Anyone knows what it it?

omri

Hi,

Just been walking on Sandymount beach and I've noticed there is a ship lifted on 4 pillars. I couldn't see it from that far, but was wondering what is that structure ?

thanks

TheZohanS

It's been clamped.

KeithM89_old

They are about to make the worlds biggest 'Ship in a bottle'...

Max Power1

Which Sandymount? Is it near town?

Bob_the_dog

Its a ship that can be raised up on legs to stabilise the work area. They have been used in Dublin Bay before for the pipe line out from the sh*t plant

They are slo used for installing wind turbines off shore

Just off to grab my anorak, its getting cold:D

af_thefragile

Its a missile launch pad!

Overflow

http://www.afloat.ie/marine-warning/item/12566-tony-oreilly-to-drill-dublin-bay-for-oil/

AntiMatter

Did it look anything like this, OP?

Soil Mechanic

Hello,

Not in Dublin port anyway...
http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/portdetails.aspx?port_id=245


Nothing in the Bay either
http://www.shipais.com/currentmap.php?map=Dublin
although the Tug MTS VALIANT is out there now @2000 3/1/2011 so it may be a Jack-up Barge, which is essentially a working platform that can be towed to where your wokring then literally 'jacked up' on legs that reach the seafloor.
This very important for drilling and other tasks at sea (as it eliminates the effect of the vessel movement)

Perhaps someone who knows about ships could answer whether or not these platforms need to be registered in the same way as boats/ships etc.?

Apart from that can't help you mate, sorry.

Big Nasty

Oil Rig! :pac::pac::pac:

jd007

Chinese lantern?

Star Bingo

have you guessed what it it yet?

Aliens!

Sea Sharp

It's Aliens looking for oil!

TeddyTedson

It's a ship up on four pillars

Son Of A Vidic

There is a Dublin forum somewhere around here, so you'll probably get your answer there.

knird evol

I'm not sure what it is yet either.

However I don't think we should put it off on getting a Protest going immediately.

Dawdling will only facilitate these bastards in getting established and continuing doing whatever it is that they're up to.

citizen_p

its a james bond vilians new house

TeddyTedson

It's "ze Germans" wanting their money back :eek:

Sea Sharp

It's global warming

admiralofthefleet

omri wrote: »

Hi,

Just been walking on Sandymount beach and I've noticed there is a ship lifted on 4 pillars. I couldn't see it from that far, but was wondering what is that structure ?

thanks

you answered your own quwstion

TeddyTedson

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

you answered your own quwstion

I'd trust an Admiral of the fleet with this...
Thread closed.

LordSutch

I was told that it was the spare Rig left over from the Shell operation in Mayo, which has been floated round the coast & been converted to a giant Aqua Suction Rig or (ASR) for short, designed to extract (by suction) Dublin Bay prawns from the shallow waters off Sandymount strand!

see link > http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/content/knowhow/glossary/dublin-bay-prawn/image.jpg

smegmar

it was swamp gases reflecting off a weather balloon. That is all, ask no further questions

Easily_Irritated

omri wrote: »

Hi,

Just been walking on Sandymount beach and I've noticed there is a ship lifted on 4 pillars. I couldn't see it from that far, but was wondering what is that structure ?

thanks

I'm confused... haven't you just told us what it is?

It's... uhmmm... a ship on 4 pillars!!

The answer, sir, was in the question.

Silver Breeze

It is the jack-up barge Excalibur drilling boreholes on behalf of Dublin City Council's Ringsend waste water treatment programme.

Notice to Mariners issued by Port of Dublin:

http://www.dublinport.ie/information-centre/notice-to-mariners/temporary-buoy/

AntiMatter

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

There is a Dublin forum somewhere around here, so you'll probably get your answer there.

Depends how far offshore it is.