The Ships That Never Sailed

[airman]

On oceanlinersblog a thread divided in three posts :

The Ships That Never Sailed (Part 1)

Any history buff or liner enthusiast will be familiar with the names of some of the world’s greatest ships. Titanic, Lusitania, Queen Mary, Normandie and United States are just some of these great …

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The Ships That Never Sailed (Part 2)

4) Bretagne (1940) The intense rivalry between Queen Mary and Normandie became far more than just a speed competition between two ships. It became a clash of national wills. Financed by the French …

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The Ships That Never Sailed (Part 3)

6) ‘The Nuclear Ship’ (1963) In the heady atmosphere of the late 1950s and early 1960s; amidst the competing themes of sunny baby-boomer-driven optimism and the dark shadow of the potentially apoca…

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Unluckely on third part are missing some images .

 

[Arjen]

The missing images in Part 3 can be found here:

Phoenix - World City The unrealized Knut Kloster’s dream | KNUD E. HANSEN

With the Oasis of the Seas the shipbuilding made the most extreme step in terms of naval gigantism for cruise tourism.

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[JohnR]

I've been wanting to ask a cruise ship question for a while, and this seems to be an appropriate place. Was the hull of the QE2 design based on Yourkevitch's principle?