SALVAGING LUSITANIA
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(; «■ rjTHE WOEK OF SALYAGING treasure and scTap metal from the Lusitania, which was loeated lying in 312 feet of water off the Old Head of Eansale, Southern Ireland, by the salvage ship Orphir in Oetober, 193o, will be begun in April, states a London exehange. • It" is reported that the Lusitania was carrying a large quantity of bullion when she was torpedoed by a German submarine in May, 1915, but owing to the secreey whieh was observed .concetning wartime cargqes the report has never been verified. Captain Russell, of the Orphir, hopes to clear up the matter during the salvage operations this summer. 4 'Even if there does not prove to be much treasure on board,'7 he said, "the .value of .the scrap metal and. of . the : mementoes raised from the famous liner will ' amply reeompense us ' for" " "our efforts." The salvage operations will be carried out with the assistance of a diver working in the Tritonia all-metal diving suiL A descent to the Lusitania
was mad© in. this suit 'during * the opeTations in 1935i The 'suit -has been • test'ed in /depths up to 1300 feet.> The diver is not ;subjeeted to pressure, which is borne by the metal suit- Air at atmospherie pressure is breathed by* the. diver, fresh ozygen : being carried, in cylinders. / *ttached to the suitj .. . Charges will -be". placed "against the ,hull of the." wreek," and an ©ntry blasfed. into its interior. Before -the first charge is" exploded it is intended to- take an underwater filxn of - tho sunken vessel, and •, the -.subsequent stages of the .salvage operations.. .will also be filmcd. • Captain J. D. Craig, who has already made several notable underwater films, will be in charge of the filining. To assist his work at great depths a Speeial ;5000-watt underwater lamp has been constructed. It is expeeted that the calvaging of the Lusitania will oceupy the Argonaut Corporation, whieh is conducting .the operations, three seasons.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 65, 3 April 1937, Page 11
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