A funnel is the smokestack or chimney on a ship used to expel boiler steam and smoke or engine exhaust . They are also commonly referred to as stacks .
20-720: Emerald Princess is a Crown -class cruise ship for Princess Cruises that entered service in April 2007. Her sister ships include Ruby Princess and Crown Princess . Emerald Princess launched from the Italian shipyard of Fincantieri Monfalcone on 1 June 2006. She was then handed over to Princess Cruises on 24 March 2007. Emerald Princess was christened on 13 May 2007, in Greece . Emerald Princess began commercial service on 11 April 2007, offering 12-day Mediterranean and Greek Isles cruises, and continued sailing Europe for Summer 2007. She
40-608: A de facto company name. For example, the shipping line actually registered as 'Alfred Holt & Company' was more widely known as the Blue Funnel Line . The Southampton, Isle of Wight and South of England Royal Mail Steam Packet Company has traded under the name Red Funnel for most of its 150+ year history. Other colours such as the red with black stripes of the Cunard Line and the all buff colour of P&O remain icons of their respective lines and have remained in use for over
60-407: A century through many changes of corporate ownership. Sometimes the shape of the funnel is used as distinguishing feature rather than just the colour. Cunard fitted ships of its Saxonia class with streamlined round tops to the funnels. Intended as an aerodynamic aid to keep exhaust clear of the deck the modification had very little practical effect but was retained because it made the four ships of
80-527: Is also the largest ship in the Grand class. The second Ventura -class ship is MS Azura , launched in March 2010 which has a modified stern. Azura is also the only P&O Cruises ship to feature a poolside theater style outdoor screen. Funnel (ship) The primary purpose of a ship's funnel(s) is to lift the exhaust gases clear of the deck, in order not to foul the ship's structure or decks, and to avoid impairing
100-400: Is the third version of the design and has one additional deck. As in the original Grand -class design, the nightclub is suspended on the stern. Caribbean -class vessels also introduced a poolside theater , which was later added to other Princess ships. The Crown class is the fourth Princess Cruises version of the Grand class and has two additional decks. Crown -class ships have returned
120-466: The stern of the ship ( Grand and Caribbean classes) or is located just aft of the funnel (Gem and Crown classes). The Gem class of ships is based primarily on the Grand class, but modifies the placement of the nightclub to be just aft of the funnel and also modifies the number of restaurants. The two Gem-class ships were built by Mitsubishi in Nagasaki , Japan in 2004. The Caribbean class
140-428: The ability of the crew to carry out their duties. In steam ships the funnels also served to help induce a convection draught through the boilers. Since the introduction of steam-power to ships in the 19th century, the funnel has been a distinctive feature of the silhouette of a vessel, and used for recognition purposes. The required funnel cross-sectional area is determined by the volume of exhaust gases produced by
160-500: The class immediately recognisable and gave Cunard a suitable modern image. There was a trend for 'designer funnels' on liners in the 1960s as fashion and aerodynamic advances combined to offer designers more options that the traditional cylindrical smokestack. The Italian Line fitted the liners Michelangelo and Raffaello with funnels topped by flat discs supported on exposed diagonal bracing while P&O's Oriana and Canberra had tall, thin funnels with aerofoil cross sections. In
180-665: The colours they were painted. In an era when ship hulls were uniformly painted black (to conceal inevitable dirt when loading the ship with coal) and superstructures were white (to control the temperature in the passenger accommodation in hot summers) the funnel was one of the few parts of the ship that a company could use to clearly differentiate its ships from those of its competitors. Each company would have their own "house colours", which were often used in publicity material as well as for recognition, making funnel colours an early form of trademark . Some companies became so closely associated with their funnel colours that their nickname became
200-473: The deception practiced by ships carrying out commerce raiding during both the First World War and Second World War was to disguise their ship's outline, and this included using false funnels or by changing the height or diameter of the actual funnel(s). Four naval ships with six funnels each were constructed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries: two Italia -class ironclad battleships operated by
220-519: The late 19th and the first half of the 20th century the number of funnels became associated with speed and reliability. For this reason a number of the great liners carried additional false funnels that they did not need. Examples included the White Star Line 's RMS Titanic , Hamburg America Line 's SS Imperator , and later the French Line 's SS Normandie . In most cases there
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#1732876788568240-420: The original Grand class, Grand Princess , entered service in 1998. Ships of the later subclasses are based on the Grand class, but have modifications such as additional decks and varied placement of facilities such as the nightclub and restaurants . The structure used as a nightclub is a signature element of Princess Cruises' ships in the Grand class and derived classes. The nightclub either overhangs
260-587: The placement of the nightclub adjacent to the funnel. Crown -class ships also feature a poolside theater like the Caribbean class. The Ventura class has 19 decks like the Crown class. These ships both owned and operated by P&O Cruises and are marketed as Grand class, although they were given the Ventura class designation because they are not owned by Princess and are totally modified internally and externally. Ventura
280-464: The propulsion plant. Often this area is too great for a single funnel. Early steam vessels needed multiple funnels ( SS Great Eastern had 5 when launched), but as efficiency increased new machinery needed fewer funnels. Merchant shipping companies (and particularly liner companies such as Cunard Line and ferries such as Red Funnel ) were quick to recognise the publicity value of distinctive funnels, both in terms of shape, number of funnels, and
300-400: The ship sustained considerable damage to several lifeboats when a fuel loading barge collided with the side of the ship while in the port of St. Petersburg , Russia. After inspection by authorities, it was determined that the ship still had enough passenger space in an emergency using inflatable life rafts, and the ship continued on her planned itinerary. On 25 July 2017 Kristy Manzanares, 43,
320-614: The western Caribbean in the winter 2014-2015 season. Reports in May 2020 indicated that there had been no confirmed COVID-19 cases on this vessel which was docked in Florida as of 9 May 2020. Some days earlier, it had been denied permission to dock at Nassau , but by that time, contained only crew members. Passengers had been allowed to disembark previously. On 9 May, the 123 Canadian and American crew members were allowed to disembark at Port Everglades , although others remained on board. On 17 May 2011,
340-675: The winter. Past itineraries have included 11-day cruises to Scandinavia & Russia from Copenhagen and Warnemuende near Rostock , 10-day cruises to Canada/New England from New York , and 10-day cruises to the Caribbean from Fort Lauderdale . In 2014 she was based in Southampton for cruises to the Baltic , Mediterranean , and the fjords of Norway, as well as to the Canary Islands . She then re-positioned to Houston for seven-day cruises to
360-695: Was murdered by her husband Kenneth in their cabin during a cruise. He later admitted second-degree murder following an FBI investigation, receiving a 30-year sentence in 2021. He later died in prison that same year. Grand-class cruise ship#Crown class The Grand class is a class of cruise ships . Ships in the class are operated by the cruise lines Princess Cruises , P&O Cruises , P&O Cruises Australia and Carnival Cruise Line . The class consists of several series (subclasses) of sister ships, most of which were built by Fincantieri in Monfalcone and Trieste, northern Italy . The first vessel of
380-477: Was only a single false funnel placed as the aftermost of the funnels. The false funnels did have more uses than simply aiding aesthetics however - a stoker who survived the sinking of the Titanic escaped the boiler room by ascending the false funnel, the aft funnel of Normandie housed the passengers' dog kennels, and Disney Cruise Line 's Disney Magic 's forward funnel plays host to a teens-only club. A key part of
400-608: Was then re-positioned in Fort Lauderdale in Fall to offer Caribbean cruises. The vessel entered dry-dock on 30 November 2015, for 13 days of minor refurbishments. The ship left dry-dock on 13 December. Previously Emerald Princess underwent dry-dock renovations from 7 December through 17 December 2012. Emerald Princess is usually based in Europe in the summer and in the United States in
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