Ship stuck on Bramble Bank.
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maser_spyder said:
after reading that I had to google Falmouth docks as never associated it with big ship facilities. Wow it's quite a site they have down there in a stunning location. 
This thread may be of interest for some, theres a few pictures from on the ship;
http://www.rib.net/forum/f8/car-carrier-stuck-on-t...
http://www.rib.net/forum/f8/car-carrier-stuck-on-t...
Thanks for posting that link.
Quote :- "I think it's probably safe to say that the hull was punctured but not by a JCB ... It was actually a 20 odd tonne mobile crane that broke free due to the excessive list and rolled down ( over the top of a brand new RR Evoque completely flattening it) then collided with a 32t JCB excavator dragging it with it as it carried on downhill. it looks like the rear jackleg of the crane punctured the hull resulting in a 2m x 10cm gash.
This was plugged by divers on third day of the salvage operation.
For reference, we (along with VTS) were in direct contact with the pilot on board from the onset. He did a tremendous job and remained calm and collected right to the end when he ( after assuring that ALL the crew had been safely evacuated) was air lifted off himself. he deserves the utmost respect for his actions and behaviour as trying to coordinate the evacuation of a ship that is gradually leaning over to the point that it becomes impossible to walk on is no easy feat.
Doors that would normally allow access to cabins all of a sudden become trap-doors in the floor leading to a 4 or 5 meter drop to the bottom of the room. It's a very strange sensation indeed trying to navigate around a ship in that condition.
As in one of the pictures I posted, stairways become a climbing frame as the treads are all but useless. Doors which are normally well balanced on their hinges all of a sudden require all your strength to open and fold back in order to latch open.
Nothing is easy and even the simplest of tasks become very tiring very quickly.
Anyway, once the salvage is completed, the vessel is unloaded and sails for repairs (yes, she will be easily repaired) then I'll probably post a few pictures."
Quote :- "I think it's probably safe to say that the hull was punctured but not by a JCB ... It was actually a 20 odd tonne mobile crane that broke free due to the excessive list and rolled down ( over the top of a brand new RR Evoque completely flattening it) then collided with a 32t JCB excavator dragging it with it as it carried on downhill. it looks like the rear jackleg of the crane punctured the hull resulting in a 2m x 10cm gash.
This was plugged by divers on third day of the salvage operation.
For reference, we (along with VTS) were in direct contact with the pilot on board from the onset. He did a tremendous job and remained calm and collected right to the end when he ( after assuring that ALL the crew had been safely evacuated) was air lifted off himself. he deserves the utmost respect for his actions and behaviour as trying to coordinate the evacuation of a ship that is gradually leaning over to the point that it becomes impossible to walk on is no easy feat.
Doors that would normally allow access to cabins all of a sudden become trap-doors in the floor leading to a 4 or 5 meter drop to the bottom of the room. It's a very strange sensation indeed trying to navigate around a ship in that condition.
As in one of the pictures I posted, stairways become a climbing frame as the treads are all but useless. Doors which are normally well balanced on their hinges all of a sudden require all your strength to open and fold back in order to latch open.
Nothing is easy and even the simplest of tasks become very tiring very quickly.
Anyway, once the salvage is completed, the vessel is unloaded and sails for repairs (yes, she will be easily repaired) then I'll probably post a few pictures."
I got to tour one of these last week. On the one I was on there were 2 decks below the one the ramp opens on to (which is the deck all the big, heavy stuff goes on).
Having been on the bridge, which must be at least 10 storeys above sea level I can say it must have been absolutely terrifying being up there as it went over.
Although possibly not quite as terrifying as being in the engine room watching the tilt meter go off the end of the scale!!
Having been on the bridge, which must be at least 10 storeys above sea level I can say it must have been absolutely terrifying being up there as it went over.
Although possibly not quite as terrifying as being in the engine room watching the tilt meter go off the end of the scale!!
A number of years ago I was looking around the freshly wrecked and fully beached Mulhiem down near Lands End, at the time that was sitting on the rocks with a lean to Port of around 40 degrees, it is one of the most confusing things I have ever tried to walk around, the stairs were at angles that made them flat to the horizon and ladders through the deck hatches could be used like steep stairs or on the other side of the vessel you hung off the ladder and went down with gravity trying to pull you away from it.
The mind tries to sort it all out and you end up with a vertigo feeling as your brain is telling you to walk flat but the inputs from the senses are all wrong.
We all went to Falmouth yesterday to look at the Hoegh Osaka, its not in the dry dock until later in the week (once they get a ferry out) she is moored up next to the Maritime museum so we all went it and had a look around and then had lunch in the café, the Osaka is rather large and the view from the café was mostly the side of the vessel !
I took a pic from the road near the museum just to show the size of the thing in relation to the reat of the little boats nearby.
The mind tries to sort it all out and you end up with a vertigo feeling as your brain is telling you to walk flat but the inputs from the senses are all wrong.
We all went to Falmouth yesterday to look at the Hoegh Osaka, its not in the dry dock until later in the week (once they get a ferry out) she is moored up next to the Maritime museum so we all went it and had a look around and then had lunch in the café, the Osaka is rather large and the view from the café was mostly the side of the vessel !
I took a pic from the road near the museum just to show the size of the thing in relation to the reat of the little boats nearby.
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