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Originally Posted by tw
Two other examples was that car carrier from Japan that sunk, releasing floating Hondas in the Pacific. And another car carrier that littered the waters off Europe with Volvos, BMWs, and Mercedes. To some, it's only an insurance claim.
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The ship that sank in the English channel was the Tricolor. The company hired to recover the cars so that they can be destroyed (liability issues if those salted parts got on the market) put up a web site showing how the ship was recovered. This page shows pictures from the "cutting" portion of the task.
http://www.tricolorsalvage.com/pages...sp?f=02Cutting
Here's a cross-section that includes the engine compartment.
Basically they saw the ship into sections with a steel cable and then lift them up. Neat!
This page has a neat animation of how the process worked.
http://www.tricolorsalvage.com/pages/infographic.asp