That boat that crashed in Blackpool

[Burgmeister]

Remember that big boat that washed up on Blackpool beach a few years ago (The Riverdance?). What happened to it?

I remember at the time there was a local PH'er supplying some photos. Google doesn't seem to throw up anything particularly useful, does anyone have any dismantling photos and is it still there?

[MercuryRises]

According to the Wikipedia page, she was scrapped onsite.

The MCA stated

http://www.dft.gov.uk/mca/mcga07-home/newsandpubli...

Edited by MercuryRises on Wednesday 8th June 19:13

[Hippycake]

It was cut up with oxy/accetylene torches gradually into pieces and taken off the beach.

[IanMorewood]

Was on an episode of coast recently, cut up for scrap after they tried (and failed) to refloat her.

[bostin01]

I think you'll find some Scally had it away and weighed it in!!


Got his mates down with some diggers.......didn't take long!

[B1G GK]

Cut up and taken away, I know the guy who won the contract for it, subbied it out and make a cool Million for filling out a few bits of paper, wasnt as straight forward a job as it looked due to pipework underground.

[Simpo Two]

Who paid the million?

[bennyboydurham]

It was featured on that 'Salvage Code Red' program on Discovery. Apparently the original plan was to refloat her as she was mostly undamaged but before they got a chance to do it a huge storm came in and swamped her, flooding the engine room. Once the engines were flooded that was the end, as she was beyond economic repair.