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Free BMW, Volvo, or Saab.....
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Posted by: Mr. P

They got a little wet, but that should buff out.

Channel Pile Up, TRICOLOR Met KARIBA, Then NICOLA And VICKY
January 1: VICKY, a turkish-registered oil tanker carrying 70,000 tonnes of highly flammable kerosene struck the submerged car transporter TRICOLOR off the French coast today. The 22-year-old tanker is the second vessel to strike the TRICOLOR, which sank after a collision on December 14, 2002 off the French port of Dunkirk. TRICOLOR was carrying 2862 BMWs, Volvos and Saabs worth an estimated £30 million when, in heavy fog, she collided with the Bahamian-registered container ship KARIBA about 30 miles east of Ramsgate, southeastern England, at around 1:30 AM. The damaged 577-foot KARIBA headed to Antwerp, Belgium, with help from a Belgian warship and the French coast guard. Meanwhile, the TRICOLOR began to list badly right after the collision and its crew of about two dozen boarded a lifeboat. Then on December 16 the 3,000-tonne Norwegian vessel NICOLA collided with the sunken ship and became stuck, but later came free with the rising tide. Such was situation today when VICKY also became impaled on the wreck before tides freed her. Despite hourly radio warnings and safety buoys, the 800-foot VICKY was reported to be slighlty damaged and not yet leaking any fuel but an approaching storm could open cracks in the hull. Officials in France, Britain and Belgium have been trying to learn how the ship could have ignored so many warnings and still hit the wreck. Belgian authorities were questioning the captain, who remained aboard the ship.

Posted by: Starquest aka AndyR

way to go TRICOLOR! racking up the kills...

Posted by: Mr. P

Fish and birds maybe. That's a lot of expensive hardware on the bottom. I understand it contained the very first shipment of Volvo XC90s. OUCH!!

Mr. P

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