SUNK AT SCAPA FLOW.
EFFORT TO RAISE BATTLESHIP. PRIDE OF THE GERMAN FLEET. J (Per Press Association—Copyright.) (Received This Day, 9.55 a.m.) LONDON, February 16. Operations, will begin on March r to raise the pride of the ex-Kaiser's fleet, the battle cruiser Hindenberg, from Scapa Flow. The work is expected to occupy six months. Twelve divers will tunnel beneath the cruiser,' seal her eight seacocks, and then make the portholes watertight, after " which 40pumps are expected to empty the cruiser in 12 hours. She should then float with her own buoyancy. The Hin T denberg will afterwards be handed over to shopbreakers. i
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLVI, Issue 10672, 17 February 1926, Page 5
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103SUNK AT SCAPA FLOW. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLVI, Issue 10672, 17 February 1926, Page 5
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