Marine Salvage

Cost Effective Salvage Solutions

Briggs Marine has developed a strong foundation of Salvage and subsea engineering task provision ensuring a safe, effective and efficient service.

Services include:

Emergency response
Wreck removal
Wreck survey and intervention
Towage
Oil removal
Rapid response, fully compliant diving and subsea services

Recognised as a premier provider of salvage services, the company has been commissioned to carry out many salvage tasks, some of which are noted below:

Name	Vessel Type	Location	Year	Action Taken
Aquila	Fishing vessel	Mallaig	2009	Raised Sunken Vessel
Kea Trader	Container ship	New Caledonia	2017	Salvage support and Environmental containment/recovery
Transocean Winner	Rig	Isle of Lewis	2018	Salvage from shore grounding and environmental containment/recovery
Golden Cross	Tug	Loch Goil	2013	Salvage from grounding and environmental containment/recovery
Golden Promise	Fishing vessel	Isle of Stroma	2011	Salvage from grounding and environmental recovery
Royal Oak	WWII Battleship and War Grave	Scapa Flow	2003 – 2010	Oil Recovery from Wreck
MV Emsland	Log carrier	Montrose	2009	Salvage from grounding and fuel removal/log removal
MV Sunna	Bulk carrier	Hoy	2007	Salvage from grounding and environmental containment/recovery
MV Danio	Bulk carrier	Farne Islands	2013	Salvage from grounding and environmental containment/recovery
MV Kaami	Bulk carrier	Isle of Skye	2020	Salvage from grounding and environmental containment/recovery
Lybslink Seaways	Bulk carrier	Ardnamurchan Point	2015	Salvage from grounding and environmental containment/recovery
Prescilla	Bulk carrier	Skerries	2018	Salvage from grounding and removal of cargo

Of particular note is the work that Briggs Marine carried out on the Royal Oak, a sunken WWII Battleship and war grave. We were awarded the contract for conducting oil removal operations under MoD Salvage & Marine Operations direction. HMS Royal Oak was a Sovereign class battle ship built originally as a coal burner for WW1. The vessel was later converted to fuel oil, consequently, oil tanks are sporadic and in unconventional positions within the hull.