Ship stuck on Bramble Bank.

[Stevanos]

Flat6er said:

Well as others have said before. That is not floating any time soon. It's an hour from high tide and she is staying put.

It's OK now though, SeaStart have arrived on the scene...

[IforB]

ALawson said:

At least it didn't happen at low tide over a weekend in the summer!

Indeed, had they stuffed up the cricket match I'd have been most annoyed.

[ecsrobin]

Stevanos said:

Flat6er said:

Well as others have said before. That is not floating any time soon. It's an hour from high tide and she is staying put.

It's OK now though, SeaStart have arrived on the scene...

[markmullen]

Riff Raff said:

he hasn't got his balls up. Poor seamanship.

[davepoth]

Flat6er said:

Well as others have said before. That is not floating any time soon. It's an hour from high tide and she is staying put.

The highest high tide of the year will only be 78cms higher than the high tide last night, and that's going to be in October. If that wasn't enough then she's not going anywhere, unless it's in pieces or if they dredge the bank.

[maser_spyder]

Fill S/B ballast tank, kersplosh, empty both/all ballast tanks, refloat on high tide.*

• I am not a marine salvage expert.

[GBGaffer]

A couple of photos from last night


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|http://thumbsnap.com/PIrbGinK[/url]
Cheers
G

[eldar]

davepoth said:

The highest high tide of the year will only be 78cms higher than the high tide last night, and that's going to be in October. If that wasn't enough then she's not going anywhere, unless it's in pieces or if they dredge the bank.

I guess the longer its 'parked' there, the more embedded it becomes?

[Legmaster]

I'd say that's there for a while!

[maser_spyder]

Just spotted a comment on the BBC website, 'In a statement, Hoegh Autoliners said the ship "suffered a heavy list earlier yesterday evening after leaving Southampton Port".'

So, something wrong with the load or ballast when they left Soton, turned the corner, load shifted and pushed her round even further? That would explain why a flat bottomed ship is sitting at 45 degrees!

[Vixpy1]

If the list was very bad, could they have beached it deliberatly to stop it capsizing?

[maser_spyder]

Vixpy1 said:

If the list was very bad, could they have beached it deliberatly to stop it capsizing?

Or been thrown from the helm if/when the load shifted?

[anonymous-user]

hornetrider said:

Incredible picture on wiki

They could nip in and finish off painting her bottom while she's listing like that! ;-)

[anonymous-user]

maser_spyder said:

Fill S/B ballast tank, kersplosh, empty both/all ballast tanks, refloat on high tide.*

• I am not a marine salvage expert.

Or get loads of drivers onboard, and simultaneously drive all the cars to the S/B side, then back to the middle as she rights. What could possibly go wrong??? ;-)

[maser_spyder]

Spoiler: The cargo is a total loss, Range Rovers or not.

[anonymous-user]

maser_spyder said:

Spoiler: The cargo is a total loss, Range Rovers or not.

Assume from the fact the Generators are (were) still running the hull didn't breach / flood?

[Riff Raff]

Legmaster said:

I'd say that's there for a while!

Well, look on the bright side. They won't have to mark her with Cardinal Buoys

[surveyor]

Max_Torque said:

maser_spyder said:

Spoiler: The cargo is a total loss, Range Rovers or not.

Assume from the fact the Generators are (were) still running the hull didn't breach / flood?

It's not water that's going to do the damage but cars sitting on top of each other...

[fatboy69]

IforB said:

ALawson said:

At least it didn't happen at low tide over a weekend in the summer!

Indeed, had they stuffed up the cricket match I'd have been most annoyed.

I didn't understand this comment however watching Sky News & they said that cricket matches are played on the Bank in the summer when the tide is low!!

Not being local I didn't know this. Any photos as I would love to see that happening.

[Boris Morris]