Show CANT T KEEP JEP A GOOD SHIP DOWN half of torpedoed craft of great britain have been salvaged METHODS GREATLY IMPROVED much greater weights than believed possible are now being lifted no hope of ever Ral alno london Loi idon ot AGO british ships aenk in tile the last to and a 11 linly off years lit at least BO per cent havo been raised froni from tile bottom of 0 tile alio sen sea tho the organization responsible tho admiralty Is ig composed en ell a iner inertial cial firm 11 nil which engaged in tin tho business before tile war ships were so no clieny then however that often it did not pity to raise a sunken wreck nna restore her to seagoing condition things are very different now rind the result Is that alint invention lins has been stimulated to nn an extraordinary extent it used to io bo be considered that 1 agoo tons was the greatest weight that could ile bo lifted from under water hy y wiro ropes A sunken nil tier llor that was obstructing a fairway was wag lifted out of the mud recently and carried away fly by four lifting ships with sixteen 0 inch wire ropes and tho curried carried was calculated tit nt 2700 2760 tons tho the wreck was shifted one mile tit lit lio lie flarnt lift and so was gradually taken to tile the beach patched up and sent off on to the ho repairing yard she went back into service and mada several voyages before it ft torpedo ended tier career ni altogether together cannot flanse ships sunk tit in jeep deep water cannot bo be solved sal ved it it Is not expected that taio oio for will ever bo be lifted divers cannot work in tuoro more than 25 fil fathoms thonis successfully though for special purposes pur posea they may some times go down to 85 fathoms for n brief spelt spell of work the bulk of the ships saved have been sunk stink in less lesa than 20 fathoms or have been towed inshore by rescue tugs tuga and have gone aground in fairly easy positions tho the salvage men faco face considerable risks not only from had bad weather went lier but also from submarine attack only ono one salango ship fillip bowe however vcr hau been lost through enemy notion ono one of the ho largest oil tank link steam ships wits tallied mined and caught alre thero there was a heavy explosion and tile locks docks were flooded vath burning oil the cargo consi consisted steil largely of benzine trost most portions persons would conclude that the wits hop hopeless Mess not so ho tho the vessel ans scuttled by RW guit tire nna thus thua tile lire fire was extinguished then livers divers plugged nil tile lie shot hotel holds besides clog cloa ing 1119 other oilier overtures aa 0 being pumped out tho alio bessol floated und and was forthwith token to a repairing jort new pump Is valuable As an showing how biow rf tho lie hew electric motor a recently torpedoed ship shift carried n cargo nin foodstuffs of 0 more linn value lind had n hole 40 fret feet long by 28 feet deop deep in fit tier side site was taken in tow by rescue tugs but went down before time lino had served to beach tier aul ably no ordinary pumping power would have served tire need but tile new type pump enabled vila bled stokehold engine room and nil all tier titter n cr holds to bo be pumped out so BO that hiat cerro could ile ho discharged and tile tho veasel higher up tho the bench beach then the ho allt lightening process WB continued until tho vessel was floated and taken into dock practically nil tier cargo boing being saved paved j the number of tie iho ships of tho lie men amillie marine actually stilver stil vei fly by tile tho department in two years from 1010 1915 to 1017 was wan all theme vessels were of big tonnage ton for tile tho present year the ho monthly totals of uch such were january Jn nunry 14 february 41 march 17 37 april M 1 and amny 10 thus the department fins saved important vessels of tile the trine tills this does not include gossels solved outside of leonle tile larger figures of tho the latter po were due riot not to increased Increase ti enemy activity but to improved salvage methods many risks aro are run by the digerm particularly front from gages generated by decomposed vegetables and meat in the ho holds of sunken ships fillips diatha having resulted from tills en use grain arain it seems deems develops hydro i gen which occasions blindness aal violent sickness jj A ch chemist ernist however has flag found as rl preparation which when sprayed on a rotting cargo immediately kills the gases bases and enables inen to carry on their work in safety |