QM2 Dry-Dock

[534]

Fantastic video for a legendary shipyard. Good to know she was in good hands.

[highlander0108]

Is that what it is? I thought it was wear from the anchor chains.

You might be correct there, but the pattern does extend on both sides of the hull and right up to the tip of the bulbous bow.  It does look like the paint could have been scraped by the links of the chain, perhaps as the ship swung around at anchor.  The location in the hull where the chain is deployed is directly over the bow thrusters.  Perhaps we can get some confirmation from our resident experts. 

[foreshore]

Yes, its definitely marks made by the chains as the ship swings around at anchor.

I'm surprised they're not worse actually. The paint they use is certainly proving its worth (and cost)

[bswan]

Yes it could only have been the anchor to have made such marks whilst being either lowered, raised etc.

[Jeff Taylor]

My wine steward on one QM2 cruise gave me a cd of photos of the building of the ship, including one where he was standing on the deck of the drydock with one hand on the bulbous bow.  You couldn't have paid me to stand there!  At least he had a hard hat on.