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English forum => Small talk => Topic started by: danny on November 27, 2011, 14:08:47

Title: Vessel sinks of wales coast - 5 missing - 2 rescued - 1 dead
Post by: danny on November 27, 2011, 14:08:47: A crewman on a cargo carrier which has sunk off the coast of north Wales has been found dead, coastguards have confirmed.

Five crew from the 81-metre (265ft) Swanland are still missing.

The ship, with 3,000 tonnes of limestone onboard, disappeared 30 miles north-west of the Lleyn peninsula.

Two RNLI lifeboats, with four search and rescue helicopters and two commercial boats, are taking part in the search.

Two other rescued crew members have been taken to hospital in Bangor.

The Swanland's crew raised the alarm at about 02:00 GMT...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-15909625
Title: Re: Vessel sinks of wales coast - 5 missing - 2 rescued - 1 dead
Post by: Captain Cadet on November 27, 2011, 19:04:32: not a good day for wales and the welsh :'( which i am welsh
Gary Speed our footy coach has died- http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-15911321
and - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-15911321
:(
Title: Re: Vessel sinks of wales coast - 5 missing - 2 rescued - 1 dead
Post by: Rbsanford on November 27, 2011, 19:08:08: so now two ships have sank in my lifetime (first being that cruise ship that sank of the coast of santorini.)
Title: Re: Vessel sinks of wales coast - 5 missing - 2 rescued - 1 dead
Post by: danny on November 27, 2011, 19:44:31: RB, I'll think you'll find far more than 2 ships have sunk during your lifetime. Theres a satistic somewhere that said 1 large vessel a week sinks.
Title: Re: Vessel sinks of wales coast - 5 missing - 2 rescued - 1 dead
Post by: Rbsanford on November 27, 2011, 20:01:51: 1 LARGE VESSEL A WEEK?? no way!

well its just two ships that have sank that i know of. :doh:
Title: Re: Vessel sinks of wales coast - 5 missing - 2 rescued - 1 dead
Post by: Captain Cadet on November 27, 2011, 20:24:44: WHAT
one per week.
unless it means scraping
but co'mon health and safty will not let it happen
Title: Re: Vessel sinks of wales coast - 5 missing - 2 rescued - 1 dead
Post by: Rbsanford on November 27, 2011, 20:44:39: danny, whered u hear about the shipwreck a week thing? fox news? wikipedia?
Title: Re: Vessel sinks of wales coast - 5 missing - 2 rescued - 1 dead
Post by: dexter7 on November 27, 2011, 21:22:35: I agree with danny. On the science channel I saw something that said three or four vessels sink per month, But the reason you don't hear of them most likely is that most of them go unreported..
Title: Re: Vessel sinks of wales coast - 5 missing - 2 rescued - 1 dead
Post by: clanky on November 27, 2011, 21:42:30: The search for the remaining crew members has been called off, the coastguard will make a decision on whether or not to resume the search tomorrow morning, although by that stage it will be a search for bodies rather than survivors. How very sad.
Title: Re: Vessel sinks of wales coast - 5 missing - 2 rescued - 1 dead
Post by: danny on November 27, 2011, 21:59:45: Yes, its very saddening :(
there's an awful lot of speculation that the reason she went under was because she broke her back.
Title: Re: Vessel sinks of wales coast - 5 missing - 2 rescued - 1 dead
Post by: clanky on November 27, 2011, 22:04:21: It would seem so, that's not unheard of with bulk carriers.
Title: Re: Vessel sinks of wales coast - 5 missing - 2 rescued - 1 dead
Post by: Finn700 on November 30, 2011, 16:33:42: Quote from: dexter7 on November 27, 2011, 21:22:35
I agree with danny. On the science channel I saw something that said three or four vessels sink per month, But the reason you don't hear of them most likely is that most of them go unreported..
Good place to see what's happening is ofcourse the classic Cargolaw (http://www.cargolaw.com/presentations_casualties.php).
Just scroll the window down to see.
Title: Re: Vessel sinks of wales coast - 5 missing - 2 rescued - 1 dead
Post by: clanky on December 03, 2011, 10:59:27: An interesting read (http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fworldnews%2F8273847%2FSea-no-evil-the-life-of-a-modern-sailor.html&h=bAQEbUh2PAQFzitwQMC_iX4Mgd7SG787bYbedqqlG_nhqrQ)

I think the figure quoted is 37 sinkings per year, and that is the ones which the owners (or someone) report.
Title: Re: Vessel sinks of wales coast - 5 missing - 2 rescued - 1 dead
Post by: Finn700 on December 03, 2011, 19:28:37: Regarding the Cargolaw reports there were 35+ ships which sunk from July to this day, so I'd say 70+ ships sunks in a year.