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Just another non-expert, but I wonder if the simplest approach might be to pump water under it to wash away the sand it's beached on.

Googling, it seems that this is a recognised technique for dredging: https://www.iadc-dredging.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/fac... Whether it works might be dependent on what kind of soil its sitting on and whether the current is strong enough to take away the dislodged particles.

I guess it would also be hard to work out exactly what you've removed and hence whether you leaving the ship in a position that will stress its structure too much.



Can someone explain why dredging alone isn't sufficient? Is it too slow?


I expect dredging will be the main solution. Dredges are just slow moving, so they’ve taken a while to arrive.

I’d also expect some long reach excavators and/or draglines to be working from the shore and/or barges.

They probably just underestimated the stuckedness at first. Throw in some ineptitude and corruption, and you have this royal mess.


Really deep keel in not much water. At shore zero water. Ie It’s properly stuck


Are dredges normally expected to access underneath a ship? I thought under the typical use cases they have a clear work area.




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