Emerald at Alang Ship-Breakers
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- Опубликовано: 18 сен 2012
- A very sad sight, and the end of an era, in more ways than one, The 'Emerald', formerly the Santa Rosa of Grace Line. The last of the steam driven ocean liners, built during the swan-song period of traditional shipbuilding, and the end of an era for us of ocean liner salvage. Those warehouse-busting quantities of mid-century treasures are all gone now.
Believe me, you could fit what you'd want to salvage from a recently built passenger ship, in the boot of your car.
The Emerald was a let down, re-fitted to death in the 70's and 80's, not worth the 2 near-death experiences getting to and fro the Ship during monsoon tides, but when you've gone 3000 miles you got to go the last 1.
Sailed back to shore glad I had bought so much of the Augustus, the 1000pcs of furniture onboard Her doesn't seem such a Big pile anymore...
Sorry I can't post the 'juiciest' Alang videos, it'll ruin my relationships there, if you want to see some you'll have to drop by!
Visit Trinity Marine's website for items reclaimed from Santa Rosa, Augustus and others:
www.trinitymarine.co.uk
#oceanliner #shipbreaker #reclaimed #salvage 
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Fond memories of that ship, stayed on her in the summer of 2001 and in fact did my whole university dissertation whilst onboard.
Sad Sad Sight!!. Had 3 great holidays on this ship including a great trip to venice. Saw her from a distance when laid up near piraeus a few years back. Very sad!!
People who write here sad comments were on this ship as passengers ... Imagine - how sad it must be for us - the crew members of this ship, who worked here for many years and love this ship very much... This picture breaks the heart ...
Elizabeth Geleva
You are right, Ira!
Certainly Iryna take care and thanks so much :)
@@jsmithmultimediatech What a rusty old tub! Do you have any videos of the actual cutting and demolition, it looked pretty complete here.
@@PreservationEnthusiast Oh no just had been on it around say about the year of '98 when it was in the Med at the time (may have been 99, sad really but hey it happens to all of them eventually).
We sailed her several times as the REGENT RAINBOW for Regency Cruise Line. She was excellent
03-05-2016 Thank YOU for sharing. My parents in 1960/? sailed on the Santa Paula/both the Santa Rosa and Santa Paula were sister ships -- and both being owned at that time by GRACE Line. My parents went "to sea" some 24 times -- on all the major ships of the day. The Santa Rosa was delivered first to GRACE -- followed by the Paula a few weeks later. Just by chance mom and dad were able to sail on her/PAULA maiden voyage. IE both of these ships were replacing the older/1930's pair of ships with the same names.
From glory to this. Nothing is forever is it?
Spend a week on it in 2006, it was operated by Thomson Cruises, she was a nice ship. Had a wery happy time onboard.
hey, nice to read this coment! i was working there in the bars this year;-) lovely times ,cheers for emerald!! great memories
Niels Petersen n
The end of a ship is very sad!
A very sad sight to see i sailed on her around the Greek islands she was a very nice ship for her age.
What a beautiful liner... I can t belive it s going to be scrached. It can still sailing!!! :-( :-( :-(
What have you bought from the Augustus? Italian liners were gorgeous.
I love using recycled ship stuff. They are a gold mine for quality light fittings and portholes. All boats have a life span but at least they are highly recyclable in terms of shear volume which makes recycling more financially viable.
ALANG ship recycling yard
ruclips.net/video/yS2P1l2JVIQ/видео.html
The last steam driven cruise ship the former Sitmar Cruises Fairsky of 1984 was recently sold for scrap and arrived in Turkey for demolition. Had the beautiful former Fairsky been built with diesel engines, she would have been around for another 15-20 years.
I can't imagine what an environmental disaster that ship breaking area is.
no loner steam driven but the doulos is still around, its going to be a museum
can’t wait to turn this into rebar
Yes they will have got plenty of rebar out of that old pile of scrap!
@@PreservationEnthusiast and you got a plenty of your failed attempts on trying to get attention
Is the Norway finally gutted?
The SS Medina of 1914 still exists
Just so glad that QE2 has escaped this desperately sad end for a ship.
The good thing is that she is a hotel ship in Dubai
@@hevendor958 That won't last. It won't make a profit. The QE2 will be towed to Alang and ripped apart by the swarms of brown ants with cutting torches!
Because it was already owned by a Dubai
Wikipedia will just call you a fucking moron because the "Queen Elizabeth 2, often referred to simply as QE2, is a floating hotel and retired ocean linerbuilt for the Cunard Line which was operated by Cunard as both a transatlantic liner and a cruise ship from 1969 to 2008. Since 18 April 2018, she has been operating as a floating hotel in Dubai"
Stayed on this a week before she was supposed to be turned into a floating casino / hotel.
ruclips.net/video/yS2P1l2JVIQ/видео.html
So sad to see her here
Look like the boat on uncharted territory 0_o
looks like the one in uncharted 3
so she ended up there as well
Hope Astoria isn't heading for the same fate
Chop this rusty heap of shit for scrap now!
@@PreservationEnthusiast says the one who is a rusty heap of shit who spread lies
@@RailPreserver2K I am mostly winning though. Far more things are getting cut and recycled. Even ships which are nominally preserved now may be cut in the future like SS United States, RMS QM, and the QE2. Scrapping and recycling is a very green and valuable industry.
@@titan-1802 Your channel is a disgrace. The only video has more dislikes than likes. You know nothing about ship demolition.
All of that is not true because Queen Elizabeth 2 is a new hotel
So stop spreading false and bull shit lies
Alang where
India
yu cant beat the old school, modern fun ships not for me,
for a while now..
They don't make 'em like that anymore. Aesthetics just isn't a thing among cruise ship designers anymore.
Chop this rusty heap of shit. For scrap now!
heelfan1234 Aha - we have a provoketeur. Alas, you are to late, for the ship has been scrapped in 2011 already.
Cool, do you have a link to any photos or vids of them cutting this hulk for scrap?
heelfan1234 Sorry - wrong guy. I came here because I love ships, not scrap.
I was 2nd steward on her in 1975 when she was owned by eastern steamship co. Used to sail out of Miami to the Bahamas twice a week , and before her the Bahama star. I was on her when the engines gave out and had to be towed by tugs
Such a sad ending for such a formerly beautiful ship... Google Santa Rosa Cruise ship... look at the pictures...and you'll see what I mean...
...aber schon seit jahren.
Didn't know this place existed until I read World War Z, lets just say that in the book Alang was a ghoulish deathtrap.
"Believe me, you could fit what you'd want to salvage from a recently built passenger ship in the boot of your car" What an absolute load of rubbish. Off the top of my head, all the catering equipment on board would be of commercial fit out and could be refurbished for sale. The steel alone, hundreds of thousands of tonnes could be re-used. Doors, door hardware, cabinets, maintenance equipment, hydraulic pumps, actuators, lines, wiring, motors, switches, light assemblies, sinks, baths, mirrors, TV's, radios, GPS equipment, any solid wood trim, toughened glass, brass, copper, aluminium used for engineering, the engines, chains, portholes........fuck me, your car boot must be huge!!
All that stuff is so old. But your wish will be granted. She will make new razor blades.
@@joefyda9105 At Alang they do strip out everything from the ship like doors, catering equipment, pumps, motors, you name it. Also plates, tables, handrails, basins, furniture. It is all sold intact for reuse at the many salvage shops behind Alang beach.
The ship metal itself is made into rebar, cans, razor blades, and even new ships and locos.
so pretty much the ships metal is reused for other ships
does that actually mean the ship is reborn as a different ship
And you have No Love for Ocean Liners
Thats not true, my wife and I go on cruises on a regular basis, and I love the ships. But like everything in life each thing has a life - and a death. What else could be done with them other than remembering what they were and how you remember them. Its time to renew and recycle, much better than sinking them at sea or any other alternative.
Hopefully the SS United States might NOT end up there the end of October 2015 :(
+fatty hamster The United States would not make it to Alang. It will likely be broken up insitu or nearby. Cut that scrap!
+heelfan1234 The QE2 could end up there.
Fatty Hamster Yes you are right!
I will enjoy seeing that sucker torn to pieces by the Indians!
Not really. I don't like seeing famous ships in the breaking yards.
Fatty Hamster I like seeing any ships in breaker's yards. I like destruction. There were some great shots when the greasy Turks got hold of the Ark Royal!
Ya its sad but cruise ships like her get outdated and don't make money so this is what happens to them
In a capitalist society, ships that cost too much money to run and make no profit anymore, are sold for scrap. It is sad that many famous ships ended up on Indian scrapyards, were wage slaves destroy them for a very low income.
This is just Ocean liner cruelty to me tbh
Its not sad, its rejuvination, done its job long ago.