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Re: Tuxedo Princess leaves the Tyne at last!
« Reply #30 on: July 30, 2008, 09:15:38 PM »
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Good to see someone finaly uploaded pictures of her departing. Thank you Ken Lubi for your pictures!!  


Hi Robbie

I'll be posting some of her pull away from Gateshead Quayside tomorrow  :lol:

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« Reply #31 on: July 31, 2008, 03:24:02 PM »
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I had a chuckle to myself when the Tuxedo Princess was just passing the Baltic Flour Mill the Skipper on the Yarm Cross said to the Pilot" thats the easy bit done, are you dancing with the barmaids up there


Hi Brian

The other piece of comedy was the reference to a banner held out from a Quayside balcony - "Goodbye Dancing Queen" - Alan J to the other Pilot - 'they must be talking about you'.  :-o

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« Reply #32 on: July 31, 2008, 03:29:27 PM »
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Spoke to her skipper this afternoon, they needed to load generators and some parts and emergency spares onto Tuxedo Princess anyhow which they did not want to load at Newcastle quay as Tuxedo Princess has now no power onboard.


Hi Mike

Whilst the Tuxedo Princess would have taken its power source directly from shore whilst it was berthed at Gateshead Quay you would have thought they would have back up generators onboard - i suspect however that all of the back up would have been on land.

I suppose there would have to be a power source onboard for the tow to Greece, even if its only to provide electricity to the Tuxedo Princess' navigation lights  :-)

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« Reply #33 on: August 25, 2008, 09:39:19 AM »
Hi All

I am sure folk are dying to know this - the Tuxedo Princess arrived 20th August 2008 at KERATSINI which is just North of Piraeus see:
http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/default.aspx?oldmmsi=353079000&zoom=10&olddate=8/20/2008%208:50:00%20AM

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Re: Tuxedo Princess leaves the Tyne at last!
« Reply #34 on: August 25, 2008, 05:56:36 PM »
Would love to see what happens to her


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« Reply #36 on: August 25, 2008, 07:12:24 PM »
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Would love to see what happens to her


Hi Gunny

Well there are plenty of Shipspotters visiting Piraeus, so no doubt we will see what becomes of her eventually  :-)

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« Reply #37 on: August 26, 2008, 05:57:53 PM »
Although the subject and translation is a bit tricky to decipher . . this could suggest that she has already left Piraeus, with speculation she is bound for Aliaga ????  Any ideas/more info?

"http://66.102.9.104/translate_c?hl=en&sl=el&u=http://forum.nautilia.gr/showthread.php%3Ft%3D32719&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dtuxedo%2Baliaga%26hl%3Den&usg=ALkJrhj_ZVjR_T3hoi_crDbbK__e1CcNsA&langid=1"

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« Reply #38 on: August 26, 2008, 06:13:20 PM »
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Although the subject and translation is a bit tricky to decipher . . this could suggest that she has already left Piraeus, with speculation she is bound for Aliaga ????  Any ideas/more info?

"http://66.102.9.104/translate_c?hl=en&sl=el&u=http://forum.nautilia.gr/showthread.php%3Ft%3D32719&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dtuxedo%2Baliaga%26hl%3Den&usg=ALkJrhj_ZVjR_T3hoi_crDbbK__e1CcNsA&langid=1"


Hi andeedob

Interesting stuff - Aliaga - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alia%C4%9Fa

Aliağa is a town and a district of İzmir Province in the Aegean Region of Turkey. The town is situated at about 50 km (31 mi). north of İzmir and the economic activity is centered around an oil refinery, as well as tourism.

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Re: Tuxedo Princess leaves the Tyne at last!
« Reply #39 on: August 26, 2008, 06:16:23 PM »
Steve,

In the maritime world Aliaga is most known for its big ship demolition area so most definitely that will be her fate.

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« Reply #40 on: August 26, 2008, 06:20:57 PM »
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In the maritime world Aliaga is most known for its big ship demolition area so most definitely that will be her fate.

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Hi Aleksi

This all seems to b surrounded in 'mystery and intrigue' - on one hand we are learning she has been renamed Prince and to be converted into a floating restaurant and the next that she is going for scrap.
If she was going for demolition we have a newly licensed facility just 25 miles down the North East Coast of England- Able UK @ Graythorpe that could have demolished her and saved the cost of the haul to Turkey.

No doubt we will find out in due course  :lol:

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Re: Tuxedo Princess leaves the Tyne at last!
« Reply #41 on: August 26, 2008, 06:30:32 PM »
Have to agree that surely towing her to Turkey to scrap would surely be more expensive.
And it would be a great shame if that happened now.

Btw i found this forum after reading some Urban exploration forums which mentioned the Tuxedo O/Cally P which in turn had me googling tuxedo princess which eventually led me here.

Have always liked ships but not a serious ship spotter,i live in Methil in Fife where they used to make the oil rig platforms,now seeing them leave on the barges was a site to see. :-D

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Re: Tuxedo Princess leaves the Tyne at last!
« Reply #42 on: August 28, 2008, 07:51:49 PM »
For those of you that may have missed her,pictures of the now 'Prince'
(Ex Tuxedo Princess) can be seen on 'Ships Nostalgia' under Ferries at her berth last week in Pireaus Greece.
Also note the 'Carlesberg' sign has been painted out.
When you look at these picture you can begin to understand why Gateshead council wanted her out of the way.
Pity a few coats of paint and a Million pounds might  have tidied her up!
Mike :-)
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Re: Tuxedo Princess leaves the Tyne at last!
« Reply #43 on: August 29, 2008, 08:26:02 AM »
Sorry to the bearer of bad news, but she was beached at Aliaga earlier this week!

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Re: Tuxedo Princess leaves the Tyne at last!
« Reply #44 on: August 29, 2008, 04:03:15 PM »
How long before the Royale makes the same journey i wonder

 

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