Ship stuck on Bramble Bank.

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V8 Fettler said:

Will it be sunk if it becomes a danger to shipping?

Nope.

While its floating there will be ongoing efforts to get it upright and move it.

If it goes Pete Tong and sinks it'll be cut up in situ.

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I think Bramblemet is under reading. Sotonmet showing 8's gusting 9's.

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fatboy18 said:

If it goes into Port, is it likely to go into a Dry dock of some sort?

Eventually yes. But Southampton does not have an operational dry dock at this time, King George VI dry dock has been out of commission for many years.

Portsmouth does have one.

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fatboy18 said:

Huntsman said:

fatboy18 said:

If it goes into Port, is it likely to go into a Dry dock of some sort?

Eventually yes. But Southampton does not have an operational dry dock at this time, King George V dry dock has been out of commission for many years.

Portsmouth does have one.

Yep that sounds about right for an international port What happened to the Dry dock at Southampton then? Did it get ram raided by a German cruiser? Or was it down to budget cuts

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_George_V_Graving_Dock

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fatboy18 said:

oor, thanks for that, what a shame its no longer able to perform its original job.

Yes, fab bit of engineering, I'm lucky to have lived my life on the shore of Southampton water, I can hear the shipping go past, ship spotting is a major thing for me!

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ALawson said:

Not insured?

If Port Solent was vaporised that would solve my boat selling issue.

What are you selling?

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She hasn't moved yet.

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spikeyhead said:

and fourthed

Sixthed (as we've been double fourthed!)

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530dTPhil said:

Just going past on the IOW ferry and appears to be ready to go, fully upright as has been said.

She's on her way. Just appraoching West Bramble.

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Fishtigua said:

Marine Traffic.

https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/oldshipi...

They seem to have not enabled the AIS.

I assume she is in amongst the cluster of tugs, or they've fked off and left her.

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mybrainhurts said:

Hundreds more cars and JCBs waiting to be exported on the docks. How many ships do this work?

Loads. One a day maybe.

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Walking over the Itchen Bridge in Southampton you can see this compound full of JLR product and some cranes. It all arrived around the time they emptied the Hoegh Osaka and is still all there now.

Note the red crane near the centre of the picture was quite mangled.

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fatboy18 said:

You loaded up the right picture? All I see is a warehouse roof!

Is the boat sailing again now or has it gone for a refit somewhere?

Yes, its the correct picture, I appreciate I'm not David Bailey, but you can see the little white blobs of JLR product.

Ship is fixed and due in Southampton again soon.

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MAIB Report came out today.

https://www.gov.uk/maib-reports/listing-flooding-a...