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Watch: Salvage team detonates torpedoes from sunken Helge Ingstad

Although the delay was long concerning weather conditions, the salvage process for the sunken Norwegian frigate Helge Ingstad is almost completed, and the Norwegian Navy expects to raise it on February 7 for transport to a nearby naval base. Salvage divers managed to remove the majority of the frigate's missiles and torpedoes for disposal. As the torpedoes were too sensitive to be transferred, they were destroyed nearby.

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Watch: Norwegian frigate eventually sinks after collision with tanker

Although being hold with wires, the Norwegian frigate 'Helge Instad' was depicted almost fully submerged on Tuesday, following collision last week with the Maltese-flagged oil tanker 'Sola TS' in Hjeltefjorden, off Bergen, in the early morning hours of Thursday. The Norwegian Coastal Administration is leading the oil spill response, while the Navy is leading the work on the crash investigation.

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