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Oberon · 01-10-12, 01:39 PM

In all seriousness, you do make a good point, and it wouldn't be the first ship that people have died on which has been cut up. Heck, they refloated, sold and reused the Herald of Free Enterprise on which 193 people died, AFAIK she's still in service somewhere in Taiwan.
Thing is though, where do you draw the line? Should the Titanic be cut up?
Furthermore there are the environmental concerns, a lot of these wrecks are now home to a plethora of sea life, removing the hull will remove their home.
The English channel is an absolute carpet of ship wrecks, you cannot move down there without running into either a ship or an aircraft wreck.

01-10-12, 01:39 PM	#6
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	In all seriousness, you do make a good point, and it wouldn't be the first ship that people have died on which has been cut up. Heck, they refloated, sold and reused the Herald of Free Enterprise on which 193 people died, AFAIK she's still in service somewhere in Taiwan. Thing is though, where do you draw the line? Should the Titanic be cut up? Furthermore there are the environmental concerns, a lot of these wrecks are now home to a plethora of sea life, removing the hull will remove their home. The English channel is an absolute carpet of ship wrecks, you cannot move down there without running into either a ship or an aircraft wreck.