Torquay Harbour Fire

[GPSguru]

 

Oh, that is gonna cost the insurance company,

 

 

 

80ft long, estimated value £6m, and it has now sunk with 9 Tons of diesel on board.

Edited May 29, 2022 by GPSguru

[Saintly Fish]

1 minute ago, GPSguru said:

estimated value £6

Before or after price? 

[GPSguru]

Just now, Saintly Fish said:

Before or after price? 

Fixed that 🤣

 

Here is another pic,

[Saintly Fish]

8000 litres of fuel onboard according to the news. 
Must be an insurance job!! 

[Odyssey]

22 hours ago, GPSguru said:

 

Oh, that is gonna cost the insurance company,

 

 

 

80ft long, estimated value £6m, and it has now sunk with 9 Tons of diesel on board.

So £5.8m in Diesel then….. 

I saw it on the news, i guess managed to move other boats away but a hell of a fire….

[GPSguru]

1 hour ago, Odyssey said:

So £5.8m in Diesel then….. 

I saw it on the news, i guess managed to move other boats away but a hell of a fire….

It was on its own pontoon, but when the fire took hold it broke its moorings as the ropes burnt through. Luckily, it just drifted across the to harbour pier wall, where it then sunk. There is a pretty big recovery operation going on at the moment, the diesel was contained with a barrage, but they now need to lift the boat out of the outer harbour, as that is a quite busy fairway.

I thought it was a Sunseeker Manhatton (there are 2 moored in Torquay), but it was only a Princess 85 (they are built at Plymouth), so the value is only about £2m.

BTW, the Manhatton and the Princess have remarkably similar looks.

Edited May 29, 2022 by GPSguru