Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 21:40:49 +0000 (UTC) From: "Big Disk" <ollisbrownnopsamternet.com> Subject: Re: Sunken Saabs
Who remembers when the Herald of Free Enterprise went down in the Channel? Following the salvage, there were breakers yards in Kent (England) selling off the cars having touched them up again. This was especially lucrative for the people dealing with the trucks. "meme meme" <splitscreen69nopsamsnet.com.au> wrote in message news:3dfdad05$0$26914$afc38c87nopsam.optusnet.com.au... > I heard that the oil slick didn,t appear until the saab's had submerged lol > "Colin SQUIRES" <colin_squiresnopsam4.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message > news:atgnkk$iu6$1nopsam7.svr.pol.co.uk... > > BBC story of the sunken SAABs, BMW's, Volvo's, etc.(There's still hope the > > SAAB's might be okay!!) > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > > An inquiry has been launched into the sinking > > > > Thick fog is hampering efforts to salvage a Norwegian carrier ship, which > > sank in the English Channel together with its multi-million pound cargo of > > new cars. > > Nearly 3,000 luxury cars - including BMWs, Volvos and Saabs - were being > > carried on board the Tricolor when it collided with a container vessel in > > the early hours of Saturday. > > > > All 24 crew members survived the incident, which happened in the English > > Channel, about 30 miles (48km) east of Ramsgate, Kent. > > > > > > The crew members were taken to hospital in France > > > > > > The Tricolor had been travelling from Zebrugge, Belgium, to Southampton > with > > its cargo of 2,862 cars and 77 containers when it hit the container ship > the > > Kariba. > > > > The car carrier also had about 2,000 tons of oil on board, according to > > Lloyd's Casualty Reporting Service. > > > > Belgian coastguards said there was a slight leakage, but the Belgian sea > > rescue service said it was not aware any oil had spilled. > > > > The 24 crew members from the Tricolor abandoned ship and took to lifeboats > > after the collision at 0130 GMT. > > > > The Kariba, registered in the Bahamas, was severely damaged but was able > to > > make its own way to the Belgian port of Antwerp. > > > > There were no reported casualties. > > > > > > > > The Tricolor's captain and two officers were rescued by the Kariba while > the > > rest of the mostly Filipino crew were picked up by a tug boat and have > been > > taken to hospital in the French port Dunkirk. > > > > A UK coastguard spokesman said: "The car carrier quickly developed a 15 > > degree list and its crew abandoned the vessel." > > > > > > Warship at scene > > > > Lloyd's Casualty Reporting Service confirmed the 49,792-ton Tricolor had > > sunk and the 20,829-ton Kariba had been seriously damaged. > > > > The estimated value of the ship itself is £25.1m and the cargo between > £25m > > and £31m. > > > > Per Ronnevigsaid, spokesman for the Tricolor's owners Wilhelmsen Lines > said > > the ship and cargo owners would work with the insurers. > > > > But he said it was likely the cars would probably have to be written off. > > > > "She (the Tricolor) probably capsized when she went down. It means that > all > > the cars are probably lying in pieces down there." > > > > > > The Tricolor collided with the container ship Kariba > > > > > > Dover Coastguard said a Belgian warship, the Wandelaar, was in the area > > helping French coastguards to deal with the incident. > > > > A UK coastguard emergency towing vessel was sent to the scene along with > > other tugs. > > > > The Tricolor was initially only partly submerged because of a low tide. > > > > But it later disappeared from view. > > > > Mark Clark from Dover coastguard said: "The vessel is now down below the > > surface, it has obviously settled." > > > > UK coastguards said it was now up to the ship's owners as to what would > > happen to the vessel's cargo. > > > > The incident is being managed by the French authorities. > > > > A barrier is being put up around the wreck to contain any pollution. > > > > An inquiry will be launched by the French authorities into the cause of > the > > accident. > > > > > > > > > >
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