Rare MMDown Under Posted October 24, 2022 #1 Share Posted October 24, 2022 For lovers of old ships, News has an interesting article on cruise ships scrapped or taken out of service because of Covid. I was quite sad when I discovered Black Watch, ex Fred.Olsen, which I had sailed on, was on the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare arxcards Posted October 24, 2022 #2 Share Posted October 24, 2022 For those scrapped, covid just accelerated the cycle by a few years. With surplus ships around, Fred Olsen decided they could upgrade Black Watch to a better ship, which would have happened in a couple of years time anyway. Of the ships that were based here at the start of the pandemic, all have survived for now. Pacific Jewel had been sold-off to a fledgling Indian cruise line a year or so earlier. That went belly-up from covid, and she was cut up on the shore at Alang. Quite a few Carnival ships were scrapped in Aliaga. Some incredible videos shot from both the bridge and the shore are available on the tube. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MMDown Under Posted October 25, 2022 Author #3 Share Posted October 25, 2022 2 hours ago, arxcards said: For those scrapped, covid just accelerated the cycle by a few years. With surplus ships around, Fred Olsen decided they could upgrade Black Watch to a better ship, which would have happened in a couple of years time anyway. Of the ships that were based here at the start of the pandemic, all have survived for now. Pacific Jewel had been sold-off to a fledgling Indian cruise line a year or so earlier. That went belly-up from covid, and she was cut up on the shore at Alang. Quite a few Carnival ships were scrapped in Aliaga. Some incredible videos shot from both the bridge and the shore are available on the tube. Oh I don't like watching, but I like to know what happened to old ships. I recognised quite a few. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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