Not on the Tyne but found this intresting video of the new Balmoral conversion at the Blohm & Voss yard Germany, maybe she will be one of the cruise ships next year!

http://www.liveleak.com/ll_embed?f=4627a8984ac8

That's a great find, Mike.

Well worth a look.

and here she is on the Tyne: BALMORAL inwards from Eidfjord for Northumberland Quay 26/05/2016.





Built as: CROWN ODYSSEY
Yard: Jos.L.Meyer, Papenburg
Year: 1998
Names: 1996 NORWEGIAN CROWN - 2000 CROWN ODYSSEY - 2003 NORWEGIAN CROWN - 2008 BALMORAL
End:
Fate:
Data courtesy of Miramar

2008: Lengthened

She was back again today (31/05/2016) refreshing her cargo of passengers. Not possible to get a shot from Northumbria Quay so I went "join hunting" instead. The only sign is the discontinuity in the lines of the welded seams along the side plating. Nice job.

You'd have thought they could have got the window line level!

Balmoral at Northumbrian Quay this morning.

Passing Fred Olsen Lines Balmoral alongside Northumbrian quay 28/6/2016

BALMORAL alongside 30/07/2016.

BALMORAL alongside at Northumbrian Quay 07/08/2017

BALMORAL alongside at Northumbrian Quay 08/05/2018 and in nice weather for the passengers for a change.