Process and apparatus for fitting a tow rope on a sea-damaged ship

摘要

For fitting a tow rope on a sea-damaged ship, a) a drag anchor is lowered from the damaged ship, which anchor is fitted at the two ends of a line which runs around a securing and deflecting device in the ship; b) the drag anchor with the line is received by a salvaging vessel; c) one end of the line is connected to a tow rope; d) the other end is hauled in by the salvaging vessel, with the result that the tow rope is drawn to the sea-damaged ship, around the securing and deflecting device of the ship and back to the salvaging veseel, and e) the tow rope is fixed on the salvaging vessel. an