Ghost Ship

[Danger-Mouse]

A ship has washed up on the shores of Ireland.

What amazes me most is that this thing has been drifting around the ocean since 2018!

Complete article here.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-51558440

[kenholland]

came out of the Bermuda triangle.

[Old farrier]

There’s lots of them out there it’s quite interesting to see how far they travel with out sinking and no one at the helm 

[mossy835]

that one went two africa and ended up on rocks.

[Vince Green]

First person on board can claim it

[Taileron]

Absolutely amazing that it has drifted for that length of time.

[Lloyd90]

2 minutes ago, Vince Green said:

First person on board can claim it

Must be worth a few quid in scrap lol 

[Gordon R]

Stick a "for sale" sign on it - £10k - it will disappear tonight.

[Old farrier]

21 minutes ago, Vince Green said:

First person on board can claim it

I’m not sure about Irish rules 

and I think it has to be afloat on the high seas 

[steve_b_wales]

I would have thought that with it drifting, it would or could cause a danger to other ships. It's a pity it can't be towed out to deep water and sunk, and allow nature to take over.

[oowee]

Should have a day shape of three black balls from the mast. 🤣

Edited February 20, 2020 by oowee

[mel b3]

this might be a daft question , but why didnt the owners take it back ?.

[islandgun]

32 minutes ago, mel b3 said:

this might be a daft question , but why didnt the owners take it back ?.

I expect it holed now, could be very expensive to move !

[mel b3]

25 minutes ago, islandgun said:

I expect it holed now, could be very expensive to move !

is it standard procedure to just set adrift an abandoned ship ?. youd have thought that the owners would do all they could to retrieve it before it had drifted too far.

[Remimax]

all the bottom torn up looking at the other pics ,no surprise looking at the rock shore.

will start to break up if this weather continues ,wonder if anyone will foot the bill for its removal.

[Old farrier]

24 minutes ago, mel b3 said:

is it standard procedure to just set adrift an abandoned ship ?. youd have thought that the owners would do all they could to retrieve it before it had drifted too far.

The crew were taken off the ship after power failure in bad weather 

[mel b3]

1 minute ago, Old farrier said:

The crew were taken off the ship after power failure in bad weather 

i meant i thought that the owners would have sent someone to recover it , is it possible to tow something like that ?, or would it just not be economically viable ? . at the very least you would think that it could be sunk (obviously once it was decontaminated) , just to avoid the danger to other ships.

[Old farrier]

1 minute ago, mel b3 said:

i meant i thought that the owners would have sent someone to recover it , is it possible to tow something like that ?, or would it just not be economically viable ? . at the very least you would think that it could be sunk (obviously once it was decontaminated) , just to avoid the danger to other ships.

You have to find it on a big ocean 

they probably thought (hoped) it had sunk in the storm 

there or dozens of these ghost boats out on the ocean 

big money if you find one but salvage boats are expensive to run in the deep ocean 

[figgy]

Marine salvage will claim it.  The insurers will probably have paid out and now will let a marine salvage company take it away. So long as it don't break up, tempory repairs to shell bottom and pumps to get it to a yard.

Some interesting documentaries on marine salvage hunters. How they can put huge air inflation bags in and keep.them afloat.

Just read a news report saying someone has claimed it for the owners 🥴

Edited February 20, 2020 by figgy