{"id":705,"date":"2025-02-17T06:19:21","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T06:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.triton.co.za\/?page_id=705"},"modified":"2026-10-26T14:31:59","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T12:31:59","slug":"sea-flower","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.triton.co.za\/index.php\/sea-flower\/","title":{"rendered":"Sea Flower"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Ship Salvage<\/a> \/ Sea Flower<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sea Flower<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

The fishing vessel Seaflower (ex Holmatindur) capsized alongside at Walvis Bay in July 2008 while deballasting ahead of drydocking.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Vessel<\/p>\n\n\n\n

M.F.V. Seaflower<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Location<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Walvis Bay, July 2008<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Salvor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elgin Brown & Hamer<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The SEAFLOWER whilst preparing to enter drydock, was deballasting, and (somewhat ignorantly) adding weights onto the foredeck in order to reduce the trim, so as to be docked with an appropriate trim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She took on a dramatic list (angle of LOL) due to loss of stability (GM) upon which the crew allegedly transferred some fuel to the other side, which results in the vessel rolling through her LOL angle to the otherside but continuing to capsize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Salvage is ongoing through the company Elgin Brown Hamer (Walvis), who contracted Triton Naval Architects to perform some of the Salvage Simulation Calculations, using GHS Ship Stability and Salvage software.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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