The Australian Government has decided to RECYCLE the 2 obsolete warships HMAS Manoora and HMAS Kanimbla - finally Australia acts to dispose of their obsolete warships in a responsible manner.
This is HMAS Kanimbla, an 11 000 tonne warship which the government were trying to dump in beautiful Jervis Bay, then the Gold Coast but it will now be recycled along with the 8 500 tonne HMAS Manoora.
While it is too late for Avoca Beach this campaign successfully helped raise awareness of the toxic items (lead/PCBs/plastics) being dumped in our precious oceans, the waste of thousands of taxpayer dollars and tonnes of precious resources such as steel and aluminium, significant liability issues for public authorities responsible for the sea dumping and the hidden costs to the local marine environment where these ships are dumped.
Our oceans are not a dump for military waste!
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/dive-wreck-hopes-sunk-as-ships-head-to-scrapyard/story-e6freuy9-1226546770740
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/navy-workhorses-hmas-manoora-and-hmas-kanimbla-to-end-careers-as-scrap/story-fncynkc6-1226546722433
Ian McPhedran, The Herald Sun
January 3, 2013
“The government has decided that a minimal return to taxpayers for scrap is a better outcome than spending $4 million to make each ship safe for use as a dive wreck. The 8000-tonne hulks have a scrap metal value of about $2.5 million each.”
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