cdiver2
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Hugh storm with winds up to 99mph in the UK the BBC reports
A new wreck I hope.....but for who the French or Brits
A new wreck I hope.....but for who the French or Brits
Wreck In The Making?
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Penguinboy
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I've seen this on the news too, but I believe the plan is that the cargo ship will be towed to France, as its still afloat. It would be a nice wreck to add to the many in the UK, but it does lie in relatively shallow water and fairly close to the English Channel, so all the other shipping probably wouldn't fancy another obstacle to avoid.
Plus it's reportedly carrying pesticide ::shakehead
Plus it's reportedly carrying pesticide ::shakehead
Yeah sadly they've agreed salvage rights and its being towed to France.
If it had sunk where they first thought it would have been in 70-90m of water anyway.
Too shallow and its a navigation hazard as its in one of the biggest shipping lanes on the planet. They're still going to have issue with floating containers if any fall off though.
If it had sunk where they first thought it would have been in 70-90m of water anyway.
Too shallow and its a navigation hazard as its in one of the biggest shipping lanes on the planet. They're still going to have issue with floating containers if any fall off though.
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cdiver2
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Pollution watch as ship beaches
Anti-pollution teams are on standby after a massive ship carrying potentially dangerous chemicals beached one mile off the Devon coast.
The MSC Napoli, which was holed in the English Channel on Thursday, is carrying 2,394 containers.
About 150 contained "hazardous" substances including industrial and agricultural chemicals, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) said.
The ship has beached near Branscombe following serious structural failure.
Its 26-man crew was rescued by helicopter on Thursday.
New plan
With winds of up to gale force 9 predicted for Saturday, the MCA scrapped its original plan to take the ship to Portland Harbour in Dorset for salvage because of "serious danger of structural failure".
The sun sets on the MSC Napoli as the salvage operation prepares to get underway
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Large cracks on both sides of the ship also worsened during the night.
The MCA's Paul Coley told BBC News the ship's cargo - starting with potentially hazardous materials - would now be taken ashore from the ship's current position by salvage crews.
The location was selected to "minimise the impact of any spillage" and to enable the salvage work, he said.
"We made the decision it was better to keep the ship in one piece and to beach the ship and to commence the salvage operation by removing all the pollutants," he added.
"The oils will be the first priority, the ships bunkers, fuel oil, and then the containers which are considered most hazardous first," he added.
How crew were rescued
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French news agencies reported this week that the vessel was carrying 1,700 tonnes of dangerous materials, including toxins.
The MCA said the ship was being surrounded by a 1km boom to protect the sea from pollution.
The ship has also been leaking its diesel fuel since Thursday which the MCA said had dispersed naturally and was not a pollution risk.
The Department of Transport's Robin Middleton said he was "very confident" there would be no pollution from the cargo.
"No dangerous chemicals are near the edge so it is very unlikely they will be swept overboard," he added.
BBC website user Tony Norton sent in this photo of the MSC Napoli in Branscombe
The 275m (900ft) Napoli, registered in London and owned by the Swiss Mediterranean Shipping Company, developed two long gashes on each side just above the water line in stormy weather on Thursday.
With the engine room flooded and the vessel listing badly, the 26-man crew abandoned ship.
Two helicopters from RNAS Culdrose airlifted all the crew in the French co-ordinated rescue.
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That has been released just recently.
Horrors of sea rescue revealed
The helicopters had to hover in gale-force winds
Royal Navy rescuers who saved 26 men from a life-raft after they abandoned their ship have described the conditions they endured as horrific.
Crewmembers from the MSC Napoli were rescued by helicopters from RNAS Culdrose after the ship was holed in storms 50 miles (80km) off Cornwall.
Giant waves rose higher than the helicopters as wind and spray lashed the rescuers and the sailors.
One helicopter broke two lines trying to get a winch line to the raft.
The seamen were suffering extreme seasickness and hypothermia by the time they were hauled to safety.
They had only been there for a few hours, but they were in quite a bad way
Petty Officer Jay O'Donnell
The container ship was en-route when it sent out a distress call at about 1030 GMT on Thursday.
When they arrived on scene, the helicopter crews knew they were in for a tough operation.
The sailors were brought onto the aircraft individually after a diver, Petty Officer Jay O'Donnell, was lowered to the raft.
PO O'Donnell, 33, from Camborne, said: "The conditions were quite horrific when we got on scene.
"The life-raft was really rolling; and we had low visibility, low clouds and it was very stormy.
"The first aircraft broke two lines trying to get communications with the raft.
"The second aircraft got me down to it in the water in full diving kit.
"I got on board to assess the situation and check casualties."
The rescued crewmembers were taken back to RNAS Culdrose
He then spent 90 minutes securing each of the crewmen to a line so they could be winched to the helicopters.
He said: "They had only been there for a few hours, but they were in quite a bad way.
"They were quite shocked and suffering from hypothermia, extreme vomiting and sea-sickness."
The crew included two British cadets, plus seamen from Bulgaria, Ukraine, Turkey, India and the Philippines.
Despite the life-raft being able to hold 32 people, the freighter's crew said they still endured cramped conditions.
British deck cadet Nicholas Colbourn, 20, from the Scottish Highlands, said: "There was not much space at all, no leg room and we were cramped like sardines.
"The conditions were quite actually hot in there because we all had immersion suits on. It was pretty awkward and not very nice."
The Napoli was en-route to Portugal with 2,400 containers on board
Helicopter commanding officer Lt Chuck Norris said the continuing storm also hampered the rescue.
He said: "We were hovering 40 to 60 feet throughout it and some of the waves were actually coming above the helicopter.
"So we were going up and down with the waves and, unfortunately, occasionally the life-raft would go down while the helicopter was going up, making the winching extremely difficult. It was very, very rough."
Horrors of sea rescue revealed
The helicopters had to hover in gale-force winds
Royal Navy rescuers who saved 26 men from a life-raft after they abandoned their ship have described the conditions they endured as horrific.
Crewmembers from the MSC Napoli were rescued by helicopters from RNAS Culdrose after the ship was holed in storms 50 miles (80km) off Cornwall.
Giant waves rose higher than the helicopters as wind and spray lashed the rescuers and the sailors.
One helicopter broke two lines trying to get a winch line to the raft.
The seamen were suffering extreme seasickness and hypothermia by the time they were hauled to safety.
They had only been there for a few hours, but they were in quite a bad way
Petty Officer Jay O'Donnell
The container ship was en-route when it sent out a distress call at about 1030 GMT on Thursday.
When they arrived on scene, the helicopter crews knew they were in for a tough operation.
The sailors were brought onto the aircraft individually after a diver, Petty Officer Jay O'Donnell, was lowered to the raft.
PO O'Donnell, 33, from Camborne, said: "The conditions were quite horrific when we got on scene.
"The life-raft was really rolling; and we had low visibility, low clouds and it was very stormy.
"The first aircraft broke two lines trying to get communications with the raft.
"The second aircraft got me down to it in the water in full diving kit.
"I got on board to assess the situation and check casualties."
The rescued crewmembers were taken back to RNAS Culdrose
He then spent 90 minutes securing each of the crewmen to a line so they could be winched to the helicopters.
He said: "They had only been there for a few hours, but they were in quite a bad way.
"They were quite shocked and suffering from hypothermia, extreme vomiting and sea-sickness."
The crew included two British cadets, plus seamen from Bulgaria, Ukraine, Turkey, India and the Philippines.
Despite the life-raft being able to hold 32 people, the freighter's crew said they still endured cramped conditions.
British deck cadet Nicholas Colbourn, 20, from the Scottish Highlands, said: "There was not much space at all, no leg room and we were cramped like sardines.
"The conditions were quite actually hot in there because we all had immersion suits on. It was pretty awkward and not very nice."
The Napoli was en-route to Portugal with 2,400 containers on board
Helicopter commanding officer Lt Chuck Norris said the continuing storm also hampered the rescue.
He said: "We were hovering 40 to 60 feet throughout it and some of the waves were actually coming above the helicopter.
"So we were going up and down with the waves and, unfortunately, occasionally the life-raft would go down while the helicopter was going up, making the winching extremely difficult. It was very, very rough."
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