Ship stuck on Bramble Bank.
Discussion
KTF said:
Given that the blue thing - looks like road building equipment - was under the water line for a period it looks pretty unscathed so the seal on that door must be pretty good or maybe only certain compartments had water in them?
Theres another pic that shows the back end lhs of that trakpactor destroyed.Lincsblokey said:
KTF said:
Given that the blue thing - looks like road building equipment - was under the water line for a period it looks pretty unscathed so the seal on that door must be pretty good or maybe only certain compartments had water in them?
Theres another pic that shows the back end lhs of that trakpactor destroyed.gwm said:
fatboy18 said:
I think they might ease the ship up using the tugs to stop it doing just that.
Ships can capsize tied up alongside, so it ain't cover yet!(For those sensitive souls, I jest!)
mrmaggit said:
gwm said:
fatboy18 said:
I think they might ease the ship up using the tugs to stop it doing just that.
Ships can capsize tied up alongside, so it ain't cover yet!(For those sensitive souls, I jest!)
KTF said:
Given that the blue thing - looks like road building equipment - was under the water line for a period it looks pretty unscathed so the seal on that door must be pretty good or maybe only certain compartments had water in them?
Pretty sure that its a trummel, its used for recycling spoil, tip the spoil into the top/shoot (top left of the machine as seen in the pic), and the soil and various different grades of stones come out different places of it.(That's the easiest way to describe it)
There pretty tough old pieces of kit, shame if its written off/scrapped, i'll bet it still works.
KTF said:
Given that the blue thing - looks like road building equipment - was under the water line for a period it looks pretty unscathed so the seal on that door must be pretty good or maybe only certain compartments had water in them?
This is why i don't think stuff like that^^ will get written off. Sure,maybe back to the manufacturer for a shop of paint and a check, but it's a rock crusher, it's going to spend the next 50 years of it's life at the bottom of a quarry, covered in water, mud and s**t, having hundreds of thousands of tonnes of rock dumped, probably quite carelessly into it from the bucket of a big power shovel etc! Frankly, a few days with some sea water lapping it's tracks is just a nice wash by comparison ;-)Spot on Max. 56 tonne impact crusher and write off is out of the question.
The things are just a load of modular parts anyway and what will look like huge damage will more likely be the outer casings that for all intents are just there to keep the st and body parts out of the workings or a couple of belt conveyors that can just be unbolted and replaced.
The only people that will be talking write off will be the paddy standing on the side of the dock trying to buy it cheap.
The things are just a load of modular parts anyway and what will look like huge damage will more likely be the outer casings that for all intents are just there to keep the st and body parts out of the workings or a couple of belt conveyors that can just be unbolted and replaced.
The only people that will be talking write off will be the paddy standing on the side of the dock trying to buy it cheap.
ecsrobin said:
DAVEVO9 said:
Fantastic job all round.
Surprised no pics have leaked out of the damage inside yet
I would have thought its a small team that's been on board so any leaked images the culprit would be tracked down quite easily. Surprised no pics have leaked out of the damage inside yet
RussH91 said:
Been following this thread from this start, has been great. Thank you, to all the contributors who posted links when it disappeared from 'current affairs'. So do we think we'll ever see the extent of the damage with in the ship??
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