ATLANTIC TOWAGE & MARINE SALVAGE TALL SHIP ASTRID
Atlantic Towage and Marine Ltd have completed their biggest salvage contract to date together with Blue Ocean Marine after successfully raising the tall ship Astrid. The complex salvage operation saw the Astrid being lifted from rocks where she sank in mid July and lifted onto a floating barge. The 42m tall ship Astrid was taking part in a Gathering cruise, bound for Kinsale, when on 24th July she experienced engine failure and was blown onto rocks near the Sovereign Islands off Kinsale during strong southerly winds. The main vessel involved the operation was Atlantic Towage and Marine’s tug Ocean Bank, used as a dive support vessel and was assisted by…
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