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Wreck removal Lowestoft « Posted: 25 July 2011 at 02:40 PM »
A notice appeared on a post near the East Point pavilion saying that the removal of a wreck will take place in July/August of an old smack,near children's corner. It says the council have had frequent discussions with English Heritage and Suffolk County Council to decide the wrecks fate. To be honest it will probably end up in a skip.  icon_scratch I think it should be put in a local museum.
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Re: Wreck removal Lowestoft « Reply #1 Posted: 25 July 2011 at 03:46 PM »
Isn't a wreck going to be exactly that, a wreck? There's a wreck in Lake Lothing isn't there, with the boiler and a few spars still visible, and nobody feels it worth preserving. If the wreck was intact, of some historic value, and well known, then maybe there's some sense in preserving it - but the sea's a bit rough there so what would it be? A few timbers and bits of old metal?

Is that the reason they always warn people not to swim in that area?
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Re: Wreck removal Lowestoft « Reply #2 Posted: 25 July 2011 at 04:20 PM »
maybe not, the tide has exposed it
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Re: Wreck removal Lowestoft « Reply #3 Posted: 25 July 2011 at 08:28 PM »
is that the one Freelance alerted us to some time back if so it appears to be of historical significance
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Re: Wreck removal Lowestoft « Reply #4 Posted: 25 July 2011 at 08:50 PM »
how old is it..i was under impression that quite afew boats and ships off Lt.even old sailing ships and battle ships
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Re: Wreck removal Lowestoft « Reply #5 Posted: 25 July 2011 at 09:30 PM »
Quote from: funkychick on 25 July 2011 at 08:28 PM
is that the one Freelance alerted us to some time back if so it appears to be of historical significance
Yes, FC.  I put some photos of it on this site a while ago.  I can't find any of them at the moment, but I probably will.
It's only visible at Spring Tides and is probably from the 1800's.
It doesn't look a "mucher" for preserving, but then - nor did the Mary Rose. It is just a skeleton hull.

I find it comical that it has been there for maybe a couple of hundred years and they want to cause disruption removing it in the busiest months of Childrens' Corner when the kids are on holiday. The usual kind of organisation.

BTW - putting it in a museum would cost a large amount of money, because of the need to pump chemicals into the wood under pressure to save it from disintegrating when it gets the air permanently. It's an expensive job. Probably not worth it.
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Re: Wreck removal Lowestoft « Reply #6 Posted: 25 July 2011 at 10:01 PM »
A disruption, yes, but a crowd puller too. 
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Re: Wreck removal Lowestoft « Reply #7 Posted: 25 July 2011 at 10:13 PM »
Found the photos.
Not very spectacular for preserving.

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Re: Wreck removal Lowestoft « Reply #8 Posted: 25 July 2011 at 10:23 PM »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZuvDNNbe2c

There is this wreck off Lowestoft as well.
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Re: Wreck removal Lowestoft « Reply #9 Posted: 26 July 2011 at 10:41 AM »
This is perhaps a bit simplistic, but why not wait for low tide and just dig it out with a jcb, it doesn't look like an amazingly complicated job - or have I misunderstood the scale?
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