Oops!

SUBMAN1 · 06-25-08, 12:01 PM

Amazing some of this stuff still floats!

-S

Raptor1 · 06-25-08, 12:02 PM

Ouch

Must be a serial ship-cutter, was it...Hey you, why are you sneaking out the back door like that?!

Oh, does that stuff really float, or is it just beached in the shallow water?

06-25-08, 12:18 PM

The Front fell off!

rifleman13 · 06-25-08, 12:21 PM

Will it float?, Will it float? Will it float? Will it float?
:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Raptor1 · 06-25-08, 12:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by orwell

The Front fell off!

"All there is is sea, and birds, and fish...and 20,000 tons of crude oil...and a fire...and the part of the ship that the front fell off, but there's nothing else out there"

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

AVGWarhawk · 06-25-08, 12:35 PM

Just goes to show you what pawns we are when it comes to some types of weather and the sea.

Platapus · 06-25-08, 05:24 PM

I guess if a tanker can seal some of the internal tanks with air it would take a lot to sink it. But some of those pictures are incredible!

FIREWALL · 06-25-08, 05:44 PM

In the last pic it looks like their in a race. :p

Etienne · 06-25-08, 05:53 PM

For the record, the Prestige sank. Most of the time, a ship that splits - er, suffers a disaster level structural deformity incident, will go down. Often, however, the break will happpen either as a result of a grounding (Tides are hell on a grounded ship's structure) or because of uneven stress while loading, especially high density cargo like ore or concentrate. In those cases, the boat will hit the bottom rather quickly, and might be worth salvaging and repairing.

Some interesting reading:

Structural faillure due to uneven load:
http://www.bst.gc.ca/en/reports/mari...6/m00C0026.asp
(I especially love that someone converted the drafts to metrics with 3 digits after the decimal)

Structural faillure at sea due to weather and strange ballasting decision:
http://www.tsb.gc.ca/en/reports/mari...1/m98n0001.asp

06-25-08, 12:01 PM	#1
SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Oops! Amazing some of this stuff still floats! -S __________________

06-25-08, 12:02 PM	#2
Raptor1 Navy Seal Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Stavka Posts: 8,211 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	Ouch Must be a serial ship-cutter, was it...Hey you, why are you sneaking out the back door like that?! Oh, does that stuff really float, or is it just beached in the shallow water? __________________ Current Eastern Front status: Probable Victory

06-25-08, 12:35 PM	#6
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Just goes to show you what pawns we are when it comes to some types of weather and the sea. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

06-25-08, 05:24 PM	#7
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,360 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	I guess if a tanker can seal some of the internal tanks with air it would take a lot to sink it. But some of those pictures are incredible! __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

06-25-08, 05:44 PM	#8
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	In the last pic it looks like their in a race. :p __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

06-25-08, 12:18 PM	#3
orwell Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	The Front fell off!

06-25-08, 12:21 PM	#4
rifleman13 Grey Wolf Join Date: May 2008 Location: Depth-charged to Kingdom Come Posts: 927 Downloads: 28 Uploads: 0	Will it float?, Will it float? Will it float? Will it float? :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

06-25-08, 05:53 PM	#9
Etienne Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 695 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	For the record, the Prestige sank. Most of the time, a ship that splits - er, suffers a disaster level structural deformity incident, will go down. Often, however, the break will happpen either as a result of a grounding (Tides are hell on a grounded ship's structure) or because of uneven stress while loading, especially high density cargo like ore or concentrate. In those cases, the boat will hit the bottom rather quickly, and might be worth salvaging and repairing. Some interesting reading: Structural faillure due to uneven load: http://www.bst.gc.ca/en/reports/mari...6/m00C0026.asp (I especially love that someone converted the drafts to metrics with 3 digits after the decimal) Structural faillure at sea due to weather and strange ballasting decision: http://www.tsb.gc.ca/en/reports/mari...1/m98n0001.asp

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