TO SALVE THE U-BOAT VICTIMS
NEW AIR-BAG DEVICE., London, September 12. The firm of Victors, Ltd., has 6uccess fully inaugurated a. ship salvage. device which utilises the air-bas idea. '" The patent consists of specially treated canvas and a flexible superstructure whereby the bags aro enabled to resist great prossure during inflation under water. It is believed many submarined vessels can be raised. Canvas bags, each to lift a hundred tons, have already been used, and it is expected that bags to lift five hundred tons will shortly be utilised. With a battery of eighty bags the biggest ship could be refloated. Victors, Ltd., successfully raised tho 6teamer Main, which was sunk by a submarineoff the Scottish coast, by means of two bass—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 301, 16 September 1919, Page 5
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124TO SALVE THE U-BOAT VICTIMS Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 301, 16 September 1919, Page 5
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