Chinese salvaging of WW2 ship wrecks
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https://news.usni.org/2023/05/25/u-k-royal-navy-di...
Not sure if there is another thread for this. There appears to be no limits/rules for some.
You can imagine the extent of high grade steel though.
Not sure if there is another thread for this. There appears to be no limits/rules for some.
You can imagine the extent of high grade steel though.
Speed1283 said:
https://news.usni.org/2023/05/25/u-k-royal-navy-di...
Not sure if there is another thread for this. There appears to be no limits/rules for some.
You can imagine the extent of high grade steel though.
And steel that hasn’t been exposed to nuclear weapons tests, low background steel…Not sure if there is another thread for this. There appears to be no limits/rules for some.
You can imagine the extent of high grade steel though.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-background_steel
k off or they'll sink the salvage vessel?Fundoreen said:
Is this ships that have just sunk after being abandoned ,or war graves? If its the former, big deal.
Seems an expensive activity.
Scouring the ocean floor mining is the future and genuine outrage. Maybe they are nice and dont want to do that vandalism of planet erf.
That have been “salvaging” war graves.Seems an expensive activity.
Scouring the ocean floor mining is the future and genuine outrage. Maybe they are nice and dont want to do that vandalism of planet erf.
Pflanzgarten said:
This was a story years and years ago though want it? Researchers were turning up at wrecks and they’d disappeared.
I remember reading about Prince of Wales years ago. It's not just RN ships, either. One of Australias more famous Cruisers has been largely destroyed.Edit: Old guardian article on it:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2...
It’s the huge quantity of steel that hasn’t been exposed to radioactive isotopes that only exist on this planet post 1943.
This steel is used in scientific & medical equipment that needs to be free of these isotopes.
It is very valuable.
It is legitimately found in shipwrecks and land fill. Permits for this can be obtained from the relevant governments.
The Repulse & Prince of Wales were sunk by topedoes from Imperial Japanese aircraft. The first time capital ships had been sunk solely by aircraft alone.
840 men’s bodies reside in these wrecks and as such are war graves.
The war graves remain Crown Property as per International agreements.
They are in approximately 60m of water, which means they are no hazard to shipping and are well charted.
They are also closest to Malaysia and therefore well outside of any Chinese jurisdiction.
This ongoing ‘salvage’ work is very poorly thought of internationally & serves only to increase China’s pariah status.
It is the equivalent of heading over to France with a metal detector & a pen knife to extract some gold teeth from a WW1 battlefield.
This steel is used in scientific & medical equipment that needs to be free of these isotopes.
It is very valuable.
It is legitimately found in shipwrecks and land fill. Permits for this can be obtained from the relevant governments.
The Repulse & Prince of Wales were sunk by topedoes from Imperial Japanese aircraft. The first time capital ships had been sunk solely by aircraft alone.
840 men’s bodies reside in these wrecks and as such are war graves.
The war graves remain Crown Property as per International agreements.
They are in approximately 60m of water, which means they are no hazard to shipping and are well charted.
They are also closest to Malaysia and therefore well outside of any Chinese jurisdiction.
This ongoing ‘salvage’ work is very poorly thought of internationally & serves only to increase China’s pariah status.
It is the equivalent of heading over to France with a metal detector & a pen knife to extract some gold teeth from a WW1 battlefield.
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