Wreck of the Rhone out of commission

[Rhone Man]

Pretty hard to wreck a wreck, but someone is clearly doing their best: a container ship has crashed into Black Rock Point, rendering the popular BVI dive site, the wreck of the RMS Rhone out of commission whilst everyone stands around scratching their head wondering what to do.

No word yet on whether there has been any damage to the historic site itself.

Technical Team Arrives To Examine Grounded Cargo Ship - BVIPlatinum.com | BVIDailyNews.com

 

[Jax]

Wow - A future double dip?


Seriously, how do you do that in today's modern GPS / Loran / mapping????

 

[Rhone Man]

I wondered the same thing when I first heard , but the container ship is lying at right angles to the existing wreck, so if it does slip off the rocks and sink, it will probably bury much of the old site beneath it, which would be sad.

Bizarely, a very similar accident occurred about 8 years ago on another island a little further up the Channel, but the crashed ship never did slip back into the water, so it just sits there rusting away wedged on the corner of Broken Jerusalem.

 

[Jax]

Too bad they closed the wreck - diving the grounded and the old wreck would be cool!

 

[altaskier]

The cargo ship was floated off the next day:
Grounded Vessel Re-Floated & Removed; Dive Experts to Examine Ship - BVIPlatinum.com | BVIDailyNews.com

 

[Rhone Man]

It actually took them about 3 days to get it off, but yet, the site has now re-opened with no damage apparently.