Giblets
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Anglian Sovereign is showing with Carlo Magno, Fairmount Expedition & MSC Flaminia. AS is showing a destination as English Channel, CM showing Wilhelmshaven and FM as Elbe Germany.
Container vessel abandoned mid atlantic.
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spearhead
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Someone on Anglian Sovereign has switched her AIS on again - she is there too, close ahead of the hulk, if that's the right word. I doubt if the CG had much to do with creating the gap to cross through; the salvage men would be very keen on that with their VHF's. Wonder did they use Ch 16 throughout or swap to 13.
There was an earlier link to a section of the manifest with the risky bits - there seemed to be a weight given for each container in that, once you had sorted out the telescoped column headings. I just wonder what percentage of the cargo ahead of the bridge has survived.
There was an earlier link to a section of the manifest with the risky bits - there seemed to be a weight given for each container in that, once you had sorted out the telescoped column headings. I just wonder what percentage of the cargo ahead of the bridge has survived.
z1ppy
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See she is making 5.6 Kts up the channel at the moment!
Looking at the link to the cargo manifest, there doesnt seem to be too much of significant concern in there. The vast majority of stuff listed is proberly no worse than anything you have in your house of office.
Looking at the link to the cargo manifest, there doesnt seem to be too much of significant concern in there. The vast majority of stuff listed is proberly no worse than anything you have in your house of office.
spearhead
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I see she is now passing between Normandy and the Isle of Wight at about 6.5 knots.
But, whereas she towed straight enough previously, when she got to 2 deg 47.4 W she started sheering about violently, and is still waving from side to side a fair bit. I don't think this is a deliberate tactic to scare approaching shipping, so does anyone with experience of towing big ships know what is going on? Perhaps it was at that point that they tried accelerating - and had to back off to keep control? I've had to do that when towing unmanned yachts with a RIB...
Probably no power for steering the hulk even if anyone remains aboard, and could be the rudder isn't central.
But, whereas she towed straight enough previously, when she got to 2 deg 47.4 W she started sheering about violently, and is still waving from side to side a fair bit. I don't think this is a deliberate tactic to scare approaching shipping, so does anyone with experience of towing big ships know what is going on? Perhaps it was at that point that they tried accelerating - and had to back off to keep control? I've had to do that when towing unmanned yachts with a RIB...
Probably no power for steering the hulk even if anyone remains aboard, and could be the rudder isn't central.
dleroc
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Its going to a disused deep water quay at Wilhelmshaven to be unloaded - carefully. This was reported yesterday in the Western Morning News.
sailorman
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Erik C
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On it's way to Germany.
sailorman
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just south of the Greenwich LV now, very slow going
Plomong
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From the photograph above it looks like 8 out of 14 rows (counting forward two TEU rows as a single 40-foot row) may have little damage, but the row below the bridge and the sternmost row of the forward rows that look unscathed may have suffered heat and/or water damage, maybe other rows also.
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Giblets
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spearhead
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Should be going through the Dover Strait tomorrow evening, unless the new headwind picks up. Guess she's going to make it home OK.
I wonder if the GT40's have survived?
I wonder if the GT40's have survived?
sailorman
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approaching Cap grez nez now
paul.norton
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Going through the Straits of Dover now.
Paul
Paul
sailorman
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CG just gave a warning @ 16.00
rbcoomer
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They appeared to anchor for a while earlier and were then joined by Abeille Languedoc which is under 'Navy Orders' and now appears to be shadowing them... I guess France needed the opportunity to bill a few Euros to the operation? 
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sailorman
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They appeared to anchor for a while earlier and were then joined by Abeille Languedoc which is under 'Navy Orders' and now appears to be shadowing them... I guess France needed the opportunity to bill a few Euros to the operation?
cheaper than the long way around the UK
Plomong
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They appeared to anchor for a while earlier and were then joined by Abeille Languedoc which is under 'Navy Orders' and now appears to be shadowing them... I guess France needed the opportunity to bill a few Euros to the operation?
Has anyone noticed how much open water is around the convoy !!! Not a ship in sight, almost !!!
Plomong
sarabande
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see post #300 
but read MCA for CG
but read MCA for CG
sailorman
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getting close to where the Tricolour went down