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Re: Tuxedo Princess leaves the Tyne at last!
« Reply #45 on: August 31, 2008, 06:51:44 PM »
Hi all

Am I cynical or what?   I get the feeling that someone on the payroll of shipbreakers offers to buy old ships for whatever reason. Gets the owners of the ship to sail it to him. He then renegades on the deal. Now the ship is near the shipbreakers yard - they offer to scrap it. As nobody else wants the ship and it's too far to return to 'home', shipbreaker gets at rock bottom price.
regards Glencairn :-) :pint:

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Re: Tuxedo Princess leaves the Tyne at last!
« Reply #46 on: September 16, 2008, 03:30:35 PM »
They should have just cut the tow rope off Blackpool...
Those fine chaps did a fine job of cutting up Riverdance

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Re: Tuxedo Princess leaves the Tyne at last!
« Reply #47 on: October 06, 2008, 04:53:57 PM »
Hi All

This article in tonights Newcastle Evening Chronicle may be of interest?
Courtesy of http://tinyurl.com/3uj97l

"Iconic Tuxedo Princess set to be scrapped

Oct 6 2008 by Alastair Craig, Evening Chronicle

BASKING in the Greek sunshine, the iconic Tuxedo Princess is preparing for its final voyage.

The ship once moored on Tyneside is heading for the breaker

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Re: Tuxedo Princess leaves the Tyne at last!
« Reply #48 on: February 20, 2009, 03:30:54 PM »
Hi All

Interesting to see a photograph , and mention of the Tuxedo Princess in this months (March 2009) edition of Ships Monthly.  Seen ny Ian Buxton during a visit to Aliaga, Turkey.

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Re: Tuxedo Princess leaves the Tyne at last!
« Reply #49 on: August 22, 2013, 05:37:24 AM »
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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 led lighting  :-)

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It could be the way Tuxedo Princess have derived power.. Were you able to find exact reason behind it..
« Last Edit: August 22, 2013, 04:08:07 PM by AlvinWilson »

 

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