SALVING WORK ON STEAMERS.
After lyin'? submerged for over three years, the Isle of Man packet steamer, Ben-My-Chree, one of the two fastest merchant ships in the world, lias been salved by a British company, and towed into the Dardanelles. In January, 1917, she anchored close inshore on the AsiaMinor coast, and was sunk in a few minutes by a carefully-concealed Turkish' battery. At the time she was employed as an aircraft cartoon nd was commanded by Commander Sampson. The work was carried out by the Salvage and Towage Company, the firm that rollon ted the River Clyde from an apparently hopeless position. The work was done almost entirely by skilful patching and powerful pumps.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2197, 2 November 1920, Page 4
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115SALVING WORK ON STEAMERS. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2197, 2 November 1920, Page 4
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