Clearing Shipwrecks From Dutch Waterways | The Salvage Masters
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Published 2023-05-05
Season 1, Episode 4
In this episode, waterways and shipping are the lifeblood of the global economy. This is especially true in the Netherlands, where the Dutch government began an unprecedented campaign to remove shipwrecks from hits waterways. These silent dangers lurking under the surface posed a grave danger to the country's economy, leaving the salvage companies with an immense challenge.
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All Comments (21)
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Hi i was a diver for W. A. van der Tak from 1964 to 1968 . And i was working a lot on the S S Bison out of Maassluis, We did a lot of diving on wrecks in the North sea to blast of the props of the wrecks (brash ). And we brought up a kotter from Belgium up with the Pelicaan from Smith. Good memories. Did some diving in the Middellands zee in Lybia., and the North sea.
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I hope people recognize the amount of danger it takes to salvage sunken ships. Being an underwater welder/Ship salvage it's in top 3 most dangerous jobs in the world. RIP to all the fallen workers, without you the world would be a very different place.
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René Robben was also in Salvage Code Red. He has the same passion as my brother. Our dad was a Norwegian mariner. Rip to all souls lost in this über dangerous profession🙏🏼
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Very cool and interesting to see. Never realized how much planning was involved and the degree of difficulty in retrieving these wrecks.
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The numbers , weight, equipment ect. were mind staggering. Great job !
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After WW2 My father worked on cutting up steel from The German ship Admiral Graf Spee that was scuttled Of the coast of South America. It was tons and tons of fantastic German steel. I was in Uruguay visiting relatives and my father took me to see an anchor on display from the ship that they have at the docks there. Somebody made a lot of money getting that fine German steel up from the bottom. In 2006 they brought up a bronze German Nazi Eagle symbol from the ship. So salvage might still be going on today.
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That was so freakin kool to see that 1st ship brought up whole and the first thing that came to mind was the using of that crane barge to bring up a few WWII Nazi Submarines off the ocean floor you would gain a lot of WWII paraphernalia for my collection. I spent a lot of years on a Canadian Ocean Research Vessel/ Defence Research Vessel during the Cold War it was a Canadian Navy owned Vessel but manned by civilians and I was a Marine Engineer/ Oiler/Stoker for quite a few years which I would give almost anything to be back doing it again.I am probably to old now but I would like to work for these guys who I believe have the best job going. Great work guys, Cheers
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That's one way to save the environment and history. Wonder if this could be a new project for the world to save the environment and history.
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I thank you guys for your service.
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Outstanding documentary, knowing what you had to go through being the Sea life and also all the preparation to make sure everything is good. Does take a lot of time but thank you for sharing what you’ve done. Very much enjoyed it.
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Great work and interesting to see how much technology and man power it takes to do this vital work. I really appreciate your videos. thank you
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I got interested in marine salvage when I was in public school. Did a science fair project on it, and placed 2nd. I've been following the industry now for over 60 years. Lot of interesting things done, amazing jobs. This is another excellent video.
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I wonder what the age of the oldest vessel they have salvaged is? Finding old artifacts would be so cool.
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Man , now the Mermaids are going to be Homeless,, great and interesting video thou, tks for bringing this video to us
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Some of those ships are very likely valuable pre nuclear steel. Steel ships made from steel prior to atmospheric nuclear testing is increasingly rare and valuable due to the lack of background radiation in it and is used in very precise medical and scientific equipment.
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Wonderful to know that this is possible.😊
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Awsome engineering and work
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Yes there are many more wrecks in those shallow seas. An old mini series I saw on Dutch TV is called Sil de Strandjutter (Sil the beach comber in English) about people on the Dutch islands who made a living salvaging wrecks continually happening along that coast. It was set in the 1800s I think on the island of Texel. An enjoyable drama about old times on the Dutch islands if you can find it online.
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Outstanding documentary. This would have been a good career for me.
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Well, that was very interesting. But I never heard confirmation that the one they were tearing apart off the northern coast was the one they were after. Would have been nice to see engine numbers or other identifying characteristics. Be that as it may, what a great day's work there was to be had!
