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Costa Concordia
Has or is anyone watching the salvaging of the Costa Concordia.
There is continuous live coverage on the BBC News web site.
I have been watching on and off this afternoon and she is slowly and I mean slowly coming upright.
This salvage operation is one of the largest ever undertaken.
Well worth a view.
There is continuous live coverage on the BBC News web site.
I have been watching on and off this afternoon and she is slowly and I mean slowly coming upright.
This salvage operation is one of the largest ever undertaken.
Well worth a view.
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Been watching this web cam Phil..... It's hardly moved.......they said 12 hours, well they have been at it for ~ 9 hours now..... The 'coniu=nous broadcast was all 'talking' when I last looked... http://www.giglionews.it/2010022440919/ ... amica.html
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Of course - we are all waiting (aren't we ??) for it to suddenly flip up and over, and sink to the bottom.......
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Re: Costa Concordia
I'm waiting for the speeded up version!
That webcam is clearly taking a hammering, very slow to load.
Here is the BBC link;
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24104741
That webcam is clearly taking a hammering, very slow to load.
Here is the BBC link;
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24104741
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Re: Costa Concordia
they havejust reported they will work through the night ,and so far have rotated it through 10 degrees and they need 65
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Re: Costa Concordia
Yes it is slow but this is the first time something like this and so large has been undertaken!
You have to consider that this is not turning a Minor over onto its side!
If you watch the tide mark it keeps getting higher and sometimes that movment does go a bit faster if you can call it that. I have left the live viewing several times and every time I come back the Costa Concordia tide line has moved higher.
There have been several breaks for news conferences but cannot understand what is being said even with the translator voice over.
You have to consider that this is not turning a Minor over onto its side!
If you watch the tide mark it keeps getting higher and sometimes that movment does go a bit faster if you can call it that. I have left the live viewing several times and every time I come back the Costa Concordia tide line has moved higher.
There have been several breaks for news conferences but cannot understand what is being said even with the translator voice over.
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Fascinating in a macabre sort of way - don't forget there are still two folks unaccounted for from the original disaster. I think they are worried about the ship breaking up if they try to raise it more quickly but must admit it has been very slow. Makes a minor on a roll frame look like a doddle really - and a lot less welding too Anyone into classic ship restoration???
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Re: Costa Concordia
I think the term infamous fits better than classic in this case
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I'm wondering what sea creatures will be stranded in various locations when the ship is upright, many must have found shelter on board.
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Re: Costa Concordia
They have got her upright overnight and the time elapsed film of the operation is on the BBC News web site.
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Re: Costa Concordia
Scuttled German Grand Fleet raised from Scapa Flow 100yrs ago.
Von Der Tann totally different to the CC.
Von Der Tann totally different to the CC.
Further investigations uncovered it was an inside job!!
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The average weight of a ship of the German fleet scuttled at Scapa Flow was 25,000 metric tonnes.
The Costa Concordia weighed 114,000 metric tonnes. Some difference! And twice the weight of the Titanic.
The Costa Concordia weighed 114,000 metric tonnes. Some difference! And twice the weight of the Titanic.
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So about £11,000 scrap value then?
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Its been lifted and now floating they did a brilliant job on yahoo today a South African guy engineered it
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Being sarcastic.philthehill wrote:The average weight of a ship of the German fleet scuttled at Scapa Flow was 25,000 metric tonnes.
The Costa Concordia weighed 114,000 metric tonnes. Some difference! And twice the weight of the Titanic.
German fleet were raised by being sealed and pumped full of air, I think?
Plus they were upright.
Further investigations uncovered it was an inside job!!
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Have to take my hat off to these guys - they got it dead right ! Don't think it's floating Lee - it's sitting on a platform of steel and concrete while they weld tanks on the damaged side. Then they will pump out the water in the tanks, and float it away held up by the two tanks.
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Re: Costa Concordia
Great engineering project. Shame theres no way they can use the hull or 'wipe down and refit' it.
I guess its not structurally sound now having been part submerged all this time.
I guess its not structurally sound now having been part submerged all this time.
What would Macgyver do..?
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Re: Costa Concordia
Just cross out Costa Concordia and call it something else, how about Titanic
Sailors are quite superstitious, might be hard to find a crew or passengers for that matter!
Sailors are quite superstitious, might be hard to find a crew or passengers for that matter!
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Roy you are right I thought it was floating but better than at the bottom of the sea
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Isn't there some Australian millionaire building a replica Titanic?MarkyB wrote:Just cross out Costa Concordia and call it something else, how about Titanic
Sailors are quite superstitious, might be hard to find a crew or passengers for that matter!
Hull plates welded or riveted?
Further investigations uncovered it was an inside job!!