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Forum Archive 2023 => Laugh? I nearly started. => dMw's Community Centre => Community Archive => Look What I Found on the Internet => Topic started by: Jamin on March 11, 2014, 07:25:11 PM

Title: Cut n shut..... cruise liner
Post by: Jamin on March 11, 2014, 07:25:11 PM
I reckon they stole it, welded in the bit with the serial no, a quick respray and name change:

 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d25_1390887534

Very dodgy :eyebrow:
Title: Cut n shut..... cruise liner
Post by: OldBloke on March 11, 2014, 08:01:44 PM
I was expecting it to fold in the middle as they rolled it out :)
Title: Cut n shut..... cruise liner
Post by: TeaLeaf on March 12, 2014, 08:03:29 AM
Impressive, I did not realise that they did this for ships!
Title: Cut n shut..... cruise liner
Post by: sulky_uk on March 12, 2014, 08:14:26 AM
they have been doing this for years

heres a list, mainly cruise ships,
 
http://www.20thcenturyliners.com/ol_stretched.htm

although from my library (500+ real books) i also remembered this

ran agaround so they cut 200 odd feet of her, towed her off and slapped a new bow on

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Suevic
Title: Cut n shut..... cruise liner
Post by: faust82 on March 12, 2014, 08:16:47 AM
One of our members, Fisk86, is a Chief Officer (or second officer, can't remember) on a north sea supply ship that recently got stretched the same way.
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