Arry 18,620 Posted November 22, 2023 Report Share Posted November 22, 2023 Went for a walk and a breakfast around Brixham Harbour today seen this big French trawler for sale for £1. Brixham: Sunken French trawler could be sold for £1 WWW.BBC.CO.UK The Brixham harbourmaster wants to "get rid" of a French trawler that sank in Dartmouth in 2016. Cheers Arry 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 23,824 Posted November 22, 2023 Report Share Posted November 22, 2023 Albanian people smugglers are already in a bidding war for it I suspect. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 44,334 Posted November 22, 2023 Report Share Posted November 22, 2023 Wonder what it weighs ? 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stavross 13,769 Posted November 22, 2023 Report Share Posted November 22, 2023 (edited) Surely the scrap value is far more than the cost of removing it from the harbour? Edited November 22, 2023 by Stavross 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Arry 18,620 Posted November 22, 2023 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2023 Just now, WILF said: Wonder what it weighs ? Big Old boat Wilf dwarfs some of the other boats. Sank against the quay in Dartmouth. Cheers Arry 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Arry 18,620 Posted November 22, 2023 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2023 Just now, Stavross said: Surely the scrap value is far more than removing it from the harbour? They just want rid of it mate. doesn't look that bad really. Cheers Arry Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 44,334 Posted November 22, 2023 Report Share Posted November 22, 2023 8 minutes ago, Stavross said: Surely the scrap value is far more than the cost of removing it from the harbour? Trouble is mate once you are by or on water the environmental hurdles you have to jump are ridiculous to cut anything up. Be too big to lift and road transport otherwise I may have had a stint out of retirement ! Lol 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stavross 13,769 Posted November 22, 2023 Report Share Posted November 22, 2023 1 minute ago, WILF said: Trouble is mate once you are by or on water the environmental hurdles you have to jump are ridiculous to cut anything up. Be too big to lift and road transport otherwise I may have had a stint out of retirement ! Lol There’s a place near me that dry dock them to scrap them, a lad I know used to work for them, there must of been good money in them because they would go to auctions around the country to buy them just to scrap, they must of had all the hazardous handling tickets ( my mate was an asbestos stripper to start with) or maybe not, because they were in Hartlepool and that place is one big landfill 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 44,334 Posted November 22, 2023 Report Share Posted November 22, 2023 39 minutes ago, Stavross said: There’s a place near me that dry dock them to scrap them, a lad I know used to work for them, there must of been good money in them because they would go to auctions around the country to buy them just to scrap, they must of had all the hazardous handling tickets ( my mate was an asbestos stripper to start with) or maybe not, because they were in Hartlepool and that place is one big landfill 3 Rumanians and a 9 inch grinder, jobs a good un ! Lol 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paulus 26 Posted November 22, 2023 Report Share Posted November 22, 2023 Given It was towed there. I would of thought it could be towed to a dock to be broken, Why £50k to scrap it? and if that is the case asked them for £25k to remove it, If you don't ask and all that Lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NEWKID 26,211 Posted November 22, 2023 Report Share Posted November 22, 2023 5 hours ago, WILF said: Trouble is mate once you are by or on water the environmental hurdles you have to jump are ridiculous to cut anything up. Be too big to lift and road transport otherwise I may have had a stint out of retirement ! Lol The temptation is strong...but the time is limited, if only we had a few extra days a week! 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
big sid 1,119 Posted November 22, 2023 Report Share Posted November 22, 2023 would be a small profit on it considering the work, not a lot of non ferrous mostly ferrous so by the time you pay to get to dry dock and stay within the safety laws and go through plenty burning gear, spend most of the days making sure you men are not stealing your profit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ryaldinhio 4,139 Posted November 22, 2023 Report Share Posted November 22, 2023 8 hours ago, Stavross said: There’s a place near me that dry dock them to scrap them, a lad I know used to work for them, there must of been good money in them because they would go to auctions around the country to buy them just to scrap, they must of had all the hazardous handling tickets ( my mate was an asbestos stripper to start with) or maybe not, because they were in Hartlepool and that place is one big landfill That the boat yard on way to headland? Near Brunswick and old pub on end that's gone? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stavross 13,769 Posted November 23, 2023 Report Share Posted November 23, 2023 8 hours ago, ryaldinhio said: That the boat yard on way to headland? Near Brunswick and old pub on end that's gone? It could of been, I know it was around the headlands, it will of been well over 15 years ago when he worked there, I’m sure when he left he went to work for Able on the river, dismantling war ships, then oil rig platforms, earning mega money Quote Link to post Share on other sites
low plains drifter 9,467 Posted November 23, 2023 Report Share Posted November 23, 2023 On 22/11/2023 at 15:10, WILF said: 3 Rumanians and a 9 inch grinder, jobs a good un ! Lol X Hamster? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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