Ship stuck on Bramble Bank.

[Gavin0478]

Having lived down there too i was looking on google earth but what has happened to the old slip etc for the hovercraft and seacat.

[ALawson]

Riff Raff said:

I wouldn't be happy. My boat is moored there........

Not insured?

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

[Huntsman]

ALawson said:

Not insured?

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

What are you selling?

[Charlie1986]

Huntsman said:

What are you selling?

a boat

[ALawson]

Huntsman said:

What are you selling?

Well I have asked someone to sell our family Westerly Oceanranger 1997. They have had some tyre kickers having a look but no offers as yet.

[fatboy18]

Very Nice Yacht

[hidetheelephants]

fatboy18 said:

Huntsman said:

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

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

The fact it wasn't a viable business asset for either A&P, who are ship repairers, or ABP shows why they didn't keep it in service; there's little demand in the UK, and the remaining dry docks in Belfast, the Clyde and elsewhere more than meet the need.

[kev1974]

Surely for that sort of work these days, they would just bring in / build one of those floating / submersible dry docks, like you see in Hamburg, some of those are capable of dry docking massive ships, got to be more flexible than an old style fixed dry dock dug out of the river bank.

[Fishtigua]

Hamburg and Malta still have traditional drydocks like the KG. I've worked in both of them.

[fatboy18]

hidetheelephants said:

fatboy18 said:

Huntsman said:

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

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

The fact it wasn't a viable business asset for either A&P, who are ship repairers, or ABP shows why they didn't keep it in service; there's little demand in the UK, and the remaining dry docks in Belfast, the Clyde and elsewhere more than meet the need.

Unless you have a ship on its side in the Solent!

[AW111]

Boatbuoy said:

ecsrobin said:

A super Pumas not really heavy lift is it? But makes sense. Can't say I've seen any images of them operating.

A Press Association photo, shamelessly borrowed from the BBC News website:

Call me a pessimist, but I think even a heavy lift helicopter will struggle to pull that upright.

[fatboy18]

AW111 said:

Boatbuoy said:

ecsrobin said:

A super Pumas not really heavy lift is it? But makes sense. Can't say I've seen any images of them operating.

A Press Association photo, shamelessly borrowed from the BBC News website:

Call me a pessimist, but I think even a heavy lift helicopter will struggle to pull that upright.

That's quite funny

[ecsrobin]

Some images from HM Coastguard from yesterday:







And the latest update from them seems to suggest good progress:

"Salvage work continues. The list of the vessel is reducing (the photo shows the vessel lying at 39 degrees on the evening of Monday 19th January 2015. It was originally lying at 52 degrees).




The weather on scene continues to be favourable and the operation to remove clean water from the vessel’s lower car decks continues.

The vessel will stay at Aplha Anchorage until the list has been reduced to around 15 degrees, some ship’s systems have been reinstated and weather conditions are suitable. The long range weather forecast is now indicating that it is unlikely that the Hoegh Osaka will be moved from Alpha Anchorage to a berth at Southampton Port on Wednesday (21st January 2015).

A further update will be issued tomorrow"

[eccles]

I know it's a question of scale, but that bit of string connecting the tug to the big boat looks awfully small!

[fatboy18]

Looking good Hope us mortals get to see what its like inside once it gets itself more upright

[hidetheelephants]

eccles said:

I know it's a question of scale, but that bit of string connecting the tug to the big boat looks awfully small!

It may be a steel wire hawser; they are a lot skinnier than synthetic rope.

[Pixel-Snapper]

When they've pumped all the water out and she rolls over.

Thats going to be one almighty tank slapper!!!

[fatboy18]

Pixel-Snapper said:

When they've pumped all the water out and she rolls over.

Thats going to be one almighty tank slapper!!!

I think they might ease the ship up using the tugs to stop it doing just that.

[Pixel-Snapper]

booo....

[anonymous-user]

I like the hand painted white lines on the stern, like the worlds largest protractor! ;-)