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Post by Endymion on Aug 27, 2007 20:25:35 GMT
I'm not much on naval history but I'm curious about the types of ships used in Stranded.
Does anyone know what style of ship Quirk's vessel (and later to be Blunt's) is? I'm assuming its some kind of native Thai ship but is there a specific name for it?
I would guess that the Endymion (the lovely but tragic ship from which I borrowed my username) is a clipper ship, but as I said, I'm no expert. 
There you go...lets see what we can come up with between us, eh?
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Post by randomwierdo on Aug 28, 2007 10:14:14 GMT
i have no idea, ive always assumed that the albatross was native as you said. wherever it came from its a seriously nice ship!
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Post by Endymion on Aug 28, 2007 15:59:01 GMT
Oh, I totally agree. Its a beautiful vessel.
For those who are unaware, this ship below is the Albatross (not the best pic, I'll grant you - I'll try for a better one later) :
Endymion.
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Post by moviefanatic on Aug 29, 2007 0:54:07 GMT
If I were to buy a ship, I'd have it custom made so that it looks like the Albatross. It's very lovely.
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Post by Endymion on Aug 30, 2007 21:43:41 GMT
Dad and I have been puzzling over this...and we're coming to the tentative conclusion that the Albatross is some kind of converted Dhow.
According to our researching (okay, mostly dad's 'cause he loves a mystery to be solved), dhow's are "native" of the Arabian seas and are single masted, but are pretty much like The Albatross. And here's a better pic of the ship! 
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Post by randomwierdo on Sept 13, 2007 20:10:35 GMT
heya, i was just lookin it up coz i do love this ship, and i reckon it might be based on a chinese junk (apparently thats a kinda ship) heres a pic i found of one, so you see what i mean  and a wikipedia link which has info on the history of the chinese junk en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junk_shiphope this helps xXx |
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Post by Endymion on Sept 14, 2007 18:08:25 GMT
Oh wow!! It really looks like you might be onto something there! The Albatross might be the Thai version of a Chinese Junk... and even if its not, its definitely somewhere to start looking.
I've had a look through the pics in the article, and the Junks depicted there have a slightly squarer prow than our beloved Albatross, but the sails (even to their unusual shape), the deck, low sides and shallow draft and everything else seem the same. I'm seriously thinking you could be onto the solution, hunny. *grinz excitedly* Hehe!! 
Thankyou so much for putting in your research, Random! *hugz* Its much appreciated, hunny. ;D
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