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The rigging on the surrounding ships is nonsensical. AI generated. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Admiralty_floating_docks#/media/File:Floating_Dock_BER

• Leonard_of_Q 4mo ago
  Not to mention the presence of two small boats which are not the type you'd want to cross an ocean in.
• helsinkiandrew 4mo ago
  It looks like a (modern or old) version of this print: "The Bermuda Floating Dock, In Tow of H.M.Ss Warrior and Black Prince and Terrible astern Leaving Porto Santo for their Voyage across the Atlantic, July 4th 1869" https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/maritime-history/library-archive/arrival-bermuda-floating-dock-july-1869 https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/maritime-history/library-archi...
  • jtbayly 4mo ago
    I don’t get it. It sounds like you are claiming the article image is not AI slop, but rather an old print. But then you link to something that isn’t even remotely like the article image.
    • thunfischbrot 4mo ago
      It looks like AI generated based on https://nmb.bm/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/IMG_011054-1536x1053.jpg https://nmb.bm/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/IMG_011054-1536x10... for what it’s worth. Would have preferred to see the original though. /e: this is likely not the illustration you were referring to I realize now.
      • Luc 4mo ago
        Yup, this is so much better!
    • helsinkiandrew 4mo ago
      It was common for paintings/etchings to be made based on existing paintings in the 19th century - I'm guessing the painting link I gave was probably close to an original or source. There's lots of similar images on the internet, this image on Alamy claims to scanned from a Victorian mechanical‑engineering book of the 1880s https://www.alamy.com/an-old-engraving-showing-the-british-floating-dry-dock-bermuda-under-tow-two-ironclads-doing-the-towing-in-the-atlantic-ocean-in-1869-it-is-from-a-victorian-book-of-the-1880s-iron-hull-maintenance-required-a-dry-docks-around-the-world-mobile-floating-versions-were-used-bermuda-was-constructed-at-the-campbell-and-johnstone-thames-shipyard-it-was-launched-in-1868-manoeuvring-was-assisted-by-the-paddle-sloop-hms-terrible-shown-left-it-arrived-in-bermuda-in-july-1869-the-dry-dock-was-replaced-by-a-new-steel-dock-in-1906-her-remains-are-still-visible-off-spanish-point-bermuda-image382747418.html?imageid=E6A4111D-5495-4CE3-8312-67EC97C72A75&pn=1&searchId=ebc1309c204d4dce4baf08c317c7aeaa&searchtype=9 https://www.alamy.com/an-old-engraving-showing-the-british-f...
• aaron695 4mo ago
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• msandford 4mo ago
  There was a time in the early steamship days where they carried both engines and sails. If that's what you object to it's very easy to verify this with historical records. If something else, sure maybe.
  • Luc 4mo ago
    Something else. Rigging is the ropes holding the masts and controlling the sails. There's a bunch of weirdness going on with that. Someone with an interest in sail boats will spot it easily.
    • msandford 4mo ago
      Looks pretty normal to me for ships of that era. Wooden masts and natural cordage means you need a lot of rigging to keep things standing. Comparing these rigs to modern ones with aluminum masts and stainless wire or dyneema rope is very apples to oranges. Even more so since 97% of modern boats have Bermudan rigs (triangle sails) where as these ships have square sails.
      • Luc 4mo ago
        Maybe you want to take another look? It’s not subtle.