Topic: Algoport sinks! (Read 5876 times)

Capt.Cooper · « **on:** February 05, 2010, 20:38:51 »

Some cool photos of the ship sinking Sept. 2009. This is the main page of the ship on boatnerd.com

http://www.boatnerd.com/pictures/fleet/algoport.htm (http://www.boatnerd.com/pictures/fleet/algoport.htm)

Capt.Cooper · « **Reply #1 on:** February 05, 2010, 20:39:46 »

Photo page of the sinking.

http://www.boatnerd.com/pictures/fleet/algoportsink.htm (http://www.boatnerd.com/pictures/fleet/algoportsink.htm)

TJK · « **Reply #2 on:** February 05, 2010, 21:45:45 »

Watt is so cool with sinking ship, ship are made for sailing on the sea

gibby12 · « **Reply #3 on:** February 05, 2010, 21:56:35 »

Quote from: TJK on February 05, 2010, 21:45:45

Watt is so cool with sinking ship, ship are made for sailing on the sea

Tore is right ships are made for sailing. but some times it is cool to whatch them sink but the main perpose for a ship is to sail

The Ferry Man · « **Reply #4 on:** February 05, 2010, 22:05:30 »

Quote from: gibby12 on February 05, 2010, 21:56:35

Tore is right ships are made for sailing. but some times it is cool to whatch them sink but the main perpose for a ship is to sail

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Not cool if you are stuck onboard and casnnot get off... $:-\$

Cat320DL · « **Reply #5 on:** February 05, 2010, 22:30:52 »

yah that's sad too see a old laker go down.

TJK · « **Reply #6 on:** February 05, 2010, 22:36:15 »

Quote from: gibby12 on February 05, 2010, 21:56:35

Tore is right ships are made for sailing. but some times it is cool to whatch them sink but the main perpose for a ship is to sail

welll then it's cool to see titanick sink

air plain crash with 100 of peoples dead ,
NO ACCIDENTS ARE not fun or cool EVER , EVEN NOT FUN ONE TIME

, i thot you was a vise kid $:-\$

Capt.Cooper · « **Reply #7 on:** February 06, 2010, 03:55:46 »

Nothing is "cool" about a ship sinking, especially with people aboard. I posted this for informative purposes. It's not often one gets a chance to view something like this. Tough crowd...

marcstrat · « **Reply #8 on:** February 06, 2010, 09:35:43 »

Thanks for the pics,and the info.

To the other members,stop with the discussion neighter it is "Cool"or"Not Cool".
Accident DO happen,thats the way.No one can do anything about that.
Marc

McGherkin · « **Reply #9 on:** February 06, 2010, 10:40:31 »

not good

IRI5HJ4CK · « **Reply #10 on:** February 06, 2010, 13:51:53 »

Quote from: marcstrat on February 06, 2010, 09:35:43

Thanks for the pics,and the info.

To the other members,stop with the discussion neighter it is "Cool"or"Not Cool".
Accident DO happen,thats the way.No one can do anything about that.
Marc

I agree.

And as Capt.Cooper said, it is a rare opportunity to view such photos...I personally find it very interesting to look at. Even though I find it almost distressing to see a ship sink, at the same time, you can see this ship had a very long career...And at least, there was no loss of life either.

Jack.

Kevinmcg_ships · « **Reply #11 on:** February 06, 2010, 14:24:12 »

I agree with Jack, and it may even help ship designers to understand what went wrong so that this type of accident/sinking would not (hopefully!) happen again in future.

gibby12 · « **Reply #12 on:** February 06, 2010, 17:17:34 »

guys i ment its cool to see a ship sink if its for a perpose like if a navy ship gets realy old and thay have to sink it because itss old and taking up room at the ports.

IRI5HJ4CK · « **Reply #13 on:** February 06, 2010, 19:45:32 »

Quote from: gibby12 on February 06, 2010, 17:17:34

guys i ment its cool to see a ship sink if its for a perpose like if a navy ship gets realy old and thay have to sink it because itss old and taking up room at the ports.

It also becomes a habitat for marine animals and other under water creatures...

Jack.

gibby12 · « **Reply #14 on:** February 06, 2010, 20:33:44 »

Quote from: IRI5HJ4CK on February 06, 2010, 19:45:32

It also becomes a habitat for marine animals and other under water creatures...

Jack.

yes you are very correct on that one jack

Stuart2007 · « **Reply #15 on:** February 06, 2010, 20:59:58 »

Can I throw in another angle on this? (tough if anyone says no as I just have!)

Watching a controlled sinking, such as I saw of the Cornish coast back about 94 when a Royal Navy frigate was sunk as a diving reef is something different.

I don't know if I could class it as 'cool' (I don't see what the temperature has to do with it... cool=tepid... $:-\$ ) but it was interesting to watch... in a strange way.

A former warrior of the sea, badly treated and neglected. then cruelly drowned to be a reef of fun until the iron breaks down... Oh sorry- that is the serving ships I am thinking of.

EDIT: I looked it up on wikipedia and it is most likely it was a Leander class named HMS Scylla.

McGherkin · « **Reply #16 on:** February 06, 2010, 21:06:49 »

'94?!? That would make me 1 year old when I saw her go down... I think it was a bit later than that Stu...

Scylla was only about 5-6 years ago....

Stuart2007 · « **Reply #17 on:** February 06, 2010, 22:03:40 »

Opps. Typo

See? Even I make mistakes. I hope that makes you all feel less inferior.

McGherkin · « **Reply #18 on:** February 06, 2010, 22:04:57 »

So you were there?

Scary... That means at one point I may have seen the famous Stuart2007 :-S

The Ferry Man · « **Reply #19 on:** February 06, 2010, 22:07:37 »

Quote from: McGherkin on February 06, 2010, 22:04:57

So you were there?

Scary... That means at one point I may have seen the famous Stuart2007 :-S

You should feel honoured

Stuart2007 · « **Reply #20 on:** February 07, 2010, 00:14:17 »

Quote from: McGherkin on February 06, 2010, 22:04:57

So you were there?

Scary... That means at one point I may have seen the famous Stuart2007 :-S

I was the one who had to tell an admiral and explosives expert, "sorry I didn't see the sign saying 'live explosives. don't press'"

Capt.Cooper · « **Reply #21 on:** February 07, 2010, 05:10:49 »

The website boatnerd.com http://www.boatnerd.com/ (http://www.boatnerd.com/) is quite popular with the great lakes boat watcher crowd. Very informative indeed.

I will be much more reserved in the future as to my postings here. I wasn't aware that the word "cool" would be scrutinized at this depth, and by site moderation as well.

Mad_Fred · « **Reply #22 on:** February 07, 2010, 05:40:46 »

Hi Capt. Cooper,

Don't worry. I'm sure TJK just misunderstood at first, that there were no victims in this case.

We have had our share of people that 'glorify' certain horrible tragedies on this forum, as you're no doubt aware aswell. And a lot of the more serious shipsimmers don't approve of such behaviour. And more than once, was the loss of life and the resulting grieving and such, disregarded by people that posted in a 'cool' way about accidents that claimed lives.

But in this case none of that applies ofcourse, and I suspect that Tore just made his remark out of a personal dislike of such topics. And I am sure you yourself would agree with it too. I also don't think you would have ever used the word 'cool' when there would have been victims involved.

As such, the bit of flak you seemed to get does not mean it's a staff intervention. But we're all human after all, and a misunderstanding easily happens. $:-\$

Regards,
Fred

TJK · « **Reply #23 on:** February 07, 2010, 13:08:57 »

Thanks Fred
Yes i misunderstand it, and I'm sorry for start this discussion , as a staff member i shooed officious not do this and started this discussion., but I'm also a ordinary humane weed feeling's to, and do mistake sometimes.
Sorry and hope i can be forgiven for my mistake for my defense, I'm from Norway and sometime i misunderstand but i work with it all the time
Kind Regards
TJK/Tore

Capt.Cooper · « **Reply #24 on:** February 07, 2010, 16:55:52 »

I appreciate your replies gentlemen. I'm not fully aware of general likes & dislikes of the board members, being new here I hope would be taken under consideration. I am an administrator on a 60,000+ member snowmobile forum & can fully understand & appreciate what you do here.

Regards,
Coop.

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