How to Salvage a Sunken Fishing Boat in Portsmouth Harbour

Boatbreakers were out in Portsmouth Harbour this week. Assisted by Baker Trayte Marine and RS Divers the mission was to salvage a sunken fishing boat. The boat had sunk during Storm Eunice which had battered the UK. It was a mystery as to how the boat had gone down as she is a steel fishing boat which should cope with difficult conditions.
Luckily where the boat sank it wasn't too deep and she was still attached to her mooring. Albeit the mooring buoy was dragged under. With the help of a dive team and a large crane on a barge the wreck was recovered. The salvaged steel fishing boat will now be sent to the boat scrapyard to be recycled.

[@buyamerican3191]

Pretty extreme method of cleaning the bilge! I also am surprised that no oil booms were deployed. It appears that there would have been a benefit to having air bags under her during the initial de-watering but I guess with the ability of that crane it didn't matter. That portable pump is a BOSS! I want one of those as my everyday bilge pump. Great job guys.

[@MichaelSmith-nd4rr]

That's the fish hold, not the bilge

[@buyamerican3191]

@@MichaelSmith-nd4rr sorry if you were confused, I didn't mean that it was the bilge.

[@jtocwru]

@@buyamerican3191 Wait, what? He wasn't confused... now I'm confused.

[@MegaDirtyberty]

@@MichaelSmith-nd4rr I believe the man was making a joke, you know what a joke is don't you?, sayings, doings etc that people find humorous....

[@mrwest5552]

👍 successful Op, no one injured, deposit the check.

[@barqwoof]

Very hard work. The divers deserve a hardy thank you. Thank you for sharing. Jim

[@keithnoneya]

Now comes the hard part, a complete refit and rebuild of everything! Thanks for sharing. Best Wishes & Blessings. Keith Noneya

[@brinkee7674]

In description "The salvaged steel fishing boat will now be sent to the boat scrapyard to be recycled."

[@keithnoneya]

@@brinkee7674 Guess I missed that part, thanks for the info. Bummer though, but I suppose since it's old it's cheaper to buy a replacement vessel than repair it. Best Wishes & Blessings. Keith Noneya

[@jackking5567]

Didn't know what to expect with this video but was damned impressed by the team. There was no messing with them and they worked really well as a team. Took no time at all to carry that task out.

[@BoatbreakersVideo]

Thank you Jack it was a smooth operation all around. We have another video up of a smaller boat being recovered. It's equally satisfying to watch the team in action.

[@jerrydutra3225]

Greetings from Lynn Massachusetts, after having gone thru the same thing,I welded lifting points every place

[@brettjohnsey7708]

I used to skipper this boat was a very good clamming boat devastating to see her like this

[@Catmandoo001]

Great job by the salvage crew! They made that look soooo easy! I hope the little boat can get back out there for the family that owns it or a new owner, if be and catch more fish.

[@brinkee7674]

In the description it says "The salvaged steel fishing boat will now be sent to the boat scrapyard to be recycled."

[@bucherwurm5344]

@@brinkee7674 yep, thats a shame

[@williamkelley7654]

Sadly salt water does so much damage it is very pricy and/or time consuming to resurrect one.

[@Skidderoperator]

I hope it was well insured.

[@raymondsanderson3768]

Told you we needed a bigger boat!

[@outlawbadge1]

Great video and salvage job. Thanks for sharing

[@BoatbreakersVideo]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@the-last-real-bad-guy8839]

Quick good work great job to your team this is how marine salvage should be done quick and efficient

[@danielfantino1714]

Save the hull. Nice swiming pool 😊

[@robnamowicz8073]

A lot of trust among the crew there. Everything looks easier from shore. Good Job!

[@BoatbreakersVideo]

Thank you for the feedback Rob.

[@barrymayson2492]

I bought a sunken boat that had re floated . it was a costly job to refit. learnt a lot like don't buy another!!lol

[@jaquigreenlees]

Dame and Jess still need to learn that lesson. Check Project Brupeg here on YT, they are just finishing a multi year rebuild + refit of a sunken fishing trawler.

[@davidcat1455]

@@jaquigreenlees Boats suck even when they are afloat. I can’t imagine being dumb enough to buy one that was underwater.

[@muhammadkarno2291]

Qq😊​@@jaquigreenlees

[@bardigan1]

Amusing how the soaking wet divers on the boat still handle lines in a way to keep them dry. Real seamen :-)

[@Sl20]

Now I know who to call when I need a friend !!!Awesome job!!! 🤫

[@richardschneider4775]

A very likable salvage movie thank you

[@BoatbreakersVideo]

Thank you Richard. There should be another soon for a small boat. We will try and get some underwater footage too.

[@TillerQueen]

Wow, she sunk on her mooring! Amazing job.

[@BoatbreakersVideo]

She did during a particularly rough storm over a weekend. We think a window was damaged and she took on lots of excess water. This made her nose heavy and she hit the seabed hard.

[@TillerQueen]

@@BoatbreakersVideo Wow. It's really scary to think and devastating for the owner. Amazing to see her raised and brilliant work!

[@barrysrcdump3557]

That was fascinating. I live about 10 mins walk from there. 👌👏🤝

[@brentsmith5647]

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[@BoatbreakersVideo]

Thank you for the kind comment :)

[@jebsails2837]

Living 30 km from New Bedford, MA, USA, I know what the loss of the tool you use to make a living can be. The salvage crew really worked well. Thanks. Narragansett Bay

[@Dunstire]

I know all of the engineering etc that goes into making those cranes,but it still amazes me that it could pick that up without tipping or the boom breaking

[@MrDominic3003]

What pump are you using

[@stew6338]

Looks easy when you have the right equipment.

[@michaelmixon2479]

This line of work would be very interesting and probably somewhat dangerous at times!

[@whydoidoit9248]

Poor old boat, looks like it would clean up ok.

[@douglasfurlong1]

so how did it sink? through the pilot house window? Steel boats do not sink without holes in them if they have water tight bulkheads and hatches..so that leaves the pilot house i saw a lot of the glass was broken...??

[@dryflyman7121]

The boat has now been renamed from “Attitude” to “Gratitude” lol 😂

[@BoatbreakersVideo]

:D

[@cornpastiemp]

what is the scrap salvage value of such a vessel in uk?

[@stevelake3541]

A sad sight indeed seen a few like this over the years ,a mate of mine owned a boat that was built in 1850 or so it behaved more like a bloody submarine than a surface vessel, but we salvaged the bloody thing every time shit loads of work ,but we learnt a lot

[@Englishsea24]

I learned one thing from my father who owned a wooden narrowboat, NEVER buy a wooden boat of any kind, they don't stay above the surface well

[@Butterbean13]

Why didn’t you guys use a oil boom .Just asking . Because here in the states they require it?

[@Dennco2000]

Well done 👍

[@markduncan6690]

These Divers are swimming in Diesel Fuel!

[@afishvideochannel]

Very clean

[@CapeAnnImages]

That hull looked solid, be a shame to scrap her. Curious, why no oil containment booms?

[@clivebeams9873]

A bit late to try to contain oil, when she's been on the bottom for 3 weeeks

[@CapeAnnImages]

@@clivebeams9873 Someone must have missed the ball on that! Three weeks before anyone took action?

[@SG-uh6sw]

You should've supplied some since you're "most concerned"

[@CapeAnnImages]

@@SG-uh6sw You don't get it. Around here when a boat sinks they deploy an oil boom as soon as possible especially when salvaging the vessel. As I could see fuel was being released as the boat was raised. It's the environment that suffers and any good fishermen would not want to spoil their fishing grounds.

[@markframe6457]

All fuels were removed because it's a training ship ⚓⚓ ⚓⚓

[@richardgiles2484]

Always sad when any boat/ship goes down. Hope nobody was hurt with this sinking

[@markholroyde9412]

Yea, cos im sure they would have been sat on board in storm Eunice.....derp....

[@jtocwru]

@@markholroyde9412 It's "would have sat" or "would have been sitting" derp

[@BoatbreakersVideo]

No casualties during the sinking or salvage. She went down on her mooring during a big storm.

[@richardgiles2484]

@@BoatbreakersVideo well that's good news that no injuries happened 👍

[@Thesenuts299]

What about the sea life that was killed or affected by the oil and gas that came out of it?

[@haponngcogonvlog8168]

Amazing keep safety all the time

[@bardigan1]

Nice little boat that I'm sure has fed many families of fisherman. Hope he gets back out to the grounds with it soon.

[@felixcat9318]

The boat has bern cut up, it no longer exists. As stated in the title.

[@bardigan1]

@@felixcat9318 Too bad, hope he had enough insurance. Side note, salvage means rescue from loss.

[@31144]

Great job guys, well executed and a straightforward lift 👍 (apart from the twist in the stern strap 😂 😉)

[@BoatbreakersVideo]

We blame the divers for the twist 😅thanks for watching.

[@31144]

Just can't get the staff these days 😂😂😂

[@JelMain]

@@31144 Nah, they discovered a barrel of RN Pussers and needed a distraction while they lifted it. I had a shot of 50 year old Polly once. Smooth as the baby's. To explain. In WW2, a ship loaded with Scots whisky bound for the US got into trouble, much like this one, and beached on a Hebridean island. The locals claimed salvage rights, and "liberated" about 20% of the cargo before the authorities got there. Another storm lifted her off the shelf she was sitting on, and she went to the bottom. The result was an Ealing Comedy, a film, Whisky Galore, which remains a classic belly-laugh. But the story didn't end there. A good few years passed, and the cargo manifests of the ship, MS Politician, were released. A local historian went white, thanked the National Archives, they could put it back now, and calmly sauntered out. The legends of Harry Potter's flying car and The Flying Scotsman may have been created in memory of his return journey to Skye. The cargo also contained a consignment of gold, and they were certain it hadn't been removed. Now, the North Sea is a place where the weather is memorable. My family were Islanders, 250 years in the Marines speaks to experience. The SAS bid for me unasked, and I turned them down - I'd discovered why the vacancy had occurred, from the Regular IRA. As you do. I made it up with them later, showing some of the blokes from the Sabre Squadron which took down the Iranian Embassy how to do a tidy job, on the Libyan one. Anyway, most of the rough-weather divers in the North Sea come from the Islands, and that made all the difference. The cupboard is bare - and for a while, if your face fit, you might share at tot. Now, Grandpa was recognisable in CPO Pertwee. One of my cousins ran The Admirable Creighton, the antiques shop on the Square in Romsey, a steady source of high-quality antiques - his dad had been butler in half the Stately Homes in the south of England. We think, at least 50. Lovejoy incarnate. Now, if I'd got wind of a 60 year old consignment of Pussers Rum, hair-on-your chest stuff, it wouldn't be any surprise to discover a nearby fishing boat inexplicably went to the bottom, and wasn't left there, now would it? Watch the wall, me darling, while the gentlemen ride by. And it makes a fine tale, at any rate.

[@Thesenuts299]

How about cleaning up the oil & gas I seen coming to the top of the water?

[@robertordewald8678]

Hello, thank you for letting us watch this. If you look at the bow of the boat it was hit by something hard. I doubt it was a matter of it sunk on its own rather than its something ran it over and sunk it. If anybody has further information on this vessel I would love to know. Thank you from Virginia USA

[@BoatbreakersVideo]

The dent in the bow was from a previous owner. Whilst he was out fishing he hit a marker buoy hard and it had to be fixed.

[@robertordewald8678]

@@BoatbreakersVideo he must have been at top speed to bend it that badly. the video said it was to be scrapped. can it be bought rather than scrapped?

[@BoatbreakersVideo]

@@robertordewald8678 Yes I think he probably was. She has already been chopped up.

[@schirmeyerb]

What is the cost........of a salvage like that ( US $ )....? )

[@dantas2234]

Bom trabalho💪

[@Imwright720]

That engine needs some love immediately.

[@BoatbreakersVideo]

The owners decided to scrap the boat once she was recovered. A sad end for her but she had a long fishing career beforehand.

[@smudgey1kenobey]

Hope they hosed it off before the mud dried! And before the owner saw it! Great Job!

[@chopperhehehe]

Wicked job I would love to that job 👍👍👍😜🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🦕🦄😁🤞✌

[@hotchihuahua1546]

What is the cost of raising this one ?

[@milesbrown8016]

Well done to salvage team

[@BoatbreakersVideo]

Thanks for watching Miles! They did a great job.

[@philipcallicoat3801]

Something positive,at last!!!👍

[@seaneatwell4188]

great to watch same the sound wasn't good, but still good to watch

[@zozazoza1943]

👍👍👍Молодцы что достали лодку!!!🤝🤝🤝

[@johnbolton8606]

PLEASE CAN WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE EALING E4 FIRE DAMAGED BOAT?

[@BoatbreakersVideo]

We didn't end up scrapping her. We believe she was sold on and refurbed. She's as good as new now!

[@user-gv3bt5mi3o]

soo pleased it was saved now it needs be in working or again for fishing .

[@paulkirkpatrick6371]

Very good and interesting little video is this fishing boat still sea worthy after all water pumped out r scrap value only

[@BoatbreakersVideo]

We decided to scrap her. She was a fishing boat that no longer had a licence on her. So to be honest there was more value in the scrap. We had used her for a number of years to tow scrap boats around but this was one storm too many unfortunately.

[@EMGL33]

Good job

[@prrhorseshoecurve]

So what happens to these boats after salvage, re they stripped to the hull and reused or totally stripped and scrapped?

[@BoatbreakersVideo]

This one was scrapped. She was a fishing boat that had been used as a work boat. Her fishing license was already on another boat. As she was down for over a week the engine wasn't worth us saving. The good thing about metal boats is they are almost 100% recyclable.

[@handsfree1000]

How can a boat like this sink in a harbour? Was there something else wrong before the storm ?

[@ChannelReuploads9451]

You do know how strong the storm was right ? kzbin.info/www/bejne/eGKxdGWJoKqdick Now imagine a small boat.

[@seal010101]

The mud on the bow, which is only slightly different in color than what I'm thinking of, reminds me of "Quatermass And The Pit." "Get a load of them gnashers!" One of my favorite lines from that movie. A complete non sequitur for this video; but hopefully someone else will get the reference. Cheers!

[@JelMain]

Doctor Who and Finn shared the same starting point, "Attack the Block!" Now, if that had been Gosport, they'd never have reacted, just another SBS exercise on the diving tower.

[@Drumm3rB0y]

How do the pumps come in handy if the boat is still semi submerged

[@BoatbreakersVideo]

Because they empty the compartments under the deck which are filled with water.

[@hayeopreis]

Maybe a big wave blew out the window at the front, and each next wave a bit of water poured in, until it sunk.

[@prillewitz]

OMG what a loss for the fisherman. You would not know what had happened to you coming to the cay.

[@mrjob-oz4ex]

That's was great to see

[@hugoagogo4324]

At what depth did it sink to ?

[@pikethree]

You could see the tips of the aerials, so I'd guess 25 feet deep. But that's just a guess.

[@tg9754]

Great video. What made that boat sink? I don't see any damage. Thank You!

[@BoatbreakersVideo]

We think that something broke a front window and in the heavy weather it started taking on water in the wheelhouse. Before eventually being too nose heavy and nose diving into the mud.

[@tg9754]

@@BoatbreakersVideo That makes sensee. Thanks for replying.

[@JelMain]

They'll have to rename her now. The Porrsmoff Lobster Pot.

[@jamestesar]

God blessed yay God bless y'all 444 picking up the sinking boat if it wasn't for y'all they would still be down there

[@gregbolitho9775]

Nice job! Bita steam cleanin, a coat or 2 of paint and a bit of airfreshener, she'll be right.

[@johnprentice9895]

Will the boat get repaired or scraped?

[@spareparts007]

Scrapped.

[@melin1969]

wonder why it was scrapped ? dont know much about boats but that looked in decent shape and i bet the engines would be ok after a rebuild

[@bigsmoke6189]

All the electronics will be useless,the whole hydraulic system would be contaminated and as you pointed out it's up for a very expensive engine rebuild , all in all you'd be looking at a small fortune to get it back fishing again.

[@JelMain]

@@bigsmoke6189 And the Environ mentalists would have wanted it melted down anyway. You never know what's down there. And beneath it was the bloke in the bowler 'at. And that's that.

[@JLange642]

Appears that her bow got a bit tweaked in the dive for the bottom!

[@markthompson9914]

Did she get pinned hung up or what mate ? Last boat that sunk on me was pinned too the quayside by a very strong Easterly and rolled in the hole we blew for her to sit in at low water. She took some work to get her back t sea. She’s now on Google earth laying in the boat graveyard at the head of the fisher fleet where we all Moore up 👍✌️🇬🇧

[@andyrbush]

Skillful

[@bigbill6505]

You made me drool

[@TomTumbler]

What became of the guy that jumped overboard?

[@pikethree]

They left him to swim Hahahahahaha

[@corvidflight19]

Lost at sea...

[@bendenisereedy7865]

Boats sink most often due to through-the-hull fittings failing.

[@robdogwalker]

Some sound would have been nice,enjoyed it though.

[@MirceaD28]

I feel sorry for the little boat. It look great and not that bad.

[@joeorwell4323]

Do you know how long it had been down there?

[@BoatbreakersVideo]

It had been under for about a week during heavy storms at the time.

[@alasdairvincent6248]

There’s substantial damage to the bow,which looks like the boat had a collision before it sank. The boat certainly looks like it could be repaired and put back to seaworthy condition.

[@BoatbreakersVideo]

The dent in the front was from a former collision with a buoy during a fishing trip. It happened a couple of years before the sinking. We think a damaged window letting in sea water made her nose heavy and she ultimately succumbed to the storm.

[@graemehill9260]

Why would you start pumping when the hatch is still below water level .

[@BoatbreakersVideo]

Pumping different compartments out. Plus the crane was lifting as the pumping was going on.

[@RudyNortz]

I didn't understand the part where they were pumping out the boat and the hatch was still under water???

[@BoatbreakersVideo]

It was a separate compartment.

[@GerryJ08]

Is there going to be a followup video of the cleaning and reconditioning of the boat? I'd love to watch that!

[@BoatbreakersVideo]

The boat was under for about a week during heavy storms at the time. After being lifted out and checked over there was some underlying structural issues with the hull. So the owner decided to have the engine out and have the rest cut up.

[@willjeffery2661]

Good to see a lack of oil contamination. Almost as if it were pre-prepared with no fuel or engine oil Etc…

[@toi_techno]

Someone must have left a hatch open

[@BoatbreakersVideo]

Once she was up it looks like a window was smashed and it took on water more water than it could pump out making her nose heavy.

[@jeffvw1994]

They didn't really scrap that boat after that did they?

[@spareparts007]

It would cost far more than the boat's value to return her to service. All the electronics would need replacing and every single mechanical and electrical system would need complete rebuild or replacement. She's scrap.

[@MrBugsier5]

Sad to scrap this. Its in pritty good order stil..

[@Duytube88]

Chúc bạn có nhiều vi deo hay

[@kenharrell6686]

How did it sink?

[@BoatbreakersVideo]

We think that one of the windows or the door took a beating in a big storm. Then it eventually flooded and became nose heavy. The dent at the bow was from a previous owner who hit a buoy whilst out fishing.

[@JP-lz3vk]

Not worth refitting?

[@BoatbreakersVideo]

Not for us, we've used her for a number of years before she went down. Makes more sense for us to have her recycled now. She had a long life as a fishing boat and then as our work boat. Sadly a victim of one storm too many!

[@kaisoutdooradventures4466]

Cooooool

[@manwithapith1364]

That boat shouldn't be scraped it was a beautiful boat

[@TheMax12341]

Yeah but 9 times out of 10 it's cheaper to scrap a sunken boat and buy a new one than to refloat and refit it

[@ChakatNightspark]

to bad it getting Recycled. Cause it could be Restored instead.

[@tdrewman]

The boat didn't look that damaged. Maybe there something I missed. It looked like she could sail again with some TLC..

[@jessstone7486]

I don't think so. She'd been hard used, in my view. Looked like her days were done.

[@finscreenname]

Off to the scrap yard or to be rebuilt over the next decade by a future You Tube star.

[@harveysmith100]

Maybe take the glow plugs out before you try to start the engine.

[@ITZGR82BFREE]

I would have hosed it off while it was still in the water. Certainly had enough pump and water to go around. Now some poor schlup will have to do it on land.

[@jamesbell8529]

Where's "Portsmouth" at ?

[@BoatbreakersVideo]

The south coast of the UK.

[@AKQJIO1978]

surprise that divers put the water pump in the fish hold while water level still was over the hatch. just wondering how long it took to them realize it does zero difference!

[@andyrbush]

I believe that the hold will not be open to the water, so the pump will start being effective once they lifted the boat a little and kept it bow down. Anyway they got it out.

[@mrofnocnon]

The only guy working is the diver!

[@BoatbreakersVideo]

It's a tough gig holding the camera! But you're right the divers did the majority of this work. Rightly so as they charge enough!

[@mrofnocnon]

@@BoatbreakersVideo Enjoyed the video BTW.

[@BoatbreakersVideo]

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[@lisab3396]

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