> On 5 Dec 2020, at 18:53, Ralf R Radermacher <fotor...@gmx.de> wrote: > > Am 05.12.20 um 19:01 schrieb John: >> Did they have to tow it all the way? > > No, they just towed her into and out of the lock. This is mandatory for > vessels of this size. She got to India under her own power. > > Others have indeed been towed all the way, some even using tugs which > were also destined for scrapping. > > The French branch of Robin Wood issue a quarterly document about all > vessels that have been scrapped in the last months. Makes for some > interesting reading. > > https://robindesbois.org/en/category/balisage/demolition-des-navires
Small technical point: Robin des Bois is Robin Hood in English. He’s been in the news recently: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/robin-hood-beheaded-nottingham-robert-wetherby-b1763946.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
