Saddam's yacht al-Mansur (The Victor)

Basra, Iraq (IQ)

pictures

Saddam's yacht al-Mansur (The Victor)

Basra, Iraq (IQ)

pictures

No Longer There
Links: news.bbc.co.uk
By: TexasAndroid

Nearby:

Pontoon bridge over Shatt al-Arab

Iraq shipwreck 01

Iraq shipwreck 03

Looking A Lot Like X-mas

Basra Land

Abandoned fortifications from the Iran-Iraq war (1980-88)

Iraq shipwreck 04

Landing Strip/Road

Iraq shipwreck 05 & 06

Iraq shipwreck 07

Iraq Shipwreck 08 & 09

Basra International Airport

Comments

AlbinoFlea

@ 2005-09-22 11:36:52

Interesting post.

On the map the yacht seems to be floating on its side; but in the pictures from the BBC article it certainly appears to be upright now. This seems somewhat odd...

kjfitz

@ 2005-09-22 11:52:25

The BBC article was April 10.

Saddam Hussein's presidential yacht
Al Mansur, damaged by an air strike
during the conflict, and attacked
subsequently by local people as a symbol
of the former regime, finally sank on
the afternoon of 12 June at Basrah

http://www.operations.mod.uk/telic/photo_gallery_general1.htm

AlbinoFlea

@ 2005-09-22 12:36:51

Ah, even worse, April 10th 2003.

Thanks for bringing me up to speed.

AlejoHausner

@ 2006-07-25 16:50:42

http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/08/05/iraqi-shipwrecks/ has a discussion on this and other shipwrecks in the Shatt al Arab.