Ship stuck on Bramble Bank.

[markmullen]

Hope all involved make it home safe.

[MrsFallon]

Marine Traffic said it was going to Bremerhaven.

[ecsrobin]

Wow that's not a good site. There's a really good photo on Twitter but not sure how to link to it.

[bostin01]

Red Falcon is just on it's trip down that way.

Webcam from Falcon's view (self refreshing)

http://www.ship-tracking.co.uk/Webcams/redfalcon2....

Edited by bostin01 on Sunday 4th January 00:08

[ecsrobin]

So what vehicles are we looking at on board just civics and minis or more high end vehicles like Rolls Royce?

[RaeB]

Reports of another person in the water, Heli169 tasked to search.

[Mr_B]

Didn't this happen before with a boat load of Mazda cars some place ? I seem to recall although undamaged Mazda scrapped the lot

[cold thursday]

[geordieracer]

Mr_B said:

Didn't this happen before with a boat load of Mazda cars some place ? I seem to recall although undamaged Mazda scrapped the lot

You're thinking of the MV Tricolor I think.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Tricolor
The salvage operation was, according to a friend involved, fun.

[geordieracer]

Double post

[Ginge R]

Mr B,

MV Tricolor? BMWs, Audi, Volvo etc, though.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/2576179.st...

[RaeB]

All crew now rescued apart from one missing in the water, all efforts focused on his rescue now.

[ecsrobin]

cold thursday said:

That's the photo. Good image. I tried listening to the feed but it maxes out at 30

[Mr_B]

Ginge R said:

Mr B,

The Tricolor.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/2576179.st...

Not that one, I think they cut that up in to sections no ? I seem to recall another car carrier that listing right over as this one is with a load of Mazda cars on board and was successfully righted again, but although mostly undamaged, Mazda still wrote off all the cars.

[Ginge R]

Geordie,

Here ya go! Interesting piece. The enquiry report was eyebrow raising as well.

http://jalopnik.com/5584840/how-to-salvage-a-sunke...

[Mini1275]

I wonder how this has happened, I mean it's not like the bank isn't well known and plotted.

Hope all are rescued safely.

[Ginge R]

Mr_B said:

Not that one, I think they cut that up in to sections no ? I seem to recall another car carrier that listing right over as this one is with a load of Mazda cars on board and was successfully righted again, but although mostly undamaged, Mazda still wrote off all the cars.

Ah, ok.. my mistake. I went onboard a grounded vessel off the northern coast of Cyprus 30 years or so ago, it had been stuck for nearly 10 years. The (open) hold of the relatively small ship was full of Mazdas and Colts. The effect of the corrosion was amazing, the Japanese must have merely opened a can of Dynax S50 near the production line an inch or so before quickly closing it.

[geordieracer]

Ginge R said:

Geordie,

Here ya go! Interesting piece. The enquiry report was eyebrow raising as well.

http://jalopnik.com/5584840/how-to-salvage-a-sunke...

Cheers, similar to the salvaging of the Kursk I think, same company if memory serves. I should google this.

[Ginge R]

Mini1275 said:

I wonder how this has happened, I mean it's not like the bank isn't well known and plotted.

Hope all are rescued safely.

Therein lies the question. Did financial cuts which affected safety, contribute to any of this?

[cahami]

would there not be a local pilot on board at that point? If so maybee mechanical failure is to blame?