Amazing Photos-Salvage of Wrecked Car Carrier Ship

[Kirby]

Some of you might remember the story of the car transport ship Tricolor. It was carrying 2800+ BMWs, Volvos and Saabs when it was wrecked in the English Channel in 2003. The salvage is complete. I found several sites with amazing photos of the salvage operation. I see lots of scrap Volvos and Saabs, but no Bimmers are clearly evident. I think I may have seen an X5.

http://www.havenarbeiders.be/fototricolor.htm

http://www.tricolorsalvage.com/pages/Photos.asp

http://www.scaldis-smc.com/index2.htm - Look at the Video "Salvage of the Tricolor" This video actually shows how they sawed the ship into pieces with a diamond cutting cable.

 

[Tom]

Good find Kirby, I've always wondered what happened to that.

 

[Big Daddy]

Yeah nice find! I think I saw the car I ordered in there. I wonder what the salvage is worth?

 

[deutsch100]

Thanks for this incredible posting. Does anyone know what happened to the transporter ship in the first place? How did it go down? Thnx.

 

[epj3]

Damn! I can't believe they just cut the ship in pieces with a steel cable. That's absolutely amazing.

 

[Kirby]

Thanks for this incredible posting. Does anyone know what happened to the transporter ship in the first place? How did it go down? Thnx.

It got rammed by another ship. As I recall, it listed due to the impact, some cargo shifted and it went down in less than a hour. All of the crew was safely evacuated.

Apparently it was foggy and the other ship's radar was not working properly, but the reports imply that there is still a lot of mystery and head scratching as to how it possibly could have happened.

A couple of days later, another ship hit the sunken Tricolor and was damaged as well. Apparently the Tricolor wreck had temporary buoys marking the location, and all ships in the channel were supposedly warned, but someone still managed to hit it!

 

[deutsch100]

Thanks Kirby...I have been wondering what happened since it first went down. Marked with buoys, and someone still manages to hit it. Their license must have been issued by the California DMV . Thanks again for the info, I appreciate it!

 

[Chesty Bonds]

Wow that is one BIG f***in' salvage operation. Did anyone catch the size of those bloody inline sixes that power the boat! [headbang]

 

[aNoodle]

That is amazing how they cut right through the ship....that one car even got sawed in half.

Another great find Kirby!

 

[theBMWenthusiast]

wow that sucks....but cool video

that had to be one of the coolest sound tracks i have ever heard!

and probably all the BMW's were in teh forward half of the ship since they only got the backhalf out...i think

 

[drkeng]

Very cool find and follow-up. I remember when it happened--bummer for those with cars en route.

 

[///M SPEED]

I remember too. What a sad sight to see. It's hard to believe they can salvage a ship that large. Cutting it in half is even more amazing.