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Post by markus on Feb 14, 2010 13:07:08 GMT 1
spotted the wreck on google earth: 21°25'8.03"N 72°12'29.79"E markus That photo is dated 27 May 2004 - perhaps before the France/Norway was beached there? nm really? pity, the wreck looked like the norway to me: funnel shape, dark green paint on deck... so maybe we can see her in 2013 when google shows pics from 2007 ;D ;D markus
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Post by nm on Feb 14, 2010 19:09:00 GMT 1
This is what Wikipedia says (Norway demolished late 2007 and 2008); I must check the Google earth date again:
Gopal Krishna again moved an application seeking compliance with the Basel Convention, and three days later the Indian Supreme Court decided that the scrapping was to be postponed, stipulating that the Technical Committee, which earlier approved the scrapping, were to write a new report to be submitted before the Court's final decision.[25] That decision was reached on 11th September 2007 (the 33rd anniversary of the SS France's last day on the Atlantic), when the court ruled that the Blue Lady was safe to scrap, a decision that was received negatively by ship aficionados and environmentalists alike.[26] By 4th December of the same year, it was confirmed that the tip of the Blue Lady's bow had been cut; a ceremonial move done to most ships that end up in Alang just prior to the full scale breaking of a ship.[27] It was confirmed on 20th January that the Blue Lady has commenced scrapping.[27] Scrapping began on the forward part of the sun deck. The suites added during the 1990 refit were gone by March. By 12th July 2008 the bow and the stern of the ship had been removed, with little of the ship's famous profile still recognizable. [28] By September of 2008, most of what remained above the waterline had been cut away, and the ship's destruction was essentially completed by late 2008.
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Post by nm on Feb 14, 2010 19:10:33 GMT 1
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Post by markus on Feb 14, 2010 22:00:56 GMT 1
skeleton finished...
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Post by gordon on Feb 14, 2010 22:09:57 GMT 1
Your not hanging about with this one Markus...
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Post by markus on Feb 14, 2010 22:10:52 GMT 1
just measured the lenght of my bathtub.....guess what?
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Post by markus on Feb 14, 2010 22:14:16 GMT 1
Your not hanging about with this one Markus... just love building model ships.... ok, spent about 10 hours on this kit until now ;D
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Post by Achtung!! on Feb 14, 2010 22:54:21 GMT 1
What you found out about your bath tub....
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2010 23:07:44 GMT 1
What you found out about your bath tub.... The France probaly dosen't fit. ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by markus on Feb 14, 2010 23:11:18 GMT 1
What you found out about your bath tub.... skyfire is right - the bathtub is too short for doing floating tests
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Post by Achtung!! on Feb 15, 2010 13:01:24 GMT 1
Did you not float your Bissie in the bath?
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Post by markus on Feb 15, 2010 17:58:13 GMT 1
i did - bissy (125cm) fitted without problems, france (168cm) won't fit
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Post by markus on Feb 15, 2010 18:25:53 GMT 1
some progress today...
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Post by Robert on Feb 15, 2010 18:40:08 GMT 1
I thought for a moment since Markus moved home lately, he had probably forgot to take with him sugar cube measurement units to check if his new bathtub was suited for future floating tests. ;D
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