Reply to: Ship prangings in the 12th year of the century

[Mich the Tester]

I expect the sinking counteracts the burning though.

But the oil might float on the surface and burn long after the ship has sunk and you are still trying to get away in a little (flammable) rubber boat.

Theoretically, if your boat happens to sink above an undersea volcano or fault, it might yet burn as it hits the molten rocks.

[Arturo Bassick]

He's right; people, for your own safety, AVOID SHIPS! Most years, they crash, sink or burn!

I expect the sinking counteracts the burning though.

[Mich the Tester]

I think ships crash, sink, burn most years

He's right; people, for your own safety, AVOID SHIPS! Most years, they crash, sink or burn!

[Arturo Bassick]

I think ships crash, sink, burn most years

Never let the truth get in the way of a good conspiracy theory.

[Mich the Tester]

I think ships crash, sink, burn most years

You mean you don't believe there's something fishy going on?

[Mich the Tester]

The Spanish ship Lomelina, which sank off France in 1512.

[Spacecadet]

I think ships crash, sink, burn most years

[Mich the Tester]

I'm surprised no-one mentioned the HMS Dragon, 1712.

HMS Dragon (1647) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Or indeed the Portuguese barks wrecked at the Battle of Suvali in 1612.

Battle of Swally - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

One of them was deliberate though; set alight by the Portuguese navy to try and sink a British ship.

[BlasterBates]

I'm surprised no-one mentioned the HMS Dragon, 1712.

HMS Dragon (1647) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Churchill]

last year the missus said to me 'We have spent three holidays in the oz desert, one up in Alaska running away from bears, cant we take it easy and go on a cruise this year'

last week she said 'looks like the great Victorian desert this year then'

Do Saga do the Great Victorian Desert, then?

[EternalOptimist]

Good find - Damn, I missed that one.

Oh and Sir Cloudesley Shovell _almost_ ran his fleet aground in 1712. But the fool was 5 years early.

if we make a bet for 2112, and nothing sinks. do we get a rollover ?

[Mich the Tester]

What about the unforgettable Newry Liverpool wreck of 1812 Newry to Liverpool Shipwreck 5th March 1812
?

Indeed, Patricia, unforgettable

And the VOC Zuytdorp, wrecked off Australia in 1712.

We could start a conspiracy theory here.

[OwlHoot]

What about the unforgettable Newry Liverpool wreck of 1812 Newry to Liverpool Shipwreck 5th March 1812
?

Good find - Damn, I missed that one.

Oh and Sir Cloudesley Shovell _almost_ ran his fleet aground in 1712. But the fool was 5 years early.

[EternalOptimist]

last year the missus said to me 'We have spent three holidays in the oz desert, one up in Alaska running away from bears, cant we take it easy and go on a cruise this year'

last week she said 'looks like the great Victorian desert this year then'

[BrilloPad]

What about the unforgettable Newry Liverpool wreck of 1812 Newry to Liverpool Shipwreck 5th March 1812
?