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Help and Advice / Re: Listing sisterships built for any given ship

« on: November 01, 2017, 05:24:13 AM »

I noticed that you also check shipyard-lists. That does not always help, as sisterships sometimes are built at different yards, even in different countries

Yes, I realize that - and it creates more of a puzzle and adds uncertainties.  To start with, I sort the MIRAMAX data by LBP, and then look at tonnages (dwt and gross) that are the same or very close.

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Help and Advice / Re: Listing sisterships built for any given ship

« on: November 01, 2017, 05:08:31 AM »

Thanks all for your responses.  I bought the MIRAMAX cd that they sell, and converted it to an Excel file.  I'm only looking at break-bulkers built between 1950 to 1980 (mostly because I think they are better looking).  I ended up with about 9000 ships in that filtered list - I don't know if I live long enough to parse them all!  But the better looking ones, with large clear photos, I put in a FileMaker database.  Along with the photos, I always include the metadata given with each image, and its internet address.  Another tweak I do is photoshopping some images (to suit my taste), such as adjusting color, brightness, opening up shadow areas, and sharpening.

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Help and Advice / Listing sisterships built for any given ship

« on: October 30, 2017, 05:06:52 AM »

Using the MIRAMAX database, I am trying to link a list of sisterships built along with any ship picture for which I've downloaded from the internet (don't worry, they are only for my use on my computer) - largely from SHIPSPOTTING site.

Wondering if anyone else has attempted this?

A CD of the MIRAMAX database is what I'm using - by carefully sorting LBP, shipyard links, names of ships which would be common to a ship line, the date of build, yard number, etc., etc.

Sometimes it is guesswork - and often MIRAMAX has a data field for "design", which obviously is very helpful.

Anyway, it is fun, but challenging!