dipity

My timeline is about cruise ships and how they have changed from the first ship built in 1903 to 2008

Created by rm3 on Jul 2, 2008

Last updated: 03/10/10 at 06:59 PM

• Dipity Timeline Created
  Jul 2, 2008 2:39 PM

• Queen marry-Cruise ship
  2006

  Laid down: 4 July 2002 Launched: 21 March 2003 Christened: 8 January 2004 by Queen Elizabeth II Maiden voyage: 12 January 2004
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Queen_Mary_2

• Savanna and India-cruise liners
  1990

  1990s Cruise liners are ships that carry hundreds of people on floating holidays. Passengers live on the ship, which has restaurants, shops, cinemas and other recreation venues.
  http://www.kidcyber.com.au/topics/shipstimeline.html

• Hydrofoil
  Jul 2, 1980

  Used as ferries or water taxis, hydrofoils ride on wings that lift the craft clear of the water so that it rides on skis as it gains speed.
  http://www.kidcyber.com.au/topics/shipstimeline.html

• Queen ElizaBeth 2 Cruise ship
  1964

  Name: RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 Owner: Cunard Line Ltd[1] Operator: Cunard Line Port of Registry: Southampton United Kingdom Ordered: 1964 Builder: John Brown and Company, Clydebank, Scotland Cost: £29,091,000 Laid down: 5 July 1965 Launched: 20 September 1967 Christened: 20 September 1967 by Queen Elizabeth II Maiden voyage: 2 May 1969 Out of service: November 2008 (planned) Identification: Callsign GBTT IMO Number 6725418 Status: In Service General characteristics Tonnage: 70,327 GT (gross tonnage) Displacement: 48,923 (loaded) Length: 293.5 m (962.9 ft) Beam: 32.03 m (105.1 ft) Height: 52.2 m (171.3 ft) Draft: 9.87 m (32.4 ft) Installed power: 9 x 10,625 kW at 400 rpm Propulsion: 9 MAN 9-cylinder medium speed turbo-charged diesel engines turning two five-bladed variable pitch propellers Speed: 34 kn (63 km/h/39 mph), 20 kn (37 km/h/23 mph) going astern (figures recorded during sea trials post powerplant replacement, normal service speed 28.5 knots) Capacity: 1,756 passengers 1,892 (all berths) passengers Crew: 1,015 officers and crew
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Queen_Elizabeth_2

• Hovercraft
  1955

  1955 Hovercraft float above the waves on cushions of air and are capable of high speeds of up to 140 km an hour

• The titanic
  Apr 10, 1912

  When it first sailed it sunk and was a really big ship and alot of peopple past away in the acadent
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Titanic

• cruise ships-Diesel power
  1910

  1910 Coal burning sailing ships were converted to diesel power, using oil instead of steam.
  http://www.kidcyber.com.au/topics/shipstimeline.html

• ocean liner
  1845

  1819 The first steamships to cross the Atlantic combined steam and wind power. 1845 The first ocean-going liners made of iron and driven by a propeller were being built from this time.
  http://www.kidcyber.com.au/topics/shipstimeline.html

• Steam ship
  1819

  1819 The first steamships to cross the Atlantic combined steam and wind power.
  http://www.kidcyber.com.au/topics/shipstimeline.html