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?

 

[Pirate Pete]

Random thought as regards the cancelled Oceanic (1928)...Accepting that Lord Kyslant still does not escape being uncovered as a total fraudster...WHAT IF....?
The merger of White Star and Cunard still goes ahead, but slightly earlier...(the downfall of Kyslant precipitating a slightly different set of circumstances, forcing the merger earlier)...
Could Oceanic still be built, with her running mate being Cunard's planned new ship 'Queen Mary'?
BUT...If Oceanic is built with turbines as originally intended, could she, with her revolutionary design and luxurious interiors cause Cunard to modify their plans for Hull number 534 (later Queen Mary) to make her less 'updated Aquatania' and more like the later Queen Elizabeth?
Now that would be an interesting pairing, Oceanic and Queen 'Mary/Elizabeth' against Normandie and, BIG PERHAPS, Bretagne along with Germany's Bremen and Europa...
Of course, there are other vessels... Rex and Conte di Savoia etc I know, but the afore mentioned are the BIG Players in the North Atlantic services...