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£50m windfarm barge sinks on way to North Wales
A barge worth £50 million toppled into the sea and sank as it was being towed to the site of an offshore North Wales windfarm.
Work on the controversial Rhyl Flats windfarm will now be delayed as a result.
The barge was carrying giant cranes set to carry out vital work at the windfarm when it was lost overboard and sank to the bottom of the Atlantic.
November 13, 2008
by Owen R Hughes
in Daily Post
A barge worth £50 million toppled into the sea and sank as it was being towed to the site of an offshore North Wales windfarm.
Work on the controversial Rhyl Flats windfarm will now be delayed as a result.
The barge was carrying giant cranes set to carry out vital work at the windfarm when it was lost overboard and sank to the bottom of the Atlantic.
KS Titan 1, one of two vessels to be used in the construction of 25 wind turbines at Rhyl Flats, was en route to Liverpool Bay from the Gulf of Mexico when the accident happened.
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