On the subject of ship salvage, WIRED ran a dramatic long-form article awhile back that makes for a very gripping read if you have the time, telling the story o

On the subject of ship salvage, WIRED ran a dramatic long-form article awhile back that makes for a very gripping read if you have the time, telling the story of the team that does this for a living and flies halfway around the world following a 4am phone call: "High Tech Cowboys of the Deep Seas: The Race to Save the Cougar Ace" https://www.wired.com/2008/02/the-race-to-save-the-cougar-ace/ https://www.wired.com/2008/02/the-race-to-save-the-cougar-ac... https://archive.ph/lGHpn https://archive.ph/lGHpn No disrespect to OP, this BBC article is good as well but fewer chilling details : )