Sinking ship, VLOC Stellar Banner scuttled HD

Stellar Banner, an iron ore carrier was scuttled off the coast of Sao Luis, Brazil after she ran aground taking a shortcut on her voyage to the far east. The hull was found unseaworthy, and not possible to tow the hull away for repair.
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[@chasesutherland1168]

this might sound weird but it was oddly emotional watching it go down. I felt like watching a loved one leave even though I have never heard of this ship before

[@rjonsen]

It was really sad seeing her disappear into the ocean

[@TOTALCAMARO]

Expensive loss. It’s a shame she couldn’t have been scrapped 😢 Insurance will help recover the loss.

[@rjonsen]

It's a shame indeed!

[@gabemissouri]

Honestly think she is better at the bottom of the ocean than in a scrapyard.

[@FoTwentyVlogs]

1:30 aww lmao

[@Gubastek]

Amazing power unleashed by water to shear that smoke stack right off... Imagine if you waited until the end on the stern to jump off - you might not make it with all that debris and churning water.

[@rjonsen]

Wouldn't be anywhere near that in the water 😂

[@superjofi1]

Did they at least try to remove most things and fuel/ oil first? Seems like it should be illegal to do that.

[@rjonsen]

They did pump out as much fuel/oil as possible before sinking it

[@ChristopherR96]

The smokestack detached from the vessel. It floats back up at 1:38.

[@rjonsen]

It eventually went down as well, the void inside the smoke stack was filled with air giving it enough buoyancy for a while

[@LukeKetchum7003]

Well that was quicker than I thought.

[@rjonsen]

She went down really quickly

[@PD-yd3fr]

Radar still turning, lights on, generators still running. Didn't pump the fuel off?

[@rjonsen]

They pumped out as much as they managed. They let everything run to burn as much fuel as possible

[@mr.e9700]

I assume they never salvaged any electrical components since i can see the radar spinning?

[@rjonsen]

They didn't salvage much, they kept as much as they could running to burn as much possible of the fuel they could not pump out

[@user-tg7ip5ns9o]

В момент затопления дг были в работе!

[@rjonsen]

They were indeed

[@leevahal900]

How would it run aground and then sink ?

[@rjonsen]

It was towed to deep water and scuttled, the salvage company didn't see any other outcome

[@ericvonp]

Insurance claim and salvage rights everyone wins except environmentalists

[@rjonsen]

For sure

[@NickManCuso59]

How could it sink if it ran aground ?

[@rjonsen]

The ship was floated, but was too heavily damaged to justify the economics of rebuild her. She was towed to deep waters and scuttled

[@user-tg7ip5ns9o]

На какой глубине затопили?

[@rjonsen]

It was over 1000m depth

[@d5ncat227]

The ship was sank on purpose folks,,,,,,,,but what is bad is the ship was towed out in the ocean and sunk easiest way to get ride of it,,,,,,,just throw in the ocean,,,,,,,

[@superstevegamingshortsandv3174]

Yeah it’s called scuttling a ship

[@mariuskuhrau761]

Yep, but this ship look like it was deliberately sunk, because you can see the exploding air bubbles along her forward deck. It is obvious that this ship was towed to deep water, after they have probably offloaded a huge amount of her cargo. This ship could not sunk if it was still stuck on the reef, and to offload the cargo while it was still stuck would have been difficult, but not impossible. The Netherlands have the best Marine heavy ship salvaging companies in the world, and they boast that they can mobilize all their resources within 72 hours, if their services are needed. Ps, I will bet that they managed to offload enough of this ship cargo to free her, and given the serious hull damage she was towed far away to deep water, before they scuttled the ship.

[@justintyler4693]

Dude... the video doesnt try to hide the fact it was sunk on purpose, it's called scuttling a ship, the video explains they are scuttling it.

[@rjonsen]

It was scuttled on purpose, the salvage company didn't see any other option

[@allenwilliams6882]

You are going to have to run the 350,000 tons of iron ore past us again. Not hardly possible. 1000' long ore carriers on the great lakes in the US don't carry even 100,000 tons

[@rjonsen]

The VLOC's could take up to 400,000 tons of cargo