Facts about "Big Ben" clock tower in London (UK):
Each dial is seven metres in diameter.
The minute hands are 4.2 metres long and weigh about 100kg, including counterweights.
The numbers are approximately 60cm long.
There are 312 pieces of glass in each clock dial.
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Sunset at sea.............
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The "Guiding Light" is a fishing vessel, specifically a charter boat operating out of Dover, United Kingdom......
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Chief Cook Svend Åge Wulf Larsen is grilling legs of lamb on a BBQ grill onboard "ARTHUR MÆRSK".
He finished the last part of the cooking by placing the lamb legs in the oven in the Galley.
Needless to say, but the lamb meat tasted wonderfully 😊❤️🇩🇰
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This is an Emergency Engine Telegraph.
It is a vital communication device used on ships to relay speed and direction commands from the navigation bridge to the engine room, particularly during emergencies or when the main propulsion control systems fail.
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The "Maersk Cubango" is a container ship sailing under the flag of Hong Kong.
The vessel was built in anno 2012.
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The Dutch container vessel "NEDLLOYD AMERICA" in the Suez Canal (Egypt)......
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Relay from BLUESKY......
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Relay from BLUESKY.......
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The container vessel "NEDLLOYD TASMAN" arrival to Yangshan in China.....
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Ukrainian 1st.Officer onboard the Danish container vessel "CHARLOTTE MÆRSK".....
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Change of Master onboard "CHARLOTTE MÆRSK".
On the left is the on-stigning Captain Dick Danielsen and on the right is the off-stigning Captain Svenning Jensen (myself) 😊❤️
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Google say: "The Panasonic TR-1200S is a vintage, portable 1980s "ghetto-blaster", that combines a 12-inch black-and-white CRT television (VHF/UHF), a multi-band radio (AM/FM/SW/LW), and a cassette recorder. It is featuring built-in stereo speakers and a signal meter"
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Side mirror selphy photograph.....
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Super sharp picture (!)
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Relay from BLUESKY.....
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