Suez blocked by stuck ship!

[Riley Blue]

Accepted practice in the RN at one time. From my Dad's memoirs:

"Our next port of call was Singapore where we had a large naval dockyard with a recently completed dry dock able to accommodate our battle cruisers. We stayed for a while and I was able to make many visits to this large city with its industrious population. I was intrigued by the way in which the ship was turned round. The bow was gently nosed into the soft paddy fields with water buffaloes looking up in bewilderment and, with the stern in deep water, the ship gently eased round to steam off for our ultimate destination, the naval dockyard at Hong Kong."

The year: 1938.
The ship: the heavy cruiser HMS Kent.

[epom]

Could they not do a deal with the Pirates for a couple of days grace ??

[Blackpuddin]

Riley Blue said:

Accepted practice in the RN at one time. From my Dad's memoirs:

"Our next port of call was Singapore where we had a large naval dockyard with a recently completed dry dock able to accommodate our battle cruisers. We stayed for a while and I was able to make many visits to this large city with its industrious population. I was intrigued by the way in which the ship was turned round. The bow was gently nosed into the soft paddy fields with water buffaloes looking up in bewilderment and, with the stern in deep water, the ship gently eased round to steam off for our ultimate destination, the naval dockyard at Hong Kong."

The year: 1938.
The ship: the heavy cruiser HMS Kent.

That's how you turn a canal barge, there are V-shaped 'nicks' in the bank to nose into.

[anonymous-user]

Blackpuddin said:

Riley Blue said:

Accepted practice in the RN at one time. From my Dad's memoirs:

"Our next port of call was Singapore where we had a large naval dockyard with a recently completed dry dock able to accommodate our battle cruisers. We stayed for a while and I was able to make many visits to this large city with its industrious population. I was intrigued by the way in which the ship was turned round. The bow was gently nosed into the soft paddy fields with water buffaloes looking up in bewilderment and, with the stern in deep water, the ship gently eased round to steam off for our ultimate destination, the naval dockyard at Hong Kong."

The year: 1938.
The ship: the heavy cruiser HMS Kent.

That's how you turn a canal barge, there are V-shaped 'nicks' in the bank to nose into.

I was just about to say the same....although much smaller than HMS Kent or this ship I did it many times in my barge especially in the river as it is a lot easier to let the water flow do the work.

[Clifford Chambers]

Blackpuddin said:

Riley Blue said:

Accepted practice in the RN at one time. From my Dad's memoirs:

"Our next port of call was Singapore where we had a large naval dockyard with a recently completed dry dock able to accommodate our battle cruisers. We stayed for a while and I was able to make many visits to this large city with its industrious population. I was intrigued by the way in which the ship was turned round. The bow was gently nosed into the soft paddy fields with water buffaloes looking up in bewilderment and, with the stern in deep water, the ship gently eased round to steam off for our ultimate destination, the naval dockyard at Hong Kong."

The year: 1938.
The ship: the heavy cruiser HMS Kent.

That's how you turn a canal barge, there are V-shaped 'nicks' in the bank to nose into.

Winding hole.

[Simpo Two]

Clifford Chambers said:

Winding hole.

Yep. It works with cabin cruisers as well as heavy cruisers. Very effective if the bank is soft and you can't get round in one.

[Rower]

I reckon there is more to this than meets the eye .....she is referred to as Ever Given , has the name Ever Given on her bow but has Evergreen emblazoned on her hull , or is it all a hoax and has been Photoshopped ....badly .

[Simpo Two]

Rower said:

I reckon there is more to this than meets the eye .....she is referred to as Ever Given , has the name Ever Given on her bow but has Evergreen emblazoned on her hull , or is it all a hoax and has been Photoshopped ....badly .

Deduce Evergreen is the company and all their ships begin with 'Ever...'.

[thewarlock]

Rower said:

I reckon there is more to this than meets the eye .....she is referred to as Ever Given , has the name Ever Given on her bow but has Evergreen emblazoned on her hull , or is it all a hoax and has been Photoshopped ....badly .

A complete conspiracy.

Nothing to do with the fact that the ship is called MV Ever Given, operated by a company called Evergreen, who operate a great many ships, 11 of which in that class are all called Ever "something beginning with G"

You were joking though, right?

[Petrus1983]

Definitely doesn’t look very ‘free’



And incase you weren’t joking - here’s more about Evergreen, it’s a giant company -

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evergreen_Marine

[crofty1984]

lufbramatt said:

fiatpower said:

I liked a suggestion on Twitter that they should get land vehicles to pull it back and forth to release it

If those vehicles are a bunch of barried up muscle cars, you've got yourself the plot of the next Fast and Furious film.

"I live my life one nautical mile at a time..."

[Funk]

[thewarlock]

Petrus1983 said:

Definitely doesn’t look very ‘free’



And incase you weren’t joking - here’s more about Evergreen, it’s a giant company -

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evergreen_Marine

Remember this is what it looked like earlier:

https://gcaptain.com/grounded-mega-ship-blocking-s...

And that pictures you've posted is 3 hours old.

[Rower]

Petrus1983 said:

Definitely doesn’t look very ‘free’



And incase you weren’t joking - here’s more about Evergreen, it’s a giant company -

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evergreen_Marine

I am not fully aware of Taiwanese shipping companies so thanks for the information I should have carried out a lot more research before posting in such a light hearted way !

I was only looking at the thread because it mentioned that a Canal was blocked and I am in the process of planing a trip in a Narrowboat on the Birmingham and Fazeley canal and the z's confused me !

[Mafffew]

Rower said:

I reckon there is more to this than meets the eye .....she is referred to as Ever Given , has the name Ever Given on her bow but has Evergreen emblazoned on her hull , or is it all a hoax and has been Photoshopped ....badly .

Are you taking the piss?

[Petrus1983]

Rower said:

I am not fully aware of Taiwanese shipping companies so thanks for the information I should have carried out a lot more research before posting in such a light hearted way !

I was only looking at the thread because it mentioned that a Canal was blocked and I am in the process of planing a trip in a Narrowboat on the Birmingham and Fazeley canal and the z's confused me !

It’s cool - I’ve spent a lot of time in Southampton and you see these gigantic beats coming in and out all the time.

[rev-erend]

Funk said:

Good one

[Clifford Chambers]

Rower said:

I was only looking at the thread because it mentioned that a Canal was blocked and I am in the process of planing a trip in a Narrowboat on the Birmingham and Fazeley canal and the z's confused me !

Appropriate user name.

Sensibly though the fallout from this (given the timescales) shouldn't have much effect on your trip.

[paolow]

Mafffew said:

Rower said:

I reckon there is more to this than meets the eye .....she is referred to as Ever Given , has the name Ever Given on her bow but has Evergreen emblazoned on her hull , or is it all a hoax and has been Photoshopped ....badly .

Are you taking the piss?

[IJWS15]

saaby93 said:

What does partially refloated mean
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/suez-c...
Either it's floating or it isnt

Probably press speak, being aground is a bit like being a virgin - there is no partially about it.