 97 km (60 mi) of coastline and is part of the Bass Coast Shire.
Poster for Superman II the Richard Donner cut.
This iconic image has been overtaken by popular culture.
Now all I see is a goatse reference.
The Berrow Ship Wreck
The story behind the remains of a beached ship near Burnham-On-Sea
When the tide goes out at Berrow, near Burnham-On-Sea, the bones of a long dead ship stick out of the sands as a stark reminder of a savage gale and a gallant rescue at the end of the last century.
It all started during the first days of March 1897 when a howling south westerly gale swept up the Bristol Channel, bringing with it high seas, driving snow and sleet.
Many ships soon found themselves in distress, among them the Norwegian barque SS Nornen which had tried out to ride out the storm in the lee of the Lundy Roads but had found her anchors dragging. She was being driven towards Berrow mud flats. The crew desperately tied to save her, but were fighting a losing cause.
The heroic rescue of the ship's crew
When the mists cleared on the morning of March 3, the crippled ship was spotted just off Gore Sands, her sails blown to rags by the gale. Down the ramp to her aid went the Burnham lifeboat, the John Godfrey Morris (pictured right), which had been on station at the town for the last ten years.
Launched down the rails on the jetty, the lifeboat with its crew of ten oarsmen battled through high seas and winds to the SS Nornen. Despite the gale, the lifeboat managed to get alongside the helpless ship, just as she was being driven onto the sands.
The ship's crew of ten, together with their dog, were taken off by the lifeboat and landed safely at Burnham at three o'clock in the afternoon. The rescue is recorded on the honours board of rescues made by the three lifeboats at Burnham during the period from 1867 to 1930 and which today stands in the entrance to the Burnham RNLI Station.
Wreck remains there today
After the rescue, the sea pounded and smashed the ship and although attempts were made to lighten and refloat her, she was finally sold as a wreck. Today, when the tide goes out, children play amid the timbers of the ship wreck, which lies just north of St Mary's Parish Church at Berrow, just south of Brean. But when the wind blows and the big seas start
Wentworth Point
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SS Suevic was a steamship built by Harland and Wolff in Belfast for the White Star Line. Suevic was the fifth and last of the Jubilee Class ocean liners, built specifically to service the Liverpool-Cape Town-Sydney route, along with her sister ship SS Runic. In 1907 she was wrecked off the south coast of England, but in the largest rescue of its kind, all passengers and crew were saved. The ship herself was deliberately broken in two, and a new bow was attached to the salvaged stern portion. Later serving as a Norwegian whaling factory ship carrying the name Skytteren, she was scuttled off the Swedish coast in 1942 to prevent her capture by ships of Nazi Germany.
The SS Atlantus was a concrete ship built for use as a troop carrier. It was launched in 1918, but ran aground in 1926, where it remains to this day. When I was a kid it was relatively intact, but this is all that is left. I was fortunate to capture the Cape May-Lewes ferry passing in the background while I was taking this shot.
The sign says "Booth where the SS man responsible for conducting the roll-call and collecting reports on the number of prisoners took shelter during inclement weather."
Of course, the prisoners weren't allowed to take shelter and were often required to stand outside in rain, snow, or freezing temperatures for hours at a time.
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