Big storm again - Page 2

Aidan · 18 January 2007, 19:29

Codprawn, from your initial web address, it says that it sunk due to taking water in a hole in its side.
Does it not sound od that it had a hole in its side, and if not able to take such seas, what was it doing out there.
Also there will be a lot of containers floating about down there, I suppose there will be a shipping warning.

It strikes me as odd that this is accepted as normal. Who is to blame?

Alex Brown · 18 January 2007, 19:39

As usual, the media weren't entirely accurate.

From the mcga website:

"The MCAs Emergency Towing Vessel, Anglian Princess and a French tug are on scene. A French salvage team is being transferred onto the MSC Napoli by helicopter and will assess the stability and integrity of the vessel to decide if the vessel can be towed. The current plan is to tow the vessel to a port and discharge the cargo ashore. The vessel is carrying 2,394 containers, a small proportion of these are believed to contain insecticides and pesticides."

-Alex

Biggles · 18 January 2007, 19:39

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Originally Posted by Aidan

It strikes me as odd that this is accepted as normal. Who is to blame?

In this day and age. No one is to blame for anything.

Nos4r2 · 18 January 2007, 19:54

Final(?) tally for the day today was one panel down on one side of our garden and 3 down on the other.

I refused to work-they wanted me to take a 15'6" tall curtainsider out. An identical one of theirs got blown over on the M1 today and they were still trying to get us to drive them.

This was what faced me when I went to check on my boat

(taken on my phone so excuse the crap quality)

Boat's ok though

Aidan · 18 January 2007, 20:00

[QUOTE=Nos4r2;182584]
I refused to work-they wanted me to take a 15'6" tall curtainsider out. An identical one of theirs got blown over on the M1 today and they were still trying to get us to drive them.

Is the the first time you would have "got blown" on the M1. I thought that there were sufficient prossionals all along the Hiways.

Codders, I told you this Blow was on the way the other night, time to get ear muffs....

We get to sample them first.. some guy got plankd (literally, blown off work site hear today, dont know if he was killed or just hut, poor chap)

Alex Brown · 19 January 2007, 07:19

A load more pics of that ship here - http://www.premar-atlantique.gouv.fr...-Napoli/Slide3

Looks pretty nasty infact.

-Alex

Jono · 19 January 2007, 07:39

Looks like it's broken its back just in front of the bridge structure.....

Andy Gee · 19 January 2007, 09:58

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Originally Posted by codprawn

Can't sleep again - storm force 11 on it's way. Sounds like it's a 10 already!!! Do we EVER get a respite from it???

Yep, we have been having strong winds F6+ now for over 6 weeks until yesterday when the wind stopped and 4'' of snow fell in two hours

, today is a fine day again with another gale on the way!!!
Andy

DJL · 19 January 2007, 15:48

Looks fun down by the Needles - 100mph gusts

BBC

codprawn · 19 January 2007, 18:09

Great pics. Shows just what the press are like though - doesn't look very sunk to me!!!

Hull looks well and truly snapped - worrying on a modern ship - Jap build quality eh???

Says a Frech tug is also assisting - wonder if it's the one off youtube I posted a while ago?

Biggles · 19 January 2007, 18:49

So is it going to sink ?

Poly · 19 January 2007, 19:49

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Originally Posted by codprawn

Says a Frech tug is also assisting - wonder if it's the one off youtube I posted a while ago?

Believe it is the Abeilles Bourbon.

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Originally Posted by biggles

So is it going to sink ?

she is being towed to Lyme bay to be unloaded and/or repaired.

Biggles · 19 January 2007, 20:08

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Originally Posted by Polwart

she is being towed to Lyme bay to be unloaded and/or repaired.

Seems like a funny place to tow a massive boat like that.

bogib · 19 January 2007, 20:24

Sorry to read what you have been going through with number of fatalities, this type of wind speed we get rather regularly over here, but one thing for sure our bushes.... sorry TREES will not break nor fall down but often even in summer caravans blow away whole towing beside mountains even boat like happen to me last year as I was towing a SAR rib north for delivery..... 6 o´clock Saturday morning and no traffic so no help at all......

Wish you will be having better weather soon, perhaps like have here at the moment, no wind, clear skies, sunshine and some -12 degrees here south and almost -29 degrees up north and not to mention heck loads of snow

Bogi

codprawn · 19 January 2007, 21:06

We get such winds here in Wales all the time as well Bo - usually higher than elsewhere becuase of the funnel between Ireland and Cornwall - we don't get much damage either - I haven't seen a single tree down - just a few branches off. It's only when the South of England or the East coast gets the storms do you get real havoc. There aren't many trees on the exposed West coast to worry about - and the ones that do grow all go sideways!!!

Biggles · 19 January 2007, 21:27

Seems like that in the South of England you get some real old large trees that don't often see bad weather in some pretty poor soil. When the bad weather comes then nature takes its toll.

Nos4r2 · 20 January 2007, 07:02

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Originally Posted by Polwart

Believe it is the Abeilles Bourbon.

she is being towed to Lyme bay to be unloaded and/or repaired.

That sounds ominous.

Lyme bay=deep and off major shipping routes.

Alex Brown · 20 January 2007, 10:09

According to sources on another forum, the two french tugs are currently beaching the container ship in Lyme Bay.

-Alex

Nos4r2 · 20 January 2007, 10:52

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Originally Posted by Alex Brown

According to sources on another forum, the two french tugs are currently beaching the container ship in Lyme Bay.

-Alex

See here:-

http://www.gnn.gov.uk/environment/fu...epartment=True

codprawn · 20 January 2007, 13:15

That will be pretty close in - even with a 40' draft. Under ballast of course she will draw a lot more. Wonder how long it will be stuck there? Bet the environmentalists will love it!!!