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So THIS is what the Titanic looked like going down?

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Rover:
You gatta be kidding - the amount of pollution (oil and toxic chemicals) in that wreck are hardly conducive to a healthy reef growing on it!
-Carol Haynes (June 20, 2006, 11:33 AM)
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I think you're hearing some mis-information.  Ships have already been sunk of the FL cost and reefs are flourishing.  What?  You thought they sent them down with have a tank of fuel or somehting?

housetier:

Impressive images. I have never seen such a large ship sink.

If they do it right, it will help help build reefs.

Carol Haynes:
I think you're hearing some mis-information.  Ships have already been sunk of the FL cost and reefs are flourishing.  What?  You thought they sent them down with have a tank of fuel or somehting?
-Rover (June 20, 2006, 04:58 PM)
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No I was quoting the problems described by my local ship building firm on the problems of removing toxic waste from ships when decommissioning them. They recon that it is almost impossible - even if you remove all the engines and fuel tanks.

Here are a few relevant links:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/3377417.stm (esp the table at the bottom)

http://www.greenconsumerguide.com/index.php?news=2264&icid=I033-1142108-148A

Yet even the U.S., which is not a signatory to the Convention, considered four decommissioned navy vessels as waste in 2003
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http://www.time.com/time/europe/magazine/printout/0,13155,1151751,00.html

http://www.edie.net/news/news_story.asp?id=10029

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