Containers fallen into the Solent

[rotrax]

Bananas washing ashore in Selsey will completely baffle the locals. They're used to gathering sea weed to roof their huts, foraging the tide line for shell fish for food or hoping to capture some poor traveller who has strayed South of the A259/A27 and looks plump enough for the cooking pot..

As someone who spent a lot of time at Selsey in the 50's, even attending the local school during diptheria and whooping cough epidemics in London, I think your description is a bit harsh!!

It was a delightful place as a boy.

 

[veshengro]

Ar 'Tis not a bad place really, but as an East Zuzzex boy I'm allowed to poke fun at them down West..

 

[newtothis]

The 'containers' were/are food supply boxes on big pallets from a cruise ship.

According to a local newpaper.

Beeb says they came off Baltic Klipper, which is a 14,000 gt vessels with 340 reefer slots. It's run on Seatrade's Caribbean-northern Europe fruit trade.

 

[penberth3]

The 'containers' were/are food supply boxes on big pallets from a cruise ship.

According to a local newpaper.

ISO's shown here:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3v133vl9w7o

 

[Bajansailor]

Beeb says they came off Baltic Klipper, which is a 14,000 gt vessels with 340 reefer slots. It's run on Seatrade's Caribbean-northern Europe fruit trade.

Marine traffic says that she is currently at anchor in the Nab Anchorage.
MarineTraffic: Global Ship Tracking Intelligence | AIS Marine Traffic

 

[wonkywinch]

Bananas washing ashore in Selsey will completely baffle the locals. They're used to gathering sea weed to roof their huts, foraging the tide line for shell fish for food or hoping to capture some poor traveller who has strayed South of the A259/A27 and looks plump enough for the cooking pot..

 

[Blueboatman]

Maybe I’m a bit weird but I quite fancy a couple of 20ft containers
Couldn’t give a monkeys for the contents

Anyone remember the locals fighting over new unregistered BMW motorbikes that spontaneously fell out of containers on a Devon beach some years back?
One became an art work !
Motorbike washed ashore after shipwreck displayed as artwork

 

[Mister E]

Maybe I’m a bit weird but I quite fancy a couple of 20ft containers
Couldn’t give a monkeys for the contents

Anyone remember the locals fighting over new unregistered BMW motorbikes that spontaneously fell out of containers on a Devon beach some years back?
One became an art work !
Motorbike washed ashore after shipwreck displayed as artwork

So is this lot going to be gaffa taped to various walls?

 

[stephen_h]

This was 3 of the containers yesterday but one busted open and lots of bananas on the beach! (labellled Tesco!)

 

[billskip]

This was 3 of the containers yesterday but one busted open and lots of bananas on the beach! (labellled Tesco!)

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Is this spot the banana?

 

[Chiara’s slave]

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That’s not Selsey, that’s the Isle of Wight

 

[KevinV]

Is this spot the banana?

Not in the age of #metoo, surely?