Oh dear look whats happened tonight in the Solent

Has it gone from the Bank, then? Was going to go down tomorrow. Gah!

 

It quite remarkable . I had surmised a "dry" sump system with supply/spill return to a separate tank but given her inclination it makes a nonsense of that idea. Standard inclination used to be constant 15 degrees either way before LO alarm would kick in as I recall anymore than that and it was time to think about taking big steps

 

yes its with the woolwich now .

 

could be northern rock

 

yeah 5 tugs on it

 

Bum! Where are they towing it to?

 

Southampton

 

frey bentos

 

The Hoegh Osaka vessel is being taken to a location near to Portsmouth Harbour, according to the Marine and Coastguard Agency.
The ship self floated at 1.55pm and all salvors had left the vessel safely.

The list of the ship is unchanged and the vessel is currently under tow to a preferred holding position 2 miles east of the original grounding position.

This new location is just inside Portsmouth Harbour and is close to the area called Spitbank.

In a statement by the MCA, it said:

“Queen’s Harbour Master Portsmouth has established a temporary exclusion zone of 300 metres around the vessel. Only exempt vessels are to enter the exclusion zone.

The tow to the new position is being carried out by Svitzer, the salvors, and the new holding position will allow a full assessment of her condition. Disruption to the Port of Southampton is minimal; there will be a slight restriction in traffic movements until the Hoegh Osaka is clear of the main channel, but no closure of the port is anticipated.”

 

Let's hope it doesn't keel over. Looks rather precarious to me

 

I went to flare night in Warsash once. It was great fun.

 

I meant the pyrotechnic warning device, rather than the 1970s trouser style

Top advice received: "If the flare fails to go off, do not look down the end of the tube to find out why".

 

My old man fitted carpets on the QE 2 !

 

How do you nail gripper rods to a metal ship ?

 

The QE2 got stuck on the same bank for 40 minutes once !!!

 

Now it gets interesting! No more dithering meetings about how we will do this salvage.
A case of the cart pulling the horse.
Tony