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Mystery Container Washes Up On Scottish Beach
BBC News ^ | 29 Dec 2007 | BBC

Posted on 12/29/2007 4:27:35 PM PST by af_vet_rr

Experts are trying to identify a huge metal container that has been washed up on a beach in the Western Isles.

The tank, which is 27m high, has no markings and is thought to have fallen from a ship before being washed up on the west of Benbecula.

It was discovered by a dog walker on Poll Na Crann beach - known locally as Stinky Bay - near Griminish.

Stornoway Coastguard is using two numbers on the container to try to find out where the item has come from.

Alasdair MacEachen, assistant director of environmental services at Comhairle nan Eilean Siar told BBC Scotland: "It's certainly generated a fair bit of interest with people walking on the beach or just travelling along the road, because you can actually see it from the main road along the west side of Benbecula.

"It would be standing almost 30m tall and really looks pretty much like a silo. I think it's a bulk storage tank of some sort, possibly for storing some liquids."

(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: container; hebrides; mystery; scotland; silo
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To: decimon
There are experts for this?

Flotsam and Jetsam Studies -- I'd look of it in the curricula of a state sponsored university near you.

61 posted on 12/29/2007 5:33:49 PM PST by unspun (God save us from egos -- especially our own.)
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To: bert
A stainless steel ball valve at that.

Somewhere there’s a project manager, production manager, and plant manager that are really pissed off about the late delivery.

62 posted on 12/29/2007 5:37:05 PM PST by 2111USMC (www.Fred08.com)
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To: af_vet_rr

It's a mystery!

There is a window on the bottom...


63 posted on 12/29/2007 5:42:15 PM PST by bannie
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To: 2111USMC

Nothing escaped the Kirsk disaster, did it?


64 posted on 12/29/2007 5:43:34 PM PST by Cvengr (Every believer is a grenade. Arrogance is the grenade pin. Pull the pin and fragment your life.)
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To: af_vet_rr
It is definitely not a missile. It is probably for food or chemical storage, or possibly brewing.
65 posted on 12/29/2007 5:45:49 PM PST by Vince Ferrer
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To: TheThirdRuffian

I think ringo is better than both.


66 posted on 12/29/2007 5:47:11 PM PST by bikerman (_ _ . /_ _ _ /_ . . / / . . . . / . / . _ . . / . _ _ . / / . . _ / . . . //)
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To: af_vet_rr

I am pretty sure this is one of the Professor’s projects. Then, just as he was about to test it, he was distracted by Ginger, and Gilligan stupidly tripped on its mooring line, allowing it to float away.


67 posted on 12/29/2007 5:48:52 PM PST by Semper911 ("We can stand here like the French, or we can do something about it." -Marge Simpson)
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To: Semper911
Ginger used to distract me alot, too.
68 posted on 12/29/2007 5:50:16 PM PST by 2111USMC (www.Fred08.com)
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To: 2111USMC
Ginger used to distract me alot, too.

But I bet you married Mary Anne, didn't you?

69 posted on 12/29/2007 5:51:53 PM PST by Semper911 ("We can stand here like the French, or we can do something about it." -Marge Simpson)
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To: Sacajaweau

It looks similar to a cold fermentation tank.


70 posted on 12/29/2007 5:55:26 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: af_vet_rr

I wondered where I left it. Darn!


71 posted on 12/29/2007 5:58:23 PM PST by dbacks (Taglines for sale or rent.)
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To: dbacks

Actually it is a Hillary sized tampon.


72 posted on 12/29/2007 6:01:48 PM PST by dbacks (Taglines for sale or rent.)
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To: af_vet_rr

73 posted on 12/29/2007 6:13:35 PM PST by visualops (artlife.us)
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To: Army Air Corps
It is missing the bottom attaching piece, looks to be ripped off...

Not only stainless steel but covered with foam insulation also. Even as salvage it is worth some cutting fuel, eh?

74 posted on 12/29/2007 6:13:57 PM PST by Dust in the Wind (I ** looked to heaven and my sanity was restored.)
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To: Vince Ferrer
Quick!

Someone call Buckhead and see if he can identify the font used on the numbers.

75 posted on 12/29/2007 6:15:23 PM PST by Battle Axe (Repent for the coming of the Lord is nigh!)
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To: aruanan
The tank, which is 27m high

I'm not very good at metric. How many pounds is that?

76 posted on 12/29/2007 6:18:01 PM PST by BfloGuy (It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we can expect . . .)
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To: tet68
Paging Mr. Kuchinich, we found your mother ship....


77 posted on 12/29/2007 6:22:38 PM PST by maine-iac7 (",,,but you can't fool all of the people all the time" LINCOLN)
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To: af_vet_rr

If it’s washed ashore in Scotland, I’d say it’s a storage tank that came off a oil rig or ship. The dent and the ripped material at the tip of the cone indicate it was probably storm damaged, and the numbers are spray painted and use western numbers.

I’m betting water tank for an oil rig. One of the oil companies will be along to fetch it shortly.


78 posted on 12/29/2007 6:23:32 PM PST by ByDesign
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To: af_vet_rr

the numbers look like they were put on by hand with a giant magic marker


79 posted on 12/29/2007 6:23:37 PM PST by maine-iac7 (",,,but you can't fool all of the people all the time" LINCOLN)
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To: af_vet_rr

Is the space station missing a ‘room”?


80 posted on 12/29/2007 6:24:23 PM PST by maine-iac7 (",,,but you can't fool all of the people all the time" LINCOLN)
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