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The wonders of salvage

Chapter 2: LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
By David Masters
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The text surveys maritime salvage practice, explaining how wrecks and cargo are located, examined, patched, and refloated using diving, cofferdams, pumps, wire frameworks, and controlled explosions. It pairs clear technical descriptions with illustrated case studies that show varied challenges such as groundings, capsizes, torpedo damage, and beachings. Chapters describe step-by-step engineering solutions for righting ships, constructing concrete and steel patches, and recovering valuables from the sea-bed. Throughout, attention is given to the practical organization, hazards, and inventive problem-solving that underpin successful salvage operations.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Wreck of S.S. Devona Frontispiece
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Examining Sea-bed in Tobermory Bay 18
Washing Sand for Signs of Treasure 19
Sifting Sea-bed for Gold of Lutine 30
Wreck of Oceana 50
Diving for Oceana’s Treasure 51
A Diver Treasure-Hunting with Explosives 74
Bringing the Leonardo da Vinci upside down into Dock 82
The Leonardo da Vinci safely docked 83
The Mammoth Timber Framework on which the Upside-down Battleship rested 86
The Upside-down Battleship seen from the Air 87
Towing out the Upside-down Battleship to turn her over 90
The Battleship just before she was righted 91
The Leonardo da Vinci as she swung over 92
The Battleship righted 93
A Torpedoed Ship safely beached 100
The Famous Standard Patch 101
Electric Pumps in the Hold of a £3,000,000 Ship 104
Damage wrought by a Torpedo 105
A Vessel down by the Head 110
The U-44 carried Ashore 126
Removing Mines from the U-44 127
The K.13 raised after Two-and-a-half Days on the Sea-bed 138
A Blazing Oil Tanker 160
The Onward overturned at Folkestone 162
Salvage Craft alongside the Onward 163
Tug-of-war between Five Railway Locomotives and an Overturned Troopship 164
Pumping Out the Onward 165
Wreck of St. Paul in New York Harbour 166
Overturned Liner beside the Quay 167
Dragging the St. Paul upright 170
The St. Paul raised 171
The Araby blocking the Entrance of Boulogne Harbour 174
The Araby breaking in Two 175
Two Halves of the Araby beached 176
Half a Ship in Mid-Channel 177
Patching a Ship with Concrete 178
How the Concrete Patch was reinforced 179
Concrete Patch from Inside the Ship 180
Exterior View of Ship patched with Concrete 181
Refloating a Wreck by Digging Operations 186
The Timbo High and Dry 187
A Dredger wrecked in the Gareloch 188
Mighty Steel Cables used for righting the Wreck 189
The Dredger righted Once More 192
A Torpedoed Ship in Grave Difficulties 198
The Foundering Ship safely beached at Clovelly 199
Salving a Wreck from Quicksands 210