SCAPA FLOW SHIPS.
RAISING THE HINDENBURG.
LENGTHY TASK EXPECTED.
Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Reed. 6.5 p.m.) LONDON. Feb. 16. Operations are to be commenced on March 1 to raise the pride of the exKaiser's fleet, the battle-cruiser Hindenburg, from Scapa Fow. The work is expected to occupy six months. Twelve divers will tunnel beneath the cruiser and seal the eight sea-cocks. Ihey ■will then make the port-holes watertight, after which 40 pumps are expected to empty the cruiser in 12 hours. The vessel is then expected to float by her own buoyancy. She will afterwards be handed over to the ship-breakers.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19255, 18 February 1926, Page 9
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102SCAPA FLOW SHIPS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19255, 18 February 1926, Page 9
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