Sunken Liners To Be Raised For Scrap
LONDON, Sept. 14. Mereliantmen suuk in the battles of the Mediterranean, including those in the Halta convoys, are to be raised. Some will be towed 1500 miles to Britain to provide materials for new ships and to aid British industrv. This salvaging is a reflection of the urgent demand for scrap needed to nmintain British steel production. Salvage equipment and'plant for cutting up boml) damaged shipping, has already been sent to Malta where most of the tonnage cannot l)e refloated. Ships that can float will be towed back to Britain and sent to the shipbreakers. It is stated that ships sunk in Baltic ports have already been refloated and towed to Britain and that salvage oper: ations may later be extended to the . Bed Sea*
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Chronicle (Levin), 15 September 1948, Page 5
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