The Cellar - March 11, 2008: Cargo ship aground in France

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Aliantha

03-11-2008 02:45 AM

March 11, 2008: Cargo ship aground in France

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Police officers walk near an 88-metre-long cargo vessel, The Artemis, aground on the beach of the western city of Sables-d'Olonne due to a storm. Heavy storms caused travel chaos in Britain on Monday, while France was also battered and three vessels ran into problems in the English Channel, one swept up onto a French beach.

I thought this was an interesting story and quite IotD worthy.

I hope you do too. (this is my first go)

spudcon

03-11-2008 08:33 AM

Think the cops are giving it a parking ticket?

borisivan

03-11-2008 09:44 AM

parking ticket?

hahaha heck no, they've come to surrender to their new aqua overlords.

Kel	03-11-2008 12:07 PM

They'll probably just turn it into a snack bar.

Really though...does anyone know how they will get that thing off the beach?

glatt

03-11-2008 12:16 PM

Wait for high tide, get a few tugboats, maybe dig a little around it to let some water in.. They will get it back in the water.

Edit: Oh yeah, and they will unload it as much as possible.

monster

03-11-2008 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by borisivan (Post 437858)

hahaha heck no, they've come to surrender to their new aqua overlords.

:lol:

Freshness Dated

03-11-2008 02:38 PM

I'm reminded of the Davy Jones Locker hallucinatory dream scene sequences in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Clodfobble

03-11-2008 03:08 PM

At least it's bottom-heavy enough that it didn't just fall over on its side.

Aliantha

03-11-2008 04:58 PM

If it doesn't have much cargo on board, the hull would be full of balast (water) so perhaps that's what's kept the bottom heavy enough not to dump it over on its side. Also, there'd be a keel under there somewhere I guess.

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