SUBSEA SERVICES

Work Resumes on Warship Oil Removal

Briggs Marine have resumed work on a UK Ministry of Defence contract to remove oil from the tank of a sunken battleship off Scapa Flow, Orkney. The Royal Oak wastorpedoed by a German U-boat in 1939 while she lay at anchor, with the loss of 833 lives.

A diver is seen hot tapping for oil on the hull of the Royal Oak.

Briggs Marine have resumed work on a UK Ministry of Defence contract to remove oil from the tank of a sunken battleship off Scapa Flow, Orkney. The Royal Oak wastorpedoed by a German U-boat in 1939 while she lay at anchor, with the loss of 833 lives.

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