Originally published at: Abandoned freighter drifts close to Dutch shore | Boing Boing
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Dutch Navy: here’s your target practice!
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I can almost guarantee that a salvage ship is circling it, that’s about $500k in the salvage yard, that steel is worth cheddar folks.
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I think I saw that episode of the X-Files. Scully makes eyes at Mulder in this one…
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So the Flying Dutchman lost it masts over the years.
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Unless the bulk cargo is very light, it looks like it is running empty and NOT showing much water. Unless the ship lost all steering control and engines/electrical, the call to abandon ship looks premature.
On the other hand, I would expect an exhausted under-count crew not be that willing to stay, especially if the weather forecast called for increased weather.
I look forward to reading the incident reports.
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FREE RECYCLED STEEL!!
(be a glass-half-full kind of guy there, Netherlands!)
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Time to call in the Sea Cowboys!
(fascinating read btw…these salvage crews are absolute badasses. Wish Hollywood would do some stories like this.)
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Definitely looks to be riding pretty high compared to photos with stuff in it.
Sounds like engine room was flooded when it was holed, though. That was probably game over.
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It could be a trap though.
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Update: She’s been towed into Rotterdam! https://twitter.com/space_osint/status/1488522540100329478/photo/1
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