I notice that as the sublime ss France disappears - so do the messages on this site... I guess when she is finally gone (which will be be very shortly) everyone will be gone too... I have been very interested in reading everyone's comments on here over the years - thank you for your memories, pictures and links to the ss France... I still remember seeing here here in Sydney Australia on 16th February 1974 - that memory will always remain with me... adieu ss France as there will be no au revoir...

Fellows,
By this days there must be several Indian people infected by the asbestos from the SS France, waiting for a painful death....Let's do not forget about them!!!

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Originally posted by Changoleon:
Fellows,
By this days there must be several Indian people infected by the asbestos from the SS France, waiting for a painful death....Let's do not forget about them!!!

Yeah... their employer said they were going to protect their workers and make sure the asbestos and other contaminants were carefully removed. Time will tell if they actually did this.

Au Revoir... France!~

Latest image posted on www.midshipcentury.com today, taken September 14 in India. Not many more to go...

Peter Knego

Thank you, Peter.

Words escape me.

LisaP

Very sad to see her now. I remember how my DH and I planned for so many years to cruise on her. Finally in June 1994 we got our wish. We had such good memories of that cruise. Maybe because it was our second cruise and we had to wait 14 years to do it. thank you for the pictures and bringing back some good memories.

Oh my.....my stomach just turned when I saw that most recent photo. Thats just unbelieveable.
I lived and worked on board the beautiful Blue Lady for almost two years from 1996 to 1998 - oh the stories those walls could tell!! Cruising is loosing a beautiful friend.

pic of starboard side taken late August by inspection team trying to save another vessel at Alang.
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Derf- Your link was not to a picture of the Norway. So I removed it. Feel free to try again if you think you posted in error.

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pic of starboard side taken late August by inspection team trying to save another vessel at Alang.
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http://www.finnjetweb.com/alang/Outside/slides/P1060973.html

Freighter awaiting similar fate in the foreground, Norway directly behind taken late August 08

http://www.finnjetweb.com/alang/Outside/slides/CIMG3339.html

Same shot at a broader angle. The beautiful topaz to the port stern of same freighter, Norway to the port bow of Topaz

The Topaz may be remembered by many as the Carnivale.

On a different topic i went and saw the Doulos in Geelong/Melbourne still looking great at 94,goes to show old ships can still be useful. Unlike stupid NCL GBA ships is looking for a better solution than just scrapping.

Have never seen the Norway but I understand she was to large to fit thru the Panama Canal. Hate to ships go this way, what a shame.

Yes, the Panama canal locks are 300 meters long and the France was 316 meters in length.

New locks being planned for the canal will be 427 meters long, 55 meters wide, and 18 meters deep. This will allow ships with dimensions of up to 1200 feet length, 160 ft beam, and 50 feet of draft to transit.

Thanks Dave

We are leaving today on a Panama Canal cruise on NCL Pearl. When I look at the locks I will be able to judge just how large Norway was.

Dave
Are they building a completely new set of locks or reworking the old set. Any time line as to when it will start. We are also leaving on NCL Pearl today for the Panama Canal.

Drew

New locks. Look here

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Originally posted by Carmel, Ireland:
Oh my.....my stomach just turned when I saw that most recent photo. Thats just unbelieveable.
I lived and worked on board the beautiful Blue Lady for almost two years from 1996 to 1998 - oh the stories those walls could tell!! Cruising is loosing a beautiful friend.

Too bad they are not trying to save the SS Topaz.

Here's a pic of her I took around the spring of 1983 as she departed the Port of Miami... notice her decks filled with passengers. She was a familiar sight here and she is surely missed!~


http://www.flickr.com/photos/10200842@N02/2883097745/sizes/l/

In my personal opinion the great loss is the SS France, What can be an argument to save The Topaz Redlinekid2? And what you can develope with it?, SS Mermoz and princess Marissa, also is going to be Scrapped...