PanzerJohn Posted August 5, 2008 Posted August 5, 2008 Anyone got a fishing boat? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1041825/Revealed-The-astonishing-D-Day-tanks-the-English-Channel.html Quote
PanzerJohn Posted August 5, 2008 Author Posted August 5, 2008 Anyone got a fishing boat? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1041825/Revealed-The-astonishing-D-Day-tanks-the-English-Channel.html Quote
Guest catweazle (Banned Member) Posted August 5, 2008 Posted August 5, 2008 Is this what you had in mind? what is it?:rofl: Quote
N.O.S. Posted August 5, 2008 Posted August 5, 2008 what is it?:rofl: Dunno, it didn't come with any paperwork and there's no maker's plate on it, but at least it has a proper engine (Gardner 5LW) :-D Quote
Guest catweazle (Banned Member) Posted August 5, 2008 Posted August 5, 2008 (edited) :shocked:Gardner 5lw must of come out of a narrow boat. last time that thing was on here the Forun crashed and Jack blamed me at Beltring. Edited August 5, 2008 by catweazle (Banned Member) Quote
AndyFowler Posted August 5, 2008 Posted August 5, 2008 The latest thing in high speed amphibious portaloo's ? :-D Quote
Guest catweazle (Banned Member) Posted August 5, 2008 Posted August 5, 2008 The latest thing in high speed amphibious portaloo's ? :-D An H,sap mmmmm.wheres adam . Quote
abn deuce Posted August 6, 2008 Posted August 6, 2008 A few big air lifting bags , large compressor a few cables and divers float it close to shore and winch on to the beach with a pair of Ward La Frances.Easy Peaseey. Quote
martylee Posted August 6, 2008 Posted August 6, 2008 The sea hides many treasures. I can't believe that these vehicles are such good condition, when they've been in saltwater that long. Anyway intresting reading! Thanks! Marty Quote
Joris Posted August 6, 2008 Posted August 6, 2008 Perhaps when they are exposed to fresh air the corrosion will start for real. Quote
M.Rimmer Posted August 6, 2008 Posted August 6, 2008 Certainly an interesting discovery. As I mentioned on the LRDG wrecks thread it's the conservation that would be the major part of any effort to recover these. Having been in salt water for this long they will be relatively stable in their present enviroment but as soon as they leave the water and hit air they will start to corrode very quickly. Conservation would take months or even years and would probably require submerging them in a large tank. Another factor here is did the crews get out? I assume they did/were not in the vehicles at the time?. What happened to the Sherman DD tank that was recovered and in a French museum? I am no expert in conservation but I am learning a lot from the P-38 project as these are all problems we will have to overcome prior to any recovery work. Matt. Quote
AlienFTM Posted August 6, 2008 Posted August 6, 2008 Conservation would take months or even years and would probably require submerging them in a large tank. You may need something bigger than that: according to the Daily Mail, these are massive tanks. Even if they are smaller than a Sherman and only maybe half the size of a Tiger 1. There is nothing to compare with the misuse by the media of superlatives to big-up (if you'll pardon the pun) a story. Quote
M.Rimmer Posted August 6, 2008 Posted August 6, 2008 Never let the truth get in the way of a good story! unfortunatly this more and more seems to be the motto of the British press these days. Quote
N.O.S. Posted August 6, 2008 Posted August 6, 2008 Anyone know how much clobber was lost at sea during the war? I've seen figures in the past somewhere for total shipping weight losses, but that includes the ships and I've never seen a breakdown of what went down. Any figures for number of vehicles for example? Must have been countless liberty ship loads of trucks, armour etc sunk in N.Atlantic. Some fascinating finds to be had for divers, perhaps it'd be nice to leave them down there for them to enjoy. When you think about it, these two tanks are but a drop in the ocean compared to all the gear lost (well ok, two drops....) Quote
Tony B Posted August 6, 2008 Posted August 6, 2008 If you can get down to about three hundred feet. Try Hurd's Deep of Alderney , litterally boat loads of stuff dumped there after WW2. Quote
AlienFTM Posted August 7, 2008 Posted August 7, 2008 Anyone know how much clobber was lost at sea during the war? I've seen figures in the past somewhere for total shipping weight losses, but that includes the ships and I've never seen a breakdown of what went down. Any figures for number of vehicles for example? Must have been countless liberty ship loads of trucks, armour etc sunk in N.Atlantic. Some fascinating finds to be had for divers, perhaps it'd be nice to leave them down there for them to enjoy. When you think about it, these two tanks are but a drop in the ocean compared to all the gear lost (well ok, two drops....) There's an advert for Smirnoff which intrigues me, giving their concept of all the stuff dumped in the oceans over the aeons. It would be a good advert if I drank, cos I can remember what it advertises. Quote
ArtistsRifles Posted August 8, 2008 Posted August 8, 2008 That is a Brilliant advert! Oh I wish. Me too.... Bags me the Lanc if it could ever happen!! Quote
Enigma Posted August 8, 2008 Posted August 8, 2008 There's an advert for Smirnoff which intrigues me, giving their concept of all the stuff dumped in the oceans over the aeons. It would be a good advert if I drank, cos I can remember what it advertises. :confused::??? Don't know the advert. Quote
ArtistsRifles Posted August 8, 2008 Posted August 8, 2008 :confused::???Don't know the advert. Try here mate: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JCbeP5Fjyw It's a good one!! Quote
Enigma Posted August 8, 2008 Posted August 8, 2008 Try here mate: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JCbeP5Fjyw It's a good one!! Thanks Mate! It is a great one. I'll take the battleship... Quote
abn deuce Posted August 8, 2008 Posted August 8, 2008 not shown over here, thanks for the link! Quote
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