Twelve or more feet of water have to be pumped from the engineroom before the turbines and other valuable plant can be salvaged. Although the turbines have been half submerged for some months, it is believed that they have suffered little damage, as they are sealed to operate at high steam pressure.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 72, 21 September 1940, Page 18
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52Twelve or more feet of water have to be pumped from the engineroom before the turbines and other valuable plant can be salvaged. Although the turbines have been half submerged for some months, it is believed that they have suffered little damage, as they are sealed to operate at high steam pressure. Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 72, 21 September 1940, Page 18
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