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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Steve W on 21 January 2007, 21:47:13
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Went round to my parents house earlier in South Devon, and we took a walk along the cliff top a couple of miles from their house to see how much damage this is going to do. It's not pretty, and its going to get worse. It is quite bizarre to watch containers floating along in the current towards Weymouth though.
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Wow... amazing pics! :y
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Brilliant Pictures Mate :y
Sad circumstances though :(
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Sssshhh, don't tell Tunnie - he'll be down there like a shot to see if anything useful has been washed up. Rumour has it, he doesn't like paying....
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Sssshhh, don't tell Tunnie - he'll be down there like a shot to see if anything useful has been washed up. Rumour has it, he doesn't like paying....
;D Cant see him getting any of those boxes into his pocket though.... :-/
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Sssshhh, don't tell Tunnie - he'll be down there like a shot to see if anything useful has been washed up. Rumour has it, he doesn't like paying....
;D Cant see him getting any of those boxes into his pocket though.... :-/
Ah, but the contents...
...might be Senator parts!
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Quite shocking and those look like 40 foot containers as well.
THat's what happens when they fall off!
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Sssshhh, don't tell Tunnie - he'll be down there like a shot to see if anything useful has been washed up. Rumour has it, he doesn't like paying....
;D Cant see him getting any of those boxes into his pocket though.... :-/
Ah, but the contents...
...might be Senator parts!
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Sure one of those containers said GM on the side :D
If i lived there i'd be sooooo tempted to go down and see whats there, never know Rolex might have had a years supply of watches on there, or GM sending over crate full of Omega parts ;) :D
Joking aside, does look bad and amazing pics!
I only caught a bit of on the news, force9 gale cause it but then they ran it a-ground on purpose to stop it sinking.
The gale did it break the back of the ship or something i heard, because it ran a-ground before and had extensive repairs in Vietnam.
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How on earth do you even start to think about how you might start to clean that lot up?
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I heard on the news that there are BMW motorbikes in some of the containers...10 bikes have gone missing so far.
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I heard on the news that there are BMW motorbikes in some of the containers...10 bikes have gone missing so far.
;D ;D
Didn't BMW loose a whole ship load of cars once? When all the containers fell off and sank?
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I heard on the news that there are BMW motorbikes in some of the containers...10 bikes have gone missing so far.
;D ;D
Didn't BMW loose a whole ship load of cars once? When all the containers fell off and sank?
Couldn't happen to a nicer company ;)
You think your Omegas are unreliable? Nothing compared to BMW warranty claims....
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I heard on the news that there are BMW motorbikes in some of the containers...10 bikes have gone missing so far.
;D ;D
Didn't BMW loose a whole ship load of cars once? When all the containers fell off and sank?
I think this was the first delivery of Volvo XC90 to the UK a couple of years ago...
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I heard on the news that there are BMW motorbikes in some of the containers...10 bikes have gone missing so far.
;D ;D
Didn't BMW loose a whole ship load of cars once? When all the containers fell off and sank?
I think this was the first delivery of Volvo XC90 to the UK a couple of years ago...
Shame the next shipment made it through.... ;D
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That was the Tricolor in 2002....it was full of BMW's, Volvos and Saabs.....
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I heard on the news that there are BMW motorbikes in some of the containers...10 bikes have gone missing so far.
I think Tunnies been visiting the south coast today ;D
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Blimey :o
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I heard on the news that there are BMW motorbikes in some of the containers...10 bikes have gone missing so far.
I think Tunnies been visiting the south coast today ;D
His mum would never let him have a bike - I'm surprised she tolerates the Senny ;D
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I heard on the news that there are BMW motorbikes in some of the containers...10 bikes have gone missing so far.
I think Tunnies been visiting the south coast today ;D
His mum would never let him have a bike - I'm surprised she tolerates the Senny ;D
He should have bought a Trabant....... ;)
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I heard on the news that there are BMW motorbikes in some of the containers...10 bikes have gone missing so far.
I think Tunnies been visiting the south coast today ;D
His mum would never let him have a bike - I'm surprised she tolerates the Senny ;D
He should have bought a Trabant....... ;)
He didn't because someones company couldn't supply a digi dash conversion IIRC.
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I heard on the news that there are BMW motorbikes in some of the containers...10 bikes have gone missing so far.
I think Tunnies been visiting the south coast today ;D
His mum would never let him have a bike - I'm surprised she tolerates the Senny ;D
He's prolly prised the 3.0 Senator off the boot......and told her its a 1.2 Nova ;D
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I heard on the news that there are BMW motorbikes in some of the containers...10 bikes have gone missing so far.
I think Tunnies been visiting the south coast today ;D
His mum would never let him have a bike - I'm surprised she tolerates the Senny ;D
He's prolly prised the 3.0 Senator off the boot......and told her its a 1.2 Nova ;D
Apparently she likes the Senny.... ....but then she does drive a PoS....
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what's that??? Tunnie's mum drives a rover????
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I heard on the news that there are BMW motorbikes in some of the containers...10 bikes have gone missing so far.
I saw one one the news tonight - being liberated by a local tractor owner. If it gets the stuff off the beach I say good luck to them - it'll all be insured anyway, why wait. :y
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I should get my mum to go salvage me one of those bikes or a car. She only lives north devon :D
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Its started already....
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MSC-Napoli-bargains-hot-from-Branscombe-Beach_W0QQitemZ150084355187QQihZ005QQcategoryZ1469QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Recovered-Mobile-Phone-from-Branscombe-Napoli_W0QQitemZ250076800322QQihZ015QQcategoryZ3312QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BRANSCOMBE-BAY-BOAT-FOR-SALE_W0QQitemZ200072055047QQihZ010QQcategoryZ15263QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Branscombe-bay-shipwreck-booty_W0QQitemZ280073971534QQihZ018QQcategoryZ108961QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Genuine-Shell-Branscombe-Beach-MSC-NAPOLI-Shipwreck_W0QQitemZ320074965783QQihZ011QQcategoryZ159QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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ROTFLMAO!!!! ;D
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FOMCL!! ;D ;D ;D Brilliant.
BTW there were piccies in the paper this morning of some lucky bu**ers getting their hands on BMW bikes worth £6500.00 complete with keys and paperwork. :o
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Its started already....
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MSC-Napoli-bargains-hot-from-Branscombe-Beach_W0QQitemZ150084355187QQihZ005QQcategoryZ1469QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Recovered-Mobile-Phone-from-Branscombe-Napoli_W0QQitemZ250076800322QQihZ015QQcategoryZ3312QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BRANSCOMBE-BAY-BOAT-FOR-SALE_W0QQitemZ200072055047QQihZ010QQcategoryZ15263QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Branscombe-bay-shipwreck-booty_W0QQitemZ280073971534QQihZ018QQcategoryZ108961QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Genuine-Shell-Branscombe-Beach-MSC-NAPOLI-Shipwreck_W0QQitemZ320074965783QQihZ011QQcategoryZ159QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Most have been removed by eBay already.
My own opinion: these are not lucky people who stumbled upon a piece of flotsam while strolling along the beach. They're looters, plain and simple.
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I have no sympathy for the people resonsible....they could have hired security and got salvage crews in within hours of it happening (its been quite a few days now) and they didn't, probably because it would have been easier and cheaper if the stuff had been taken away by others.
Its only the bad publicity that has caued the U turn....
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whislt i dont agree with "looters".....apparently this is legal to an extent, reading a bit in metro this morning..... :-/
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I bet the stuff will end up on Ebay
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I have no sympathy for the people resonsible....they could have hired security and got salvage crews in within hours of it happening (its been quite a few days now) and they didn't, probably because it would have been easier and cheaper if the stuff had been taken away by others.
Its only the bad publicity that has caued the U turn....
Hmm, not sure about that. First they needed specialist salvage to remove the bunker oil from the ship's tanks and then heavy lifting gear to get the containers (and from a beach that's no easy task). This takes time to put in place. Secondly, they couldn't get private security to cordon off the beach as it's a public right of way. Thirdly, these people were determined - setting fires and actually breaking into secure containers (despite the potential hazards). It was a police job, in my view. Very much doubt if they actually wanted the cargo taken away (certainly not the BMW bikes, at any rate).
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They could have got everything they needed in hours if they had been organised....they could have recovered the cargo from the containers as they washed up onto the beach....just like the public were doing.
It would only have taken a call to Pickfords or similar with a wedge of cash....add a private security firm into the equation (takes little to get approval for this as its no different to say a major show in a public park)
Reality is that the container contents are damaged....the BMW bikes are worth less than their original value as they have been for a swim so the owners wont want them.
Salvage rights state that an item recovered should be registered with the Police and that the owner/insurance company has upto 1 year to pay a salvage fee for return ....
They only changed their mind because its turns out its going to cost even more due to the mess these people are leaving....
I have no sympathy.....