A picture to ponder over.

• Guest 672

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  1 March 2011     22:4794822
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  I know one or two who will give the full info.
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• Jan Higgins

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  1 March 2011     23:1294824
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  Was this one after the1987 hurricane, just off Folkestone?
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• howard mcsweeney1

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  1 March 2011     23:1394825
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  i thought it was a still from that comedy with di caprio in where a ship hits an iceberg.
• Guest 676

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  1 March 2011     23:1794826
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  Is that the Vortigern at Oostende??
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• Jan Higgins

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  1 March 2011     23:3194827
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  I think it is Stewart, I forgot that one.
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• Terry Nunn

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  2 March 2011     08:2194847
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  That's it, just off the Warren, we all went to look for a laugh.
  
  Terry
  
  ps I seem to remember one of the local pubs had similar pictures on the wall but I can't remember which one.
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• Jan Higgins

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  2 March 2011     11:1694870
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  http://www.sealink-holyhead.com/sealink/ships/vortigern/home.html
  
  About half the way down the page.
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• Guest 673

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  2 March 2011     14:0394886
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  Yes indeed, it was the Vortigern aground off Ostend in 1982.
  
  There is an interesting collection of photos of this grounding in the Past and Present section of Dover Ferry Photos at:
  
  http://www.doverferryphotos.co.uk/pastandpresent/vortigern.htm
  
  
  It was the Hengist which was blown onto the toe-weighting apron at Folkestone Warren during the 1987 hurricane. Must have been a very hairy night for the crew.
• Terry Nunn

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  2 March 2011     14:5594891
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  I couldn't remember if it was the Hengist or Horsa Ed. The Vortigern had a problem early on in her career, one of the cylinders on the Pielstick engine filled with water bending a con rod when they tried to start it!
  
  Terry
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• Jan Higgins

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  2 March 2011     15:3894896
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  My husband was at sea the night of the hurricane, his comment the following day when he got home was "yes it was blowing a bit".
  
  If I remember correctly the Hengist had one of the engines cut out at a crucial moment so she just drifted towards the shore, there was nothing anyone could do.
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