THE HINDENBURG
REMOVAL FROM SCAPA FLOW. BIG WORK TO BEGIN. (Received 11.2 d a.m.) LONDON, February IC. Operations will begin on Marcli 1 to raise the pride of the ex-Kaiser’s fleet, the battle cruiser Hindenbuvg, from Rea pa Flow, and arc expected to occupy six months. Twelve divers will tunnel beneath the cruiser and seal eight seacocks, then make the portholes watertight, after which 40 pumps are expected to - empty the cruiser in 12 hours, and she will float by her own buoyance* Afterwards she will bo handed over to shipbreakers. —A. and N.Z.
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Northern Advocate, 17 February 1926, Page 5
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