# Veteran ships of the world **URL:** \ **Category:** Maritime Topics\ **Created:** [September 30, 2020, 12:46pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/veteran-ships-of-the-world/56940 "2020-09-30T12:46:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2022, 8:47pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/veteran-ships-of-the-world/56940/202 "2022-10-01T20:47:25Z")
The story of Orient Explorer, ex. Sognefjord in PDF format: > **[Bring%20Sognefjord%20home%20again\_22\_09\_2022.pdf](https://vela-x.com/skip/Bring%20Sognefjord%20home%20again_22_09_2022.pdf?fbclid=IwAR1T44iQD0mEbpXD-Z9PX4CjfV6bmeWD9JQo5H9LTNyHydMM1Oon5QF7X4Q)** > > 8.87 MB ---
**Author:** ![Hogsnort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba8739/32.png) [@Hogsnort](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Hogsnort)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2022, 9:19pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/veteran-ships-of-the-world/56940/203 "2022-10-01T21:19:40Z")
So we are harvesting Krill now. One of the most exciting discoveries of the last half century has been the discovery of “trophic cascades”. A trophic cascade is an ecological process which starts at the top of the food chain and tumbles all the way to the bottom. We all know that whales eat fish and krill. Some people, certain politicians in Japan for instance, have argued that killing whales is good for human beings as it boosts the food for us to eat… But as the great whales declined, so did the numbers of fish and krill. It seems counter intuitive. Surely their numbers would rise as their major predators disappeared. But now it turns out that whales not only eat these animals, they also keep them alive. In fact, they help to sustain the entire system of the ocean. Whales feed at depth in the waters that are often pitch dark and then they return to the surface to the photic zone where there is enough light for photosynthesis to happen. There they release what biologists call “faecal plumes” - vast outpourings of poo - poonamis! These plumes are rich in iron and nitrogen, nutrients that are often very scarce in the surface waters and these nutrients fertilize the plant plankton that lives in the only place where plants can survive - the photic zone. Fertilizing the surface waters isn’t the only thing whales do. By plunging up and down through the water column, they also keep kicking the plankton back up into the photic zone, giving it more time to reproduce before it sinks into the abyss. Even today, though whale populations have been greatly reduced, the vertical mixing of water caused by movements of animals up and down through the column of the oceans is astonishingly roughly the same as the amount of mixing caused by all the world’s wind and waves and tides. More plant plankton means more animal plankton on which the larger animals feed. In other words, more whales means more fish and krill. But the story doesn’t end here because plant plankton not only feeds the animals of the sea, it also absorbs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. When eventually it sinks to the ocean floor, it takes this carbon out of circulation down to a place where it remains for thousands of years. The more whales there are, the more plankton there is. The more plankton there is, the more carbon is drawn out of the air. When whales were at their historical populations, it seems they might have been responsible for removing tens of millions of tons of carbon from the atmosphere every year. Whales change the climate. If whales are allowed to recover, the return of the great whales could be seen as a benign form of geo-engineering. It could undo some of the damage we have done, both to the living systems of the sea and to the atmosphere. ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2022, 12:50pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/veteran-ships-of-the-world/56940/204 "2022-10-02T12:50:29Z")
> [@Hogsnort](#): > > So we are harvesting Krill now. Was this posted in response to my post about the “Johan Hjort " that became a “filmstar” as the Sea Shepherd flagship " Farley Mowat”, chasing Japanese whalers in the South Seas, or intended for the “Modern fishing vessel”-thread in reply to my post about Aker BioMarine catching Krill in the same area. (??) ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2022, 1:03pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/veteran-ships-of-the-world/56940/205 "2022-10-02T13:03:13Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/d/8/d8da3956a778a31a42bca35bfd9ad76d450e1e21.jpeg) The NELSON MANDELA under tow of the GEPKE II to Dutch Harbour in ‘s-Gravendeel Photo : Willem Holtkamp PS\> This Dutch Harbour: > **[Dutch Harbour | Lay-up Services | ’s-Gravendeel | Rotterdam area](http://www.dutchharbour.nl/en/)** > > A lay-up harbour in the Rotterdam area for seagoing vessels, pontoons and river barges. Our Lay-up harbour in ’s-Gravendeel is the ideal place to leave your vessel for a longer period of time. ---
**Author:** ![Hogsnort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba8739/32.png) [@Hogsnort](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Hogsnort)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2022, 5:48pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/veteran-ships-of-the-world/56940/206 "2022-10-02T17:48:53Z")
No. It was more that our ability to harvest more using modern methods from the sea has unintended consequences. Logically with less whales feeding on krill should result in more krill and it hasn’t. Another example crayfish and crabs feed on sea urchins. Take the crayfish and crabs and the sea urchin population explodes, eats all the kelp and there is nowhere for fish to mature resulting in less fish. ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2022, 2:25pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/veteran-ships-of-the-world/56940/207 "2022-10-03T14:25:19Z")
I did some investigation into the Nelson Mandela and it’s history. She is the former Herman Pilot boat GOTTHILF HAGEN: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/c/f/cf2394274097f515c6e61e0cb014c7084c5be1a1.jpeg) > **[Gotthilf Hagen (Schiff)](https://www.wiki.de-de.nina.az/Gotthilf_Hagen_(Schiff).html)** > > Gotthilf Hagen Schiff Schiff Sprache Beobachten Bearbeiten Die Gotthilf Hagen ist ein ehemaliges Lotsenstationsschiff das in der Weser mündung stationiert war Sie ist eines von sechs typgleichen Schiffen der Kommodore Rolin Klasse die in den... PS\> Some here may remember her as the Pilot Tender for Bremerhaven up to the summer of 2010, when she was decommissioned and replaced by the [SWATH](https://www.wiki.de-de.nina.az/Small_Waterplane_Area_Twin_Hull.html) pilot station ship _[Weser](https://www.wiki.de-de.nina.az/Weser_(Schiff,_2010).html)_ ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2022, 3:19pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/veteran-ships-of-the-world/56940/208 "2022-10-04T15:19:09Z")
Matson’s SS Marsonia, blt. 1973. Seen here at Port of Oakland: ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/9/2/92d1afa2a9a43424fb59aa6ee93b8de76216c019.jpeg) She has apparently been scrapped recently. Seen here in Alameda 12.April, 2022 while preparing for tow to Brownsville: ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/e/a/ea08fcef3e7a48d7ca50cea39de424cdddad05d6.jpeg) Photo: [George.Schneider](https://www.shipspotting.com/photos/gallery?user=90826) > [@](#): > > The former MATSONIA with all her markings painted-out and preparing for the tow to her Brownsville scrapyard. That’s the bow of the museum ship former USS HORNET (CV 12) hanging over her. When built, the MATSONIA and sisters had a mostly flush deck and were referred to as the “Aircraft Carriers.” Included in the several variants of this class was the ill–fated EL FARO. > **[BalticShipping.com](https://www.balticshipping.com/vessel/imo/7334204)** ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2022, 4:45pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/veteran-ships-of-the-world/56940/209 "2022-10-08T16:45:03Z")
She didn’t spend much time in Dutch Harbour: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/7/0/701b38c0b9923817d8c3439f7beab44b1b4bceb7.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/6/e/6eb2cdd267812bc7e1e390b9eb213caf4367aa6b.jpeg) The NELSON MANDELA (ex GOTTHILF HAGEN) IMO 5134131, Callsign MMRT9, MMSI 232045036 departed from s-Gravendeel (The Netherlands) heading for Lisbon Photos: Reinier van de Wetering Skyphoto Maassluis © ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2022, 1:24pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/veteran-ships-of-the-world/56940/210 "2022-10-10T13:24:54Z")
The ice strengthened research vessel Polar Queen, btl. 1981: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/6/1/616cd02ca7b1c1eaab794ea5081313fc78d7ad9c.jpeg) PS\> The banner says; “Norwegian Seamen on Norwegian ships” She is still going strong as the Brazilian naval research vessel “ARY RONGEL”: > **[BalticShipping.com](https://www.balticshipping.com/vessel/imo/7922142)** [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/4/6/46cfecce8f44622a27e6ab66e5848a945db3a812.jpeg "MISSÃO ANTÁRTICA (PARTE 02) O EMBARQUE: ARY RONGEL, O GIGANTE VERMELHO") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceD4bb3fmV0) But not for long, as a new vessel has been ordered yo replace her: > **[Novo navio polar brasileiro entrará em operação em 2025 - Money Report](https://www.moneyreport.com.br/brasil/novo-navio-polar-brasileiro-entrara-em-operacao-em-2025/)** > > Embarcação de pesquisa substituirá o Ary Rongel, em operação quase contínua no mar austral desde 1994 A Marinha assinou o contrato para a construção de seu novo navio de apoio antártico (Napant) ao Programa Antártico Brasileiro (Proantar). O trabalho... Or maybe working together?: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/5/7/57ba999fd6767721e3f2181ea5b8b2e6ccf799ad.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2022, 1:42pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/veteran-ships-of-the-world/56940/211 "2022-10-10T13:42:17Z")
The smaller and older sister of Polar Queen, the Polarbjørn is now Greenpeace’s Arctic Sunrise: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/e/3/e3c4827e7e52efd312afdd7460238e4d4bdaf4b0.jpeg) > **[BalticShipping.com](https://www.balticshipping.com/vessel/imo/7382902)** She is still active: > **[Ship ARCTIC SUNRISE (Research/Survey Vessel) Registered in Netherlands -...](https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:230651/mmsi:244538000/imo:7382902/vessel:ARCTIC_SUNRISE)** > > Vessel ARCTIC SUNRISE is a Research/Survey Vessel, Registered in Netherlands. Discover the vessel's particulars, including capacity, machinery, photos and ownership. Get the details of the current Voyage of ARCTIC SUNRISE including Position, Port... Heading for more adventures on the Southern Ocean this summer season?: > **[About the Arctic Sunrise](https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/about/shiptour-old/about-the-arctic-sunrise/)** > > Since 1996, the Greenpeace Arctic Sunrise has sailed the world documenting offshore oil pollution, thwarting commercial whaling, and bearing witness to the impacts of climate change. ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2022, 3:03pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/veteran-ships-of-the-world/56940/212 "2022-10-10T15:03:56Z")
A third ship of similar design was the Polar Duke: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/0/d/0df6a1efd928ae8d4d351c98e913f0b4fda52f32.jpeg) > **[BalticShipping.com](https://www.balticshipping.com/vessel/imo/8200838)** She served many years as a research and supply ship for the US National Science Foundation ![R/V Polar Duke Farewell Tribute](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/b/0/b0a700f8db6103bdbe6916ca41c8e42f8379db79.gif) Many have fond memories from their time on the Polar Duke: [https://hahana.soest.hawaii.edu/pduke/queen.html](https://hahana.soest.hawaii.edu/pduke/queen.html) [https://hahana.soest.hawaii.edu/pduke/2593.html](https://hahana.soest.hawaii.edu/pduke/2593.html) (I may have posted this one here before) More Polar Duke stories to pick from: [https://hahana.soest.hawaii.edu/pduke/polarduke.html](https://hahana.soest.hawaii.edu/pduke/polarduke.html) PS\> Don’t know if anything like this went on onboard the Polar Duke: > **[NSF Reports Sexual Harassment On Antarctic Expeditions](https://gcaptain.com/nsf-reports-sexual-harassment-on-antarctic-expeditions/?subscriber=true&goal=0_f50174ef03-69b17eb08c-169863069&mc_cid=69b17eb08c&mc_eid=4674ba0fbe)** > > A recently released report commissioned by the National Science Foundation (NSF) reveals the extent of sexual harassment in Antarctica. ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2022, 8:55pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/veteran-ships-of-the-world/56940/213 "2022-10-12T20:55:59Z")
Once upon a time there were ships like this: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/1/9/19a22ded60827c767d8203708aff7b9bd080cbc8.jpeg) [https://skipshistorie.net/Fruktskip/Tekster/UKJ10119640300000%20BELNIPPON.htm](https://skipshistorie.net/Fruktskip/Tekster/UKJ10119640300000%20BELNIPPON.htm) ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2022, 1:15pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/veteran-ships-of-the-world/56940/214 "2022-10-28T13:15:30Z")
A veteran coaster is paying a visit in Ålesund today: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/4/e/4e33a9ed387dd58d33944ddfd7ff87a8e9cf6fe1.jpeg) Nothing unusual in that, she has done so fairly regularly the last 49 years: > **[BalticShipping.com](https://www.balticshipping.com/vessel/imo/7325564)** Seen here passing through Gimsøystraumen in 2013 : ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/0/3/039e8bf66b8a59b978e101f29d5d1877e4e13835.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2022, 10:52pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/veteran-ships-of-the-world/56940/215 "2022-11-10T22:52:22Z")
A 150-year old “Jekt” (Traditional Norwegian coasters) has finally given up it’s sprit: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/0/2/026d31baf68957cb0b7def7f7f67ee1bc7ebeb41.jpeg) > **[Norske Jagt „Norden“: 152 Jahre altes Traditionsschiff wird abgewrackt](https://www.yacht.de/yachten/klassiker/norske-jagt-norden-152-jahre-altes-traditionsschiff-wird-abgewrackt/)** > > Segel-Frachter, Motorboot, 30 Jahre lang Traditionsschiff: Die Norske Jagt „Norden“ blickt auf eine lange Geschichte zurück. Nun wird sie abgewrackt. These vessels were used in the coastal trade, as fishing vessels and sealers from the middle of the 19th Century and until well into the 20th. Here is a picture of one of the last that was built (1914): ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/9/8/980bc540587e07cacd64a8391397086b4aac4773.jpeg) **Photo from postcard 1914 (H. Bloch)** > [@](#): > > At the Mellemverftet in Kristiansund, a number of “jekts” and galeas were built. > The very last such ship to be launched from Mellemverftet was the “Fosna”. It was Petter Eriksen, one of the three owners of Mellemverftet, who was responsible for the drawings of “Fosna”. > With reference to both registration matters and costs for insurance etc., it was desirable that “Fosna” should not exceed 50 br.reg. > Throughout its ownership on Nordmøre, “Fosna” went to Lofoten and Finnmarken, in the vast majority of years with Kristian N. Solem as skipper. > The shipping company was only liquidated when “Fosna” after approx. 20 years were sold to Svelvik. > So it was with “Fosna” as with most of the other yachts and galeas that were destined for the slough: installation of an engine, conversion and another life as coastal freighters. And as with so many of the vessels from that time: the nameplate is taken off and the vessel is given a new name. In recent years, you can find the former “Fosna” as “Astrid 2”. Source; [Brusvika.net](http://Brusvika.net) ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2022, 10:43pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/veteran-ships-of-the-world/56940/216 "2022-11-15T22:43:39Z")
It’s soon X-Mas and SINTERKLAAS AND HELPERS ARRIVED IN THE NETHERLANDS this weekend. Of course veteran boats and ships get the honour of bringing them: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/a/7/a7bc86ad62cf47e1fabb8f5505876c79d7ce2dfb.jpeg) Photo: Cees van der Kooij (c) > [@](#): > > At several locations last Saturday Sinterklaas and his helpers arrived in the Netherlands with above seen the “PAKJESBOOT VAN SINT & PIET” arriving from Spain in the Berghaven in Hoek van Holland and was escorted by the pilot tender “LESATH”: > ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/7/3/732463603ac14bd9597259399d8b8c8c31ba30d2.jpeg) > Photo: Cees Kloppenburg > On December 5th his birthday will be celebrated in most of the homes in The Netherlands, whereby presents will be given to all children subject they did behave themselves during the past year. > > ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/b/1/b1649dbd7072fc9bc48368d357eaeb971d0b8476.jpeg) > The SPANJE arriving in Maassluis. Photo: Monique Davis-Mulder © > > ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/a/d/ad31e48eed6ab851eb01b4357a66e9ad45e4c891.jpeg) > The PAKJESBOOT 12 (Zaandam) arriving in IJmuiden with Sinterklaas on the bridgewing, waving to the crowded quay full of children. Photo: Jan Plug © Source: MAASMOND NEWCLIPPINGS 2022– 320 ---
**Author:** ![mbull](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/mbull/32/8005_2.png) [@mbull](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/mbull)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2022, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/veteran-ships-of-the-world/56940/218 "2022-11-23T15:41:17Z")
![20221120_081803](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/7/6/76e28eb161b27a8ebfda2620f06c6ffb460b1ae4.jpeg) ![20221120_081806](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/2/b/2bea3dfc0c272cdaf2f6aa495695247b2ce5f560.jpeg) ![20221120_081303](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/b/2/b2626646b8f7e9f4de2e665962de05473d5c5e8e.jpeg) Battleship Texas. I was able to take a hard hat tour… ---
**Author:** ![mbull](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/mbull/32/8005_2.png) [@mbull](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/mbull)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2022, 3:43pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/veteran-ships-of-the-world/56940/219 "2022-11-23T15:43:51Z")
![20221120_083927](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/3/a/3a32b24d735472d8dfd257ed186f1f0ad35e2cd4.jpeg) ![20221120_083411](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/5/4/54a7b6903241fa9a0b5ad2a553d7de9252e1cb59.jpeg) ![20221120_082927](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/3/a/3a5095ab9a35a08e60a8efd1abf4af3994f7096f.jpeg) Battleship Texas, the interior frames of the Torpedo blister had rusted, so water pressure made the dents… ---
**Author:** ![Chief\_Seadog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/67e7ee/32.png) [@Chief\_Seadog](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Chief_Seadog)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2022, 2:26am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/veteran-ships-of-the-world/56940/220 "2022-11-24T02:26:06Z")
> [@mbull](#): > > Battleship Texas, the interior frames of the Torpedo blister had rusted, so water pressure made the dents… Looks like the frames became nonexistent. ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2022, 12:43pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/veteran-ships-of-the-world/56940/221 "2022-11-27T12:43:51Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/6/0/6021613c7c456fe12bfb72ef780923a35db5ce6b.jpeg) Survey vessel ARCTIC HUNTER moored in the port of Den Helder. Photo: Geert Woord (c) > **[Arctic Hunter – Arctic OffShore Aps](http://arcticoffshoreaps.dk/arctic-hunter/)** In Greenland: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/8/a/8a7d8d1f6136f5c1b80f1284381abe9af5dc1501.jpeg) Waiting for spring and summer: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/b/8/b8452207db4e4ad3907e1fd9667c1d147c4112e3.jpeg) As ferry Utsira: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/4/5/450e1749ded4e333d4aac9420edc66e806de9d68.jpeg) Waiting to be sold in 2005 Originally ferry Folla: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/1/9/19807f5c5f9bd1115cda653744553a9c6e44537b.jpeg) [https://skipshistorie.net/Namsos/NMS100NamsosTrafikkselskap/Tekster/NMS10019780100000%20FOLLA.htm](https://skipshistorie.net/Namsos/NMS100NamsosTrafikkselskap/Tekster/NMS10019780100000%20FOLLA.htm) ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 9:27pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/veteran-ships-of-the-world/56940/222 "2022-12-12T21:27:21Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/0/8/0880bbe36de64a4be9e8fe7ede748fdb7bb10d70.jpeg) The Maassluis based museum tug HUDSON as new in drydock at PADMOS in Stellendam Ready for a visit again when you are in Maassluis ! Photo: Piet van der Linde > **[Your most complete source for Museum Ships Worldwide!](https://museumships.us/netherlands/hudson)** > > Hudson > International Call Sign: Papa-Echo-Uniform-Juliet > Hudson, built in 1939, is the only remaining prewar ocean-going tug in the Netherlands. During the war, the ship was five years in service with the Allies. Today, the Hudson is a museum ship in... [Previous page](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/veteran-ships-of-the-world/56940.md?page=10) [Next page](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/veteran-ships-of-the-world/56940.md?page=12)