Boat 1550BC: Crew who created replica of world’s oldest sea-going boat abort its maiden voyage… after it begins to sink

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Boat 1550BC: Crew who created replica of world’s oldest sea-going boat abort its maiden voyage… after it begins to sink

May 13th, 2012

FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda

By
Daily Mail Reporter

PUBLISHED:

19:27 EST, 12 May 2012

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UPDATED:

19:28 EST, 12 May 2012

A replica Bronze Age boat embarked on its maiden voyage yesterday – and immediately began to sink.

Boat 1550BC was based on an original uncovered during the construction of an underpass in Dover 20 years ago.

But when the half-size replica was lowered into the town’s harbour, it immediately began to take on water.

Sinking feeling: This replica of a Bronze Age boat found when building an underpass in Dover started to take on water as soon as it was lowered in the harbour for maiden voyage

A spokesman for the project said: ‘It didn’t go to plan.

‘They had the boat carefully placed in a crane hammock but it filled up straight away. No one was in it. They are going to patch it up and try again.

‘It’s disappointing, but they were so far behind schedule they could not do a test run.’

The construction and launch of the boat was the first stage of a three-year programme of events that make up the project.

History in the making: The construction and launch of the boat in Dover (pictured) was the first stage of a three-year programme of events that make up the project

The vessel will be taken to France, where it will form the centrepiece of a major multilingual, international exhibition Beyond the Horizon: Societies of the Channel and North Sea 3,500 years ago, which opens in Boulogne-sur-Mer on June 30.

It will then move to Belgium in December and returning to Dover in July next year, the spokeswoman said.

Educational activities will also aim to increase awareness of the common cultural heritage in France, the UK and Belgium, she said.