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    Ship design has certainly changed over the years, gone are the classic cargo liners , the sleek classic lines of passenger ships.
    I suppose it was H&W that really were at the fore front of altering passenger ship design with ships like the Southern Cross followed by Canberra ?
    Here is a modern design which I understand will be spending a lot of her time in and around Canada ant the Artic regions. That is certainly one ugly looking ship and the bow !!!!
    A friend of mine was the owners rep during her construction and was onboard for sea trials and hand over to her owners.ship des 1.jpgship des.jpg

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    The Russkies and the Finns have been using that bow for years, so must be something in it, hope she hasn't got a bulbous bow, as that could defeat the object of the exercise. At least the rest of her looks normal.

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    I have rarely been in heavy ice but have seen a few Russian ice breakers. I assume the idea is she rides up on the ice and it is the weight of the bow breaks the ice? I will look for a few more pics of her stern area and post later.

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    I saw this ship the SS Manhattan some were in the States in the 70s can't remember where it was built in 1962 converted to an ice breaker bow in 1969 The bow is very similar to the photo in #1 At the time it was thought that it would be cheaper to transport oil via tankers rather than build the pipeline from North Alaska so the ship was converted to test the theory.

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    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Man...20in%20history.
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    To me Ships of Toady, although i suppose some Built to go with Conditions, but i think the new are just awful, compared to the days of our Era! Like said the ones Built by H&W etc wee just great lookers! The old UCL Liners too must say had great Looks !
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    Remember reading an article some months (or years,as time flies) ago that the new Russkie ice-breakers are also designed to break ice going stern first, their propellers are set well for'd of aft and in addition to the weight of the breaker, the propellers are designed to create a vacuum under the stern making the ice easier to break.

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    Like every thing else the time comes for a new version.
    Very different to the traditional ice breakers we maybe knew, but technology marches on even if we do not.
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    #5 Thanks for that Doc

    #6 Guess it must have been years then, time flies when you're enjoying yourself!

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    Am I right in the assumption that H&W were the first to design and build a full blown passenger ship with the funnel/s aft. Traditional build was mid ship machinery and funnel/s. When you think about it logically the mid ship concept was flawed, be it cargo liners or passenger ships. I am talking from a cargo perspective, also passengers were also cargo!!!. You had the shaft tunnel cutting out cargo space as it split the holds aft then you had the steering flat compartment.
    One of the advantages of aft machinery and accommodation (from a ship owners point) cheaper to build and more flexible for different cargos. From a crew point of view midship accommodation was always more comfortable in bad weather.

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