Would you take from a shipreck?

User45701

reading this story on breaking news.ie
http://www.breakingnews.ie/world/?jp=CWSNEYOJKFID

Part of the English coastline became a potential gold mine for scavengers today.

Dozens of people swarmed over the pebble beach at Branscombe, Devon exploring the contents of containers from the stricken vessel Napoli.

One eyewitness said: “People are looking through what had come out of the containers, putting things in paper bags and taking them away.”

So my question is if a boat goes down on the Irish coast would you go and see what "good stuff" you can find washed up?

The Bollox

I'd take an Atari Jaguar if there was one

DaBreno

Its not illegal if it falls off the boat and washes ashore. Id say many people would go down and help themselves. Depends on the goodies, like if was it carrying Nintendo Wii's.....

youcancallmeal

Wouldn't be too bothered myself now unless I lived on the beach and a box washed right up to my back door. I'd say there is Hi-Aces from all over england converging on southern england though.

Terry

You're god damn right i would.



depends on the contents really. i wouldn't go out of my way to look for stuff, but if i was informed that something that i might like was available, then i probably would go and take it.
the way i see it is that it would most likely be deemed "soiled goods" and sent back to the manufacturer anyway.

Unpossible

What are the salvaging laws like in Ireland? If something is washed up on a beach isnt it fair game?

flanzer

I remember years ago, a B&I ship capsized in Dublin Bay and crates of Head and Shoulders shampoo and crates of JIF Lemon juice were washed up on Dollymount and Sutton beach. Other sh*te got washed up also like cabling and the such... But needless to say I left the Lemon Juice and to this day I don't have any problem with dandruff!!

User45701

well there is 15 BMW motorbikes missing so far!
but ye you are right you cant be charged for taking things from a shipwreck but the police seem to think you can. they have set 28 days for people to tell them what they have taken.

sorry for no atari jaguar poll but i would have just somehow misspelled it - you know the way no spell checker in the polls

Ruu_Old

Well it sez;

They were also telling members of the public of their obligation to report anything taken to the Receiver of Wreck with 28 days.

Failure to do so was an offence.

^But who is honest enough to do so? Don't know what the laws are in Ireland though. Depends on the conents but probably wouldn't be too bothered.

humanji

I thought they changed those looting laws a couple of hundred years ago? People were causing ship wrecks just so they could steal all the cargo.

Rb

I wouldn't be particularly bothered tbh.

GrumPy

I'd hire out diving gear and go on a mad one

binhead

ARRRR, to be sure to be sure.........

Yes I would, Yoink, Yoink , Yoink.

But I wouldn't be too gone on picking up toxic battery acid or Perfume de Bomb!

I had to laugh at a container full of empty oak barrels falling into the sea though, I mean what are the chances............

Jello

If I was in the area then yes I probably would.. but I wouldn't travel to the beach just to get some free stuff.

Mossy Monk

if i was on a beach and saw treasures as far as the eye could see then why not. but would i drive to lets say Wexford if there was a ship wreck, no. wouldn't be arsed

monkeyfudge

Sea Captain: "Arr, matee, narry a warning light to be seen. Clear sailin' ahead for our precious cargo."
Sailor: "Uh, would that be the hot pants, sir?"
Sea Captain: "Aye, the hot pants."

connundrum

Unpossible wrote:

What are the salvaging laws like in Ireland? If something is washed up on a beach isnt it fair game?

What if I were to cause a truck to crash on a beach? I feckin would too if there were bean bags inside.. they're just so expensive here

Actually, what does happen if a truck crashes - like the sugar truck in the Simpsons? Are the contents fair game?

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connundrum wrote:

like the sugar truck in the Simpsons? Are the contents fair game?

[posh english accent]I nicked it, and I'd do it again[/posh english accent]

The Gnome

seansouth wrote:

[posh english accent]I nicked it, and I'd do it again[/posh english accent]

[posh english accent]I nicked it when you let your guard down for that split second, and I'd do it again. [sips tea] Goodbye.[/posh english accent]























Tis a fave of mine...:o

Winters

Hot pants?

\o/

zenith

The contents are not jetsam, but flotsam - so it is stealing.

Sierra Oscar

Hell ya!:D

MicraBoy

It said on the news last night that there were NO salvage rights in relation to the cargo. I didn't explain why. So I'd pretty much not bother.

Feral Mutant

connundrum wrote:

Actually, what does happen if a truck crashes - like the sugar truck in the Simpsons? Are the contents fair game?

The inland salvaging act of 1951 states quite clearly; "If foodstuff shall touch the ground, then said foodstuff shall be turned over to the village idiot."

Terry

Winters wrote:

Hot pants?

\o/

Who likes short shorts?

MicraBoy wrote:

It said on the news last night that there were NO salvage rights in relation to the cargo. I didn't explain why. So I'd pretty much not bother.

It's because the goods were not abandoned by their owners.
The ship was beached to prevent it from sinking into deep water and possibly causing immense pollution through the leaking diesel and the perfume in the containers.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Now, if cigaretts (don't ask how they stay dry) or beer washes up, do they answers stay the same...?

Terry

cigarette boxes are wrapped in plastic.

Terry

Cleek

sioda

There was barrels of wine turning up so in like flint i would be. I mean free booze and a bike to go home on it sounds like a perfect family outing to me. Set to kids off to keep sketch and while their gone fill your opel zafira to the brim

looksee

I think they were wine barrels rather than barrels of wine I might pick up stuff that had washed ashore, but I wouldn't go raiding. I felt very sorry for the couple who saw their container of personal belongings being raided and destroyed.

Thrill

One guy last night was proud of the tractor windscreen he had "salvaged".
I wouldnt bother tbh. Unless i happened to be there and it was legal salvage and of some use to me then yes, but i wouldnt go out of my way to get a load of nappies or makeup.

Black Swan

Serf's up!










*in the surf...

Hagar

Yes.

Yours faithfully,

Robinson Crusoe

flanger20002003

monkeyfudge wrote:

Sea Captain: "Arr, matee, narry a warning light to be seen. Clear sailin' ahead for our precious cargo."
Sailor: "Uh, would that be the hot pants, sir?"
Sea Captain: "Aye, the hot pants."

Ha Ha, you might even get a certain Ms.Minogue down piking a box or two...