Two Giants by junge1
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Description
These two giant cruiseships are moored at Philipsburg, St. Maarten, Dutch West Indies.
On the right is the Royal Caribbean 'MS Independence of the Seas'. She was built and completed in 2008 at a cost of ~ 828 million dollars.
She is currently the largest passenger ship afloat - 4,407 GRT larger than the Queen Mary 2, but 5m shorter.
Statistics:
Tonnage: 154,407 GRT
Length: 1,111.9-ft. (338.92m)
Beam at hull: 127-ft. (38.6m)
Beam at superstructure: 180-ft. (56m)
Draft: 29-ft. (8.8m)
Decks: 15 (passengers), 3 (crew)
Speed: 21.6 kts.
Capacity: 4,370 passengers
Crew: 1,360
On the left is 'our' ship, the Carnival 'Liberty'
Statistics:
Built: 2005
Tonnage: 110,000 GRT
Length: 952-ft. (290.2m)
Beam: 116-ft. (35.4m)
Draft: 27-ft. (8.2m)
Decks: 13
Installed power: 2 diesel-electric propellers @ 63,400Kw ea
Speed: 22.5 kts.
Capacity: 2,974 passengers
Crew: 1,150
The 'Liberty' has a 1,500 seat theater used for nightly Broadway/Las Vegas type shows, several restaurants, several pools, 18 elevators, a casino, exercise gym, several shops and a number of bars.
The 'MS Independence of the Seas' has a rock climbing wall, a 400-ft. shopping mall, a wave generator and an ice skating rink (a first for passenger ships).
The gangway for the 'Liberty' leads to deck 0, not counted for number of decks. This deck houses crew quarters, medical facilities etc.
My cabin window was the 6th square window on deck two and on occasion the spray sailed right by it. I estimated the height of my cabin window between 25 to 30-ft. above the ocean level.
This picture was taken on 28 January 2009 (my mothers 94th birthday ).
Thank you for viewing and the nice comments, especially for my Mothers and Fathers Memories. It is more appreciated than you can imagine. Also thanks for any favs,
Sig...
Comments (49)
shadownet
Great capture!
lyron
Awesome image. Excellent shot!!
flora-crassella
super Perspective!!!!!!
decie
beautiful capture I always hate walking down long side a ship I always get the feeling its going to fall on me lol
bmac62
Whoa, now these are huge. Side by side, they are really inpressive as they tower over the people and the pier. Good shooting.
AndreiR
They are immense! Splendid composition!
jeroni
Excellent idea and perfect realisation
timtripp
WOW. this really give a sense of the size of these things.
emmecielle
Splendid perspective!
carlx
Fantastic capture!!!
M2A
Massive ! Thanks for the shot.
durleybeachbum
My brother and his partner went on the ship on the right for a holiday and loved it! I don't think I would enjoy it, especially now I feel the scale!
annie5
Fantastic perspective..to see those ships it's a dream! Thanks for the info :)
Miska7
Great POV! Very nice capture.
flavia49
Fantastic POV and interesting text!!
allisonbender
Impressive and overwhleming!!!!! Thanks for posting!! tom
Sea_Dog
Great shot! Shows how huge these ships are. Thanks for the statistics.
sandra46
superlative POV and very interesting information!
marcopolinski
geeze these are huge ... awesome POV!
flaviok
Brilhante esplanação, magnifica foto meu amigo, aplausos (5)
rawdodb
Those things look so Top heavy I'm surprised they don't flip in High sea!!!! beautiful comparision shot!!!!
jocko500
those are some big ships. bet you had fun on that ship too. really injoy myseft . I too am happy to meet you.
Minda
yes they are HUGE!!,,excellent POV sig!!
thevolunteer
With the people inside, it really gives you a look at just how huge these ships really are. Wonderful pov. Aloha
delaorden_ojeda
impressive image Sig ! great perspective and pov, excelent !
dragonmuse
The size is staggering.. never imagined such immensity. Nice work getting so much of them in and so clearly.
theprojectionist
Tremendous Shot Bravo
MrsRatbag
Wow! Those are like cities! Amazing shot, well done!
CavalierLady
Wow! What a POV! You really get a sense of how huge they are! Quite a shot, Sig!
TwoPynts
Great compo...the people are truly dwarfed. Thanks for the factoids too, I've done the Royal Carrib. cruise thing...fun!