Sad picture

[WeMissSeaView]

Would love to see a current picture of what is left of the Sovereign and Monarch.  I bet the Sovereign is no longer recognizable.  I was on the Majesty in March, so seeing the two sisters being dismantled  is very sad.

[WeMissSeaView]

9 hours ago, WeMissSeaView said:

Interesting.  Someone forgot to turn off the transponder on the Marco Polo even though it is showing the location as beached.

Someone has now turned the Marco Polo transponder off.  

[DISFANS3]

First Cruise was on the Fantasy many years ago..

[Biker19]

11 hours ago, WeMissSeaView said:

I bet the Sovereign is no longer recognizable.

This video was posted about a week ago:

 

Carnival Fantasy at Aliaga. Last update. - YouTube

 

[Ocean Boy]

8 hours ago, WeMissSeaView said:

Someone has now turned the Marco Polo transponder off.  

Sort of reminds me of pronouncing a patient deceased. Quite sad.

[bobmacliberty]

45 minutes ago, Ocean Boy said:

Sort of reminds me of pronouncing a patient deceased. Quite sad.

 

I wonder if there's an official time when the transponder gets turned off, or if it's just when someone thinks about doing it?

[Ocean Boy]

1 minute ago, bobmacliberty said:

 

I wonder if there's an official time when the transponder gets turned off, or if it's just when someone thinks about doing it?

And do the make a final note in the ship's log book?

[WeMissSeaView]

3 hours ago, Biker19 said:

This video was posted about a week ago:

 

Carnival Fantasy at Aliaga. Last update. - YouTube

 

Sovereign is not recognizable anymore with the top half GONE.  Looks like they stopped on Monarch to concentrate on Sovereign since Monarch looks to be at the same condition as a couple of months.

[Ocean Boy]

Does anyone know if the ships take on a local pilot or shipyard representative when beaching or if the captain just brings the ship in himself?

[BillB48]

1 hour ago, Ocean Boy said:

Does anyone know if the ships take on a local pilot or shipyard representative when beaching or if the captain just brings the ship in himself?

 

In some of the beaching videos I have seen, the person conning ship was not the captain.  Whether or not he was an "official" pilot or someone connected with the scrapping facility, I don't know.

[Biker19]

More action in Alang with CMV Magellan beached today (in the background):

 

[Biker19]

A bit better pic of Magellan:

 

 

📷 Viramdevsinh Gohil

Edited January 31, 2021 by Biker19

[Kbonner]

7 hours ago, Biker19 said:

A bit better pic of Magellan:

 

 

📷 Viramdevsinh Gohil

Our very first cruise was with Carnival Holiday, now Magellan, out of Mobile AL.

One day we were standing at the reeling and a ship engineer standing next to us ponderd that this ship should be sunk in the middle of the ocean (due to the many severe technical problems).

 

The return trip to Mobile was scary. In the Gulf the ship started heavy and constant listing at 7am. I was kind of scared and told my family to get dressed and run for open deck. The ship had an electrical malfunction and turned extreme sharp circles for 1 hour. The list was considerable as the engine was not stopped. No announcements by Italian captain- nothing.

So obviously the ship was not sunk in the Gulf by its crew but beached in Turkey.........

 

[Biker19]

34 minutes ago, Kbonner said:

So obviously the ship was not sunk in the Gulf by its crew but beached in Turkey.....

All of the recent beachings, including Magellan, have been at Alang, India - you can tell by the space between the ships and the way they are all out of water.

[John&LaLa]

On 10/31/2020 at 7:07 AM, A&L_Ont said:

A quick but interesting video.
 

 

 

Now this is an example of brand marketing gone wrong. Should have negotiated those stacks be removed first. 

[bobmacliberty]

1 hour ago, John&LaLa said:

 

Now this is an example of brand marketing gone wrong. Should have negotiated those stacks be removed first. 

Probably not needed, especially for an extra cost.  The vast majority of people, and even the vast majority of cruisers, have no idea that Aliaga and Alang even exist.  Blissful ignorance.

[Ocean Boy]

4 hours ago, Biker19 said:

All of the recent beachings, including Magellan, have been at Alang, India - you can tell by the space between the ships and the way they are all out of water.

How do they manage to get the ships out of the water like that?

[Biker19]

12 minutes ago, Ocean Boy said:

How do they manage to get the ships out of the water like that?

The tide swings are pretty big there - the ships are run aground at high tide - the pic you see is at low tide. In most pics they seem to start work on them there but then they pull the hull closer the the high tide mark.

Edited January 31, 2021 by Biker19

[Biker19]

[WeMissSeaView]

10 minutes ago, Biker19 said:

Can not even see any of the Sovereign from this angle.

[Biker19]

 

[John&LaLa]

On 2/3/2021 at 10:39 PM, Biker19 said:

 

Is the Costa ship new

[Biker19]

1 hour ago, John&LaLa said:

 

Is the Costa ship new

Compared to the rest, yes, but she has been there at least a month.

[Biker19]

Perhaps another one for the scrappers:

 

OFFICER REACTS to Cruise Ship Fire: MSC Lirica - YouTube

[vacationlover_mn]

My favorite photos, are the ones of the Love Boat, before it was dismantled.  They make me sad, and creep me out a bit, but they are very interesting!