SAT3/SAFE cable ship goes up in flames near Namibia

[Jan]

SAT3/SAFE cable ship abandoned at sea

No lives lost as a result of fire aboard France Telecom-Orange cable ship.

 

[Jan]

There are some photos of the incident at Shipwreck Log: http://www.shipwrecklog.com/log/2012/08/chamarel/

 

[drukkie]

outsurance here we come!

 

[Peon]

About to say! Payday!!

 

[Tun@]

The Chamarel - that's the cable layer that berths at that dock in the V&A normally

*Edit* a pic there amongst the others of it berthed there - i'm sure a few of you will have seen it there before
http://www.shipwrecklog.com/log/2012/08/chamarel/#jp-carousel-8207

 

[Yuu]

Thanks for the pics Tun@, really sad to see it go up in flames .

 

[absynth]

yup always saw it at V&A when having felafel.

 

[The_Unbeliever]

Ouchie. >.<

Fire on a ship in the middle of nowhere just is not fun.

 

[Tun@]

Ouchie. >.<

Fire on a ship in the middle of nowhere just is not fun.

Nope.....sometimes even coming home from work ain't much fun either...this ain't my photo but conditions were about the same getting out of the south on that blow that went thru last week

 

[ponder]

Fire on a ship in the middle of nowhere just is not fun.

Kinda ironic considering all the water around you. But yeah fire is probably one of the worst things you can have on a ship.