Lorna Siggins, Marine Correspondent of the Irish Times reports this morning that there will be no Ministerial decision before next month on the future of the sunken sail training ship, Asgard II, according to the Department of Defence. A second subsea survey of the vessel, lying in 83m of water off the northwest French coast, was postponed this week due to bad weather. Afloat.ie readers have campaigned for the boat to be lifted from the seabed since in sank three months ago.
The latest in the excellent Irish Times coverage of the saga is here
Raise the Asgard - Afloat's 2008 online petitionAfloat is compiling Asgard memories. Did you sail on the ship or do you just remember seeing her sailing by? If you would like to share any thoughts please log on to the afloat.ie forum or post a comment below.
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