TO SALVE OUR SUNKEN SHIPS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2897, 9 October 1916, Page 10

TO SALVE OUR SUNKEN SHIPS

: fr- : Great development of the activities of ocean salvage companies may ho expected after the war, says t.lio ''.Scotsman." > On both sides of t/he Atlantic companies are being formed! with a view to the recovery of a largo part of tho treasure which, as a result ol ; naval operations, is. lying at tho bottom of the sea. Many of the ships that have been sunk mo lying in comparatively shallow waters, at a depth which tho modern .liver can reach. A' few years ago the limit i7as about 100 ft., but of late appliances have been' invented which enable divers to'go much lower; indeed, in Mar'cK' of : last'yeir, men employed by. the Navy Department. Washington, found an American submarine off Honolulu at a depth of a little over 300 ft. This vessel ■ was ultimately salved. When, about four wars ago a P. and 0. liner foundered off Beachy Head in deep water, bullion to the value of over a million sterling was recovered. A careful record of each lost ship, with her approximate position, is kepi at Lloyd's.