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i love what you people are documenting, its a study of learning how to sink a massive tons of weight, a warship, lots of experience detonator and ship sinkers
I never would have imagined that sinking a derelict ship could be such a complicated and challenging task. What I truly appreciated was the care and devotion to preserving and protecting the environment, down to the last drop of hydraulic oil! A magnificent job and my blessings to this wonderful crew.
I am 82 years old, lived around the Chesapeake Bay for all those years and seen enough water filled up in this area to rise the water level to at least where it is today. Stop blaming it on other causes and stop all of them before we do not have any land left!
Nice to see the old Isle Of Innisfree Sailing into Wellington in the background. A good old ship, I well remember sailing on her out of her home port of Dublin.
I will be the first to admit that I am an utter idiot with virtually zero knowledge of mechanics yet utter amazement at these machines and such high admiration of the people who design and build them, not to mention the endless bone grinding hours of exhausting work. Watching this has made all that seem like a drop in the ocean, pun intended, (Sorry); The fact these guys cared so much and didn't waste their skill and knowledge on just looking for a quick way out that then causes even more damage to our home, ("our" meaning all life on Earth), is way more than commendable, refreshing, heart warming and reassuring than ever before. To know they are cleaning them through thoroughly to ensure the safety of sealife and not just being flippant but truly taking this seriously, beginning to end and completing the project with a healthy, new and thriving environment for ocean life to begin to heal is way more than commendable. The extra hours, hurdles, exhausting work, problem solving on the spot throughout the journey, the red tape they must get tangled in and so much more and yet they never give up.. I can't speak for others just as they can not speak for me, however, for what ever it's worth, from the heart, Thank you, all of you, for the mammoth task you take on to show others out their that it can be done. I wish you all the luck, blessings and assistance you may need in the future x
@@th-fb1nl That is very true and it is extremely sad. Humans can make anything discovered into a weapon, however, they, in this case, turned that around yet again to become a home and not another potential hell.
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The vast majority of warships ever made are at the bottom of the ocean or scrapped. Only frigates and aircraft carriers are needed these days.
"Sunk more ships than some navy's". Statement of the day! There is something inherently sad about a sinking ship. I don't know why, but watching a vessel slide below the waves is a happening worthy of a tear or two.
Literally I did tear up. For not the sink shipping for all the memories going down with them. Military vessels just being scrapped etc and the soldiers homes etc. I only wonder about the rust. Would it affect?
If you had that kind of money youd be better off either starting from scratch or finding something more modern that's a bit more solid. There is a reason they give these ships away, because they are absolutely stuffed. Canterbury sister ship to Wellington ended up having the water blasters putting holes in the hull when trying to clean it in dock. Not to mention all the wiring was stuffed and starting to cause fires
Had the chance to watch this sinking when it happened. I just couldn't. Wellington was my home for 2 years, and they were the best 2 years by some measure.
15 seconds in and my first thought was...."They willingly mounted cameras to the ships they sink, and send people to retrieve them??" Anything for a shot I guess.
I reckon there's some sort of auto-release mechanism, magnetic maybe. Then the camera will float up to the surface attached to a bright orange buoy or something.
It's probably a go-pro or similar. Rather inexpensive. Secondly, the wreck is also intended for amateur divers, so fetching those cameras is no big deal.
for all of us that think we should have kept a 'Falklands' vessel as a reminder/museum, I strongly believe , this is as good a way as i have seen to do just that.. thank you
I grew up in Wellington, and HMNZS Wellington was my first ship when I posted onboard in 1987, and served in her until the start of 1989. A hugely sentimental video for me!
We've had an exchange sailor from the HMNZS Wellington aboard our dutch navelship HMS jan van Brakel in 1988.....nice bloke that almost wanted to enlist with our navy lol
@@edwinprasing8992 hey, I was on Wellington when that exchange happened! I remember it well, as I asked to be sent over for the exchange, as my parents are Dutch, and I still speak the language. I didn't get to go, but enjoyed surprising some of your sailors on our ship. Still a great experience though. Hello Shipmate!
@@bartcouprie4986 Hey buddy....damn shame you missed out on that one.....we had a lot of fun with him (in a nice way). We had a great time anyway in Wellington and with the Wellington. i''m still very close friends with most of my crew from that period. great to see someone from a great schip and from a great time....TC sailor
I spent five years of my life on this ship as Bacchante so I have mixed feelings about this, sad because I spent most of my time keeping her afloat, but pleased she was not scrapped on an Indian beach!
This is my feeling, I think it would be sadder to see her cut up than sent to the seabed with a big celebration yo become an artificial reef and others I've seen are just beautiful
Bet taxpayers didn’t know they footed the bill. Ship could have been sold and recycled which reduces strip mining of iron ore plus taxpayers would have benefited
The HMNZS Wellington is the same class of ship I served on in the Australian Navy, HMAS Stuart. The DE's were good ships for their time although more suited to colder climes as they were hard to keep cool. I think we were docked together in Singapore around '84/'85. The NZ ships had helicopter capability, ours didn't.
To be fair, He did try calling & got sent to voicemail. though he didn't even try to radio in or, he did and the editors decided to cut that out to add some *dramatic suspense!* lmao xD
Yeah... have you ever drunk Indian water? Most of it comes from wells. And its full of all the toxic shit that comes out of large scale salvage operations and many other unregulated industrial practices. The developing world cannot handle corporate corruption. That is why exporting unprocessed industrial waste to the developing world must and is being banned.
@@wiretamer5710 I would disagree as in India individual citizens are allowed to dig/bore their own well and pump clean water, whereas most western countries, New Zealand rely on council water care operations for regions, you clearly lack knowledge or just ignorant
Just Grass You clearly lack knowledge in even understanding what he just said. He said the water comes from wells. When all the toxic waste from all the unregulated industry operations goes into the ground where do you think it goes? It goes in all those wells, it doesn’t matter who digs the fucking things. Are you really under the impression that any water coming out of a Well is just automatically clean?
Its not a waste guys!!! You have to balance ecosystem and one way of doing it is by creating an artificial reef... This equilibrium is very important for survival of marine animal which in turn provides the water balance in terms of minerals and air content. Very crucial for both underwater animals and over shore habitats.
Go to trade schools.. learn the trade. Skip college, go straight to trade school. Welding, fabrication, metal work, etc. What this economy really needs. Achieve your dreams, kid.
Please donate or give freely this Ships to the Philippines for shelter of the marines., or temporary shelter for the fishermen in case they got caught of typhoon.
More like throwing it in a composter. All toxic chemicals are removed, and it provides a vital habitat. Ships wear out: but it can have a new life underwater, as essentially a fish hotel, and as something for precious coral reefs to grow on.
i watched this blow up. happy i know why it took awhile stood waiting up on the hill for hours after the original time frame. lol still live in wellington
It's kinda like how Guy Fawkes jumped off the gallows platform to do the hanging himself,instead of being dropped through the trapdoor by the executioner: the ship just wanted to do it herself.
I can't imagine what it must be like all, the hours of your life spent on her, I don't know what branch you where in but it must be kind of sad to see all your hard work be sunk, I sort of couldn't imagine watching my ship be sunk
@@williamhilbert8324 yeah I’m sure they had the time to do a thorough job removing every little hydrocarbon from diesel hydraulic oil. They said they left the wire hanger brackets so the wire didn’t hang down and become a hazard. Wire is encased in plastic. I’m sure there was all kinds of stuff that could be toxic. But I guess you know better
@KISHANTH JEYAMOORTHY there is still nearly 3,000 tons of steel that doesn't have to be mined that can be used, the very last bits that cannot be used can be shredded and combined with other waste to produce road base.
Dodge Guy I don’t think you understand the size of this ship. Nor do you understand that it’s gonna take more then 10 people and a saw to do this. I really hope you were being sarcastic
Believe they helped Australia with the sinking of our last Destroyer. The folk thought to make a reef off Sydney. They thought they would just tow it out and blow holes in it hull simple. Till we found out and they only stripped out the copper wiring. Any road they needed it fixed quick and these chaps I believe did it.
I was thinking the same thing when they were moving the steel scrap with a forklift. Why not just get a loader or skid steer with a grapple bucket instead?
Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view!" Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam." Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!" Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..." Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!" Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky." Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction." Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment ?"
I don't get it : since they clean them up of pollutants anyway, why not scrap them completely ? Reclaimed metal is cheaper and more eco-friendly to reprocess than smelting new metal from its ores, or so I've heard. :/
The hourly wages, the protective gear, the cost of acetylene gas, the toxic fumes all involved in cutting up ships is more than the scrap value. Which is why ship salvage is done on the beaches of very poor countries with little safety or environmental regulation
I absolutely love that they are making these ships into artificial reefs cause that's super awesome and very much needed!! Love this idea!! More people need to do stuff like this...Helping nature not destroying it.
I seriously doubt New Zealand needs an artificial reef. Anything artificial is a slap in the face to that country. And I’d bet, some people are offended 😆
Airbags can be reused allowing the ship to sink properly! Why sink them? The amount of soil that gets moved for that much steel good grief! Build a bay that can cut ships like bread. Multiple diamond cables that cut the whole ship up at the same time then put the slices into a shredder and recycle it!
They sink the ships on sand bottoms away from reefs so no natural reefs gets destroyed in the process plus sand naturally moves because of current and a ship sinking isn't going to be damaging plus now sea creatures can live in the ship and its giving a place for coral to grow.
Bob Byrne I agree. It is definitely mixed emotions. I am a diver and love diving on reefs. But it doesn’t change the emotion of sinking one of these veterans of the sea. But I like to think it’s a Nobel retirement for her! Better than just rotting.