Montemar
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Just watched th QE leave Portsmouth harbour.
It appears to not have a bowthruster!
Surely a cutback too far?
It appears to not have a bowthruster!
Surely a cutback too far?
Queen Elizabeth
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Blue Sunray
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Here it is:
rubberduck
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Pods ?
Blue Sunray
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Harsh, but fair.
girlofwight
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Her sister, Cunards Queen Elizabeth - no small vessel - is currently limping around Iceland missing ports due to a failed bow thruster. (Source, Cunard fan Facebook groups). In her first season, she limped around Canaries likewise, with a support lorry and divers following to fix thrusters.
I think the Navy have the right idea, KISS - besides, rock up in a warship, and there’s always someone to help with lines
I think the Navy have the right idea, KISS - besides, rock up in a warship, and there’s always someone to help with lines
NormanB
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She will never go into a harbour without tug assistance so what is the value of bow thrusters?
prv
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No, shafts.
As Norman says, she’s not meant to go into harbours very often, unlike cruise ships which stop almost daily to let their cargo of slack-jawed grockles overwhelm a new place. Part of the design is a pair of large personnel-carrying launches, so even when she does stop the expectation seems to be that it will often be at anchor with the matelots getting their run ashore by tender.
Pete