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History:
Built in 1904 for the Texan shipping company ‘Lone Star Line’, SS Galveston was the second ship built for the company after the SS Houston of 1899.
Galveston was a 3 deck, twin screw steamer built by Houston Shipyards. The vessel was equipped with all of the modern amenities of the early 20th century, including a smoke room, reading & writing room, gymnasium, dining room, and an opulent lounge equipped with a large stained glass dome, which added to the grandeur of the space.
Galveston commenced her maiden voyage on August 8, 1904, and became a very popular ship with passengers. Unfortunately Galveston proved to be a rather unlucky ship, suffering from collisions and storm damage through 1903. On December 3, one of Galveston’s expansion engines exploded, injuring several, and killing 1 crew member.
Despite her troubles in service, Galveston remained the most popular ship in the Lone Star fleet, maintaining high passenger numbers up to her final voyage. In 1905, Galveston would embark on a joint voyage with her fellow fleetmate, SS Fredericksburg. In December that same year, Galveston sailed on a Christmas voyage for Lone Star Line and was decorated for the occasion.
March, 1906, SS Galveston was on a regular transatlantic crossing sailing from France to Houston. In the early morning hours of the 20th, as she neared her destination, Galveston had unkowingly veered off course and struck rocks near the Louisiana Coast.
The liner's hull is ripped open, and the watertight compartments are not able to contain the flooding. Her lower decks quickly flood, drowning many. Crew hasitly launch lifeboats, though hundreds still remain trapped onboard the doomed ship. SS Galveston sank a half hour after striking the rocks, taking 278 lives with her.
At Sunrise the next morning, the survivors were rescued by the liner SS Jack. The wreck of the Galveston remains on the seafloor off the coast of Louisiana.
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How to Spawn:
The ship is a modified creation, so it requires the enlarged workbench in order to spawn the ship.
There are two ways to spawn her.
First, if you already have the workbench, you can spawn the ship as you normally would.
Second, if you do not, you can create a mission by clicking the flag icon on the top of your screen in the menu. Select a location, find this creation in the workshop items tab. Then put it in the location and click “Test Location”.
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How to Start:
The start up is quite simple.
Head down to the boiler room, and light the boilers, then turn on the steam valve.
Wait for a minute, as the steam pressure builds up, and then head to the bridge and push the Telemotor to full.
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How to Sink:
The scuttle button is in the bridge, on the non-functional telemotor.
((I HIGHLY recomend leaving the dining room doors (that lead to the promanade decks on either side of the ship) OPEN. The ship's final plunge is otherwise quite slow, and opening these doors speeds it up significantly.))
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Notes:
SS Galveston is based on the Roblox ocean liner of the same name, built in 2020 for the Lone Star Line by LonerStarGaming & Kudzuuki (LouisSabuki).
Sinking is somewhat inaccurate compared to how she sank in Roblox, however I did try my best to get it as close as possible.
This is my first ship to use XML blocks and my first to use steam propulsion (I finally figured it out)...
There are some inaccuracies in the model, the most major one being that the aft cabin class hallway in the stern is too short. (I noticed this halfway through construction but I couldn’t be bothered to fix it)
Watertight doors don’t actually stop the water from flooding the ship. This is an intentional feature, meant to help the stern sink more like it did in Roblox.
Keep in mind that the ship’s staircase is not watertight, this is to make the sinking more accurate, since water in Roblox phases through walls…
I added a few spaces which aren’t actually on the Roblox model, including the gymnasium, engine room, boiler room, cargo spaces, bathrooms, and chart room.
While you can sail the ship in heavy seas (she won’t flip over), she will take on water due to the ship's interior being hollow (as I mentioned before), so I hope you like your interiors very wet…
I added a few easter eggs into the ship…
