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Old 06-07-2006, 11:19 AM
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Very interesting link with photos of the ship that went down a few years ago with a full cargo of new cars. http://www.havenarbeiders.be/fototricolor.htm
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Old 06-07-2006, 11:26 AM
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wow...sometimes it is amazing what man can accomplish....reclaiming something that big from the sea is amazing.
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There were a bunch of BMW's on that ship too. Sad, so sad.
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Old 06-07-2006, 01:53 PM
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Holy cow...Had no idea this happened..Of course, half of them are probably on fleabay...
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Hope they had insureance!! LOL that really sucks!
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So what happened? I'm curious.....
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So what happened? I'm curious.....
The ship sank in a storm a couple years ago.
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does anyone have the news story on it?
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does anyone have the news story on it?
Yeah, I heard google does.
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Very cool. I didn't think that any of the boat was salvageable. It appears that the ship originally sank after a collision with another vessel in dense fog.
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