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Old 2nd Apr 2004, 08:51
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LowNSlow
 
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One place I know there is a scuttled Sunderland is Sullom Voe.
At the annual low tide, the upper surfaces of the wings are exposed. As the BP Oil Terminal was about to open, panic ensued as it was suspected that there may be bombs etc on board. After much hullabaloo it was found to be a stripped out hulk. An old chap who remembered the event told us how the Sunderland had come in from a patrol so badly shot up it would barely float. The captain ran it up onto the slipway. The boat was stripped and towed into deep(ish) water where it remains to this day.

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