Rich man's toy cast aside. Or is it?

Would you believe this same boat once attacked and captured a German Biber-type midget submarine off Breskens in the Scheldt estuary during World War II ?

Abandoned to fall apart and break its back on the windy mud banks, a once rather luxurious looking private motor yacht awaits its own inevitable demise. Or is it? Everything is mud spattered there by tide and wind, just everything a very unpretty mess.

She's called "Sarinda". And I would have guessed it is an Indian woman's name. But it's not. A sarinda is a stringed Indian, Nepali and Bengali folk musical instrument similar to lutes or fiddles. It is played with a bow and has between three and thirty strings depending on the region. The bottom part of the front of its hollow wooden soundbox is covered with animal skin. It is played while sitting on the ground in a vertical orientation.

But, now for a shock. See this boat, photographed as recently as September 2013 and see how far it has deteriorated without some TLC. Read her history here: www.shipspottersteve.com/blog/sarinda-harbour-defence-lau...

PS: And I simply had no idea she was originally built as a warship, and took part in the D-Day landings, a model of her here: www.flickr.com/photos/25721684@N00/11408306114/in/datepos...

Taken in: United Kingdom / England / Wirral Metropolitan Borough (show map)

Taken on: January 13, 2019

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