[golux]

Well, the Admirals and Vice-Admirals of the glorious Indian Fleet may not know it, but as many a hard-working Indian preteen with tetanus and ringworm has said, breaking up is hard to do.

[golux]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhIaEEW63Sc

[golux]

Actually this is a much more interesting piece with facts about the industry...

Echoes of Ship Breaking

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vV3M4jqD-Sg

[Kenny Bunk]

I wish I known about this sooner. A surplus Parsons Geared Turbine would have made a perfect auxiliary for my trusty Pearson Triton. It can get pretty boring motoring along through the Doldrums at -5knts with the old Atomic 4.

BTW, enough with the arch comments on the Indian Breaker Yards! I can personally assure you that these chaps go all-out to observe every applicable environmental regulation! The workers receive many rupees toward minimum wage and are issued with state'o'the-art PPE, as per the Worthy Oriental Gentleman's version of OSHA. Did you not notice the elaborate safety gear worn by the cutting torch crew? (They were nowhere near anything flammable, anyway.) Safety? Why no more than 8 or 10 teens will die during the scrapping process. (Of course, if we are talking pre-teen females, that may be slightly higher.)