Model Boat Mayhem

Mess Deck: General Section => Full Scale Ships => Topic started by: tigertiger on April 12, 2010, 12:59:08 am

Title: World's largest ship cemetery
Post by: tigertiger on April 12, 2010, 12:59:08 am

Some interesting and eerie pics and a short article here.

http://www.good.is/post/picture-show-500-wrecks-in-the-world-s-largest-ship-cemetery/?GT1=48001

Title: Re: World's largest ship cemetery
Post by: Bryan Young on April 12, 2010, 05:32:43 pm

Quote from: tigertiger on April 12, 2010, 12:59:08 am

Some interesting and eerie pics and a short article here.

http://www.good.is/post/picture-show-500-wrecks-in-the-world-s-largest-ship-cemetery/?GT1=48001

Tiger, quite fascinating. I had no idea that such a place existed...and would never have guessed its' location. What a shame (in a way) that there appears to be no attempt made to salvage these hulks as they do at Alang. You would have thought that such an impoverished country such as Mauretania would have jumped on this as a source of revenue. Seems not though. BY.

Title: Re: World's largest ship cemetery
Post by: dreadnought72 on April 12, 2010, 06:24:43 pm

Alang is stunning on Google Earth. Very weird.

Here's Alang on Google maps (http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&q=Alang,+Bhavnagar,+Gujarat,+India&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=18.808364,33.925781&ie=UTF8&cd=1&geocode=FWjjRgEdec9NBA&split=0&hq=&hnear=Alang,+Bhavnagar,+Gujarat,+India&ll=21.404321,72.192278&spn=0.007212,0.008283&t=h&z=17).

Andy

Title: Re: World's largest ship cemetery
Post by: Greggy1964 on April 12, 2010, 07:41:35 pm

You can see Nouadhibou Bay Mauritania on google maps too

That a whole lot of scrap ships, I got bored counting them! O0 {-)