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The BOS 400, a French Derrick Lay Barge that ran aground while being towed by the Russian tugboat Tigr. June 26, 1994.The Tigr was chartered to tow the BOS 400 from Pointe-Noire in the Republic of Congo to Cape Town, South Africa. The tow-rope broke loose during a storm and causing the vessel to run aground off Duiker Point near Sandy Bay. Despite several towage attempts, the shipwreck was considered a total loss as salvors were able to recover little from the wreck. The Tigr barge was built in 1987 in Polish shipyards and had remained idle in the Cape Town docks from 1994 to 2000, when it was sold for $625,000.
The Boss 400 was the biggest floating crane in Africa when the towing lines broke and hit the rocks in a storm.
Being a barge and having no main engines of its own it had to be towed to wherever it was working in the world. It had been used in the industry to pick up huge pipes. The tug that had the towing operation was underpowered and not up to the job. They found themselves unable to cope with the conditions and radioed through to Cape Town harbor to ask for assistance.
lthough two tugs were dispatched they were unable to get any lines onto the boss 400 due to the extremely rough seas. It is said a while later the original line snapped and the Boss 400 found itself blowing onto the rocks in Maori Bay were she has been lying ever since. All 14 crew that had been aboard the Boss 400 were airlifted to safety.
This wreck is “Manx Rose” and she was built in Arklow, Ireland, in 1942 for the Admiralty. She used to work from Pwllheli in the early 1980’s and then from Amlwch. She was decomissioned about 1985 and taken to Dulas Estuary, Anglesey.
We passed this field of cars on our way back from somewhere, so had to stop to see what it was exactly. An enormous load of old Audi's, and just a few Skodas in a corner.
We went to photograph these wrecks an the Wyre estuary yesterday. I was last there 14 years ago and they don't appear to have changed.The mud was very slippy and quite difficult to walk on whist carrying my camera. Fortunately did not slip and fall into it, though nearly lost a wellie.
Taken with Canon EOS 5 modified for infrared
"The Corpach Wreck," her real name is MV Dayspring. She was built in 1975 and in her prime an excellent fishing vessel bringing mackerel and herring. She was renamed Golden Harvest by new owners and made her last voyage under her own power in 2001. She was left moored for several years at Kinlochleven Pier. Due to a raiser chain failure during a heavy storm she ran aground near the Corpach Sea Lock on the 8th December 2011 and has lain there ever since.
Eastbound SE98 derailed while passing over Shippenport Road bridge in Roxbury Township creating a mess for the EL. Reports stated that rotted ties on the bridge caused the rails to open up causing the derailment. The scene is looking westbound towards Lake Hopatcong with EL 432 on the westbound main at the front of the wreck train and 411 and C185 on the eastbound main just before the wreck site. Hulcher Railroad Services were on the scene with their "Sidewinders" helping EL clean up the mess. Thanks to Art Erdman for info about the wreck. 02-13-1974 Howard Kent Jr.
The old ship wreck that lies hidden on Bran Sands at South Gare, it can be seen only when the tide is out.
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Where's Matt Helm?
Update -I found this story online:
Last occupied by the Daiichi Sankyo pharmaceutical company in 2016, the 113,000-square-foot building next to the Parsippany Hilton is currently being torn down. Commercial real estate firm Onyx Equities LLC bought the 10.1-acre property for $13.9 million in 2020 and secured approvals to replace it with a 103,000-square-foot warehouse.
The only thing New Jersey needs less of than office space, is warehouse space.
Another shot taken at Lower Upnor on the River Medway, Kent UK. This part of the river was the location of an attack by the Dutch fleet during Tudor times. There are many wrecks in the area though most are relatively recent.
The wreck of tug Carbon . It was being towed from Portland to Southampton for salvage when the towing line broke off the Needles in 1947. The ship drifted into Compton Bay on the Isle of Wight and ran aground on the rocks , its remained here rusting ever since ,only accessible during certain spring low tides .
I walked out onto the slippery bedrock around 5:30am this morning with friend and fellow photographer Rich Smith and was also joined by another friend and fellow photographer Jamie Currie slightly later on.
This is a 6 shot Panoramic , stitched in cs6 and processed in Lr5