This site is a source of information about the development,
background and progress of the remarkable salvage of the TRICOLOR,
one of the biggest wrecks ever to be removed.
Cutting
Photo 1 The jack-up rigs ‘Buzzard’ and ‘Vagant’ while cutting the TRICOLOR.
Photo 2 One of the winches that drive the cutting wire.
Photo 3 Close up of cutting system cable that controls the cutting wire.
Photo 4 The ‘Vagant’ and the ‘Norma’ on location 22 July.
Photo 5 The engine room of the TRICOLOR, sliced by the cutting wire of the CBT, surfaces above the waterline.
Photo 6 Another picture of the engine room.
Photo 7 A close up of the engine room.
Photo 8 A close up of the propeller shaft.
Photo 9 While the jack-up rigs cut one section, floating cranes 'Rambiz' connects to the other to lift it out of the water.
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