Habebty
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Just popped into my mind, was it ever salvaged/refloated?
Now there's a coincidence! In the 50's she lay close to the Bodlondeb shore at Conwy when I was collecting crabs from the rocky shore there.
There are recent press reports that the boat is about to be removed, after years of wrangling by the district council and the Crouch Harbour Authority - Finally time to raise ‘Burnham Titanic’ as permission granted to right 'eyesore' boat
There's also an interesting letter in the press from a previous owner - LETTER: No credit over boat’s retrieval
Interesting that she fell over there times under her previous ownership.
She's had a massive extra deck and superstructure added. My hazy memory from my Naval Architecture degree suggests that's likely to have an adverse effect on the ship's stability, exacerbated if mass low down has been removed, eg ballast or engines.Interesting that she fell over there times under her previous ownership.
And on 29/12/2014 she sank on her mooring. Owner away. Refloated by Fire service and Coastguard, plus a pump loaned by North Fambridge Yacht Haven.View attachment 92174
Sinkage seems a bit of a thing.
Hello. This is the Llys Helig team. We are aiming for salvage in July - hoping not too much structural damage to get her vertical and moving. It has been a bureaucratic nightmare requiring four separate licenses to do the work each one taking several months to acquire. Would have been much easier if she could have been declared a wreck.
thanks for those watching out for her and sharing historical information which has been really helpful.
Where will you renovate her? Best of luck with this projectHello. This is the Llys Helig team. We are aiming for salvage in July - hoping not too much structural damage to get her vertical and moving. It has been a bureaucratic nightmare requiring four separate licenses to do the work each one taking several months to acquire. Would have been much easier if she could have been declared a wreck.
thanks for those watching out for her and sharing historical information which has been really helpful.