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As a sailor I think "the shipwreck looks great" is inappropriate - peoples lives may have been lost.
Geoff
How sensitive
______________________________________________________________ "On all the oceans white caps flow,
You see no crosses row on row
But those who sleep beneath the sea,
Rest in peace for your country is free".
I can understand where Nicholsong is coming from, but the sight of shipwrecks like this, or various dive sites, give a lot of visual pleasure to many people long after the event. What is the nautical equivalent of "take only photographs and leave only footprints"?
I can understand where Nicholsong is coming from, but the sight of shipwrecks like this, or various dive sites, give a lot of visual pleasure to many people long after the event. What is the nautical equivalent of "take only photographs and leave only footprints"?
Take only photographs and a few mussels?
______________________________________________________________ "On all the oceans white caps flow,
You see no crosses row on row
But those who sleep beneath the sea,
Rest in peace for your country is free".
Just been to see this ship and met a few campers staying there. An English couple, a German couple and a lone Frenchman. The shipwreck looks great, took lots of pics.
Found this thread whilst looking for info on it and this wikipedia article telling the correct history of the ship: www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimitrios_shipwreck
As a sailor I think "the shipwreck looks great" is inappropriate - peoples lives may have been lost.
Geoff
Lol. How great the shipwreck looks now has got nothing to do with how many lives were lost during its demise. In any case if you'd have read the article i posted you'd see that it was completely unmanned when it hit the beach.
The marine equivalent is "take only photographs and leave only fin marks" from my experience of diving (6,500 + dives in Uk, Inidan Ocean and other pleasant places .......)
There are some wrecks which cannot be dived legally due to their being designated as "war graves" this includes the wreck of the "Royal Oak" in Scapa Flow;
there are numerous designated wrecks around the UK due to their being war graves.
The same designation has been applied to German wrecks also by the UK authorities in respect of those who lost their lives on, or in, them.
The wreck that you are discussing would not have been prohibited as it was being towed empty apparently when it broke it's tow and drifted onshore.
Ship wrecks are VERY common - it was said that around the UK there have been nigh on 1 million, most of which have left no trace, some are very spectacular (Torrey Canyon on Seven Stones Reef, Scilly Isles). others are historic artefacts (Mary Rose in Solent), others have been sunk deliberately as dive sites (HMS Scylla in Whitesand Bay, Cornwall).
It is comparatively easy to locate details of lost ships using such resources as Lloyds Shipping List and The Hydrographic Office, but it takes time to locate the full story usually - if indeed it is possible......
Food for thought ?
Dave
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There are some wrecks which cannot be dived legally due to their being designated as "war graves" this includes the wreck of the "Royal Oak" in Scapa Flow;
In another life (adopts Grandads voice) "When I was in the Navy" one of my adquals was a navy diver, and i had to dive on this ship and put an ensign on it and lay a wreath as a sign of respect.
Hope to get to Taraya In Morocco, after the desert de tour trip in Feb as there are some wrecks along the coast I would like to see, will post when we get back some time in April,
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