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Must confess I’m glad I’m not a cruise ship fan. Though I must admit the Diamond Princess provided an excellent early sample of the way covid would go.
H&W also built HMS Belfast – still floating in the mother of all rivers
“the mother of all rivers”? Uh? The Roding?
Fair enough, Spenser thought it was masculine, so I will change it to the father of all rivers
You’d have to know it to understand, Diogenese. I used to go fishing on it as a kid. One struggled to find a stretch with enough water to cover the backs of the fish. The deeper downstream end is mostly sewage outfall.
I have seen it on the couple of occasions I have had to go to Chigwell, BIS
first cruise ship contract
Hint to the first captain – drive carefully on the maiden voyage.
They should give Kate Winslett and Leonardo Di Caprio free tickets for the maiden voyage, just for the lols…
Sorry for being boringly factual, but aren’t they only refurb contacts – not new ships? Still a good win anyway.