Re: New "I" Catagory List, Name Confusion

From: Philip Deitiker (Donevenask_at_worlnet.att.net)
Date: 07/18/04 

Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2004 17:11:06 GMT

"JerryT" <me@privacy.net> says in
news:2lvl62FgfsagU1@uni-berlin.de:

>
> "Philip Deitiker" <Donevenask@worlnet.att.net> skrev i
> meddelandet
> news:tAwKc.277035$Gx4.180017@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.
> net...
>
>> of the people on the UseNet, certainly, and on the DFDS
>> cruiser which might have extremely restricted access.
>
> No restrictions, only a ticket needed...

Well given you need a ticket to get to sweden and another one to
take a cruise that would be a restriction.
 
> http://www.dfdsseaways.com/dfdsseaways/choose.html
>
> Short history...
>
> http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/danishusco.html

" Do you have a chance to fly to Gothenburg and enter
DFDS cruiser?"

A cruiser is a military ship. Larger than a destroyer and
smaller than a battleship. Today's light and heavy crusiers have
been replaced by specific duty cruisers, like guided missle
cruisers. What they all have in common is speed, much faster
than earlier destroyers or patrol craft at standard speed, but
less well armed than a battleship. They were used in a fast
strike capacity during WWI and WWII, able to manuever in close
to shore where battleships might have trouble, but able to keep
up with a battleship at full speed. Cruiser for example is often
used to form a battle group. For example a battleship might be
accompanied by 1 or 2 cruisers, for short range some destroyers
or patrol craft, for long range light cruisers and heavy
cruisers, if there is a carrier as part of the group then one
might have an escort carrier (essentially a cruiser converted to
an aircraft carrier). During WWII a mixture heavy cruisers
frequently patrolled as groups within the complex maritime
regions (such as islands) with 2 heavy cruisers essentially
performing the same function as one battle ship.
  Cruisers frequently escort aircraft carrier groups,
particularly since these engage in long range missions and
cruisers can perform ASW on the perimeter of a AC group (like
guided missle cruisers). Since the battlegroup has been
essentially replace by the carrier group and most battlegroups
have been retired and the cruiser has taken on a more accessory
role in carrier group protection.
  You may find with a little investigation that todays most
modern cruisers and aircraft carriers have true top speeds that
are not in the public domain.

What was Ingerfied was DFDS "cruise line" or "cruise ship".

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?r=67&q=Cruiser

cruis·er ( P ) Pronunciation Key (krzr)
n. One of a class of fast warships of medium tonnage with a long
cruising radius and less armor and firepower than a battleship.
A cabin cruiser [generally referring to a small boat that has
amenities inside such as sleeping quarters, bathroom and
shower]. See squad car.

Cruiser

\Cruis"er\, n. Specif.: (Nav.) A man-of-war less heavily armed
and armored than a battle ship, having great speed, and
generally of from two thousand to twelve thousand tons
displacement.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998
MICRA, Inc. http://www.merriam-webster.com/premium/dcom/

Anyone who claims to know as much about maritime activities as
Inger would know that 'Cruiser' has a specific meaning for
maritime ships and a generic meaning that refers to generally
that catagory of ships. It does not refer to private cruise
lines or cruise ships. 

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