Anyone heading to eBay in the hope of finding some of the, ahem, salvaged bits and pieces washed ashore and quite possibly crowbarred out of their containers, may be disappointed: those classy BMW motorbikes and less flashy but useful (for some) gearboxes are conspicuous by their absence.
At least, there's no mention of the MSC Napoli on the listings. And, given that we're now all experts on the dos and don'ts of salvage law, perhaps that is no surprise.
But what is on sale is altogether more surprising. Would you fancy, for example, a photocopy of a statement made by Zodiac Maritime (which manages the stricken ship)? If so, Digitaldancer2006 would welcome bids starting at £10, with half the proceeds going to the RSPB. If you think the £2 postage and packaging is on the steep side, you can read the statement here. All the firm's other statements are also on its website.
00weeble00 is donating 90% of the proceeds from the sale of Branscombe beachcombing photos to the RSPB. (The Guardian's David Levine has also been snapping away on the shoreline, by the way).
Finally, there's a T-shirt commemorating the event with a succinct, if not exactly politically correct, summary of the plundering.
