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eRRolSheep

eRRolSheep Report 1 Jul 2014 11:12

About time too...

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eRRolSheep

eRRolSheep Report 1 Jul 2014 11:12

In a timely decision, ships which were sunk in WWI are to be given better protection under a new UN agreement. I am all for exploration and research, particularly for historical reasons, but too many of these ships are being slowly destroyed - both by deliberate means and innocent.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-28056244

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DazedConfused

DazedConfused Report 1 Jul 2014 12:48

Good, many are not just wrecks to be plundered but are graves as well.

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We are all of us in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars, Oscar Wilde New avatar, my dad age about 3/4 months, could have been worse, it could have been the awful nude on a rug!!

eRRolSheep

eRRolSheep Report 1 Jul 2014 12:58

Yes I agree - these old wrecks should be treated with respect because they are more than that.
It is very difficult to monitor but hopefully the new protection will be enforced to an extent.

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GlasgowLass

GlasgowLass Report 1 Jul 2014 13:28

I was on the island of Vatersay last month and stopped to take a photo of a WW2 memorial.
In 1944 a Catalina plane on a training exercise crashed onto the Scottish island, and 3 of the 9 crewmen were killed.
After taking the photo, I spotted the wreckage of the tail section lying on the rocks next to the plaque..
It's all still there, apparently untouched for the last 70 years!

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Brannan/ McGrath/ Kerr/ Jordan/ Finnigan NI and Free State. Devlin/ Lamont / Lamond/ Fyfe/ Pollock/ Johnston/Struthers/ Smith. Scotland. Avi: Hand Fasting or Tying The Knot. Daughters wedding 2016

eRRolSheep

eRRolSheep Report 1 Jul 2014 13:32

aha a flying boat !

I love them.

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