FORTUNES UNDER THE SEA

Otaki Mail, Volume XXVIII, 22 March 1920, Page 4

FORTUNES UNDER THE SEA

1000 SHIPS TO SALVE. More than lotto veseds. of from 20C to 10,000 tons each, are lying in 2o fathoms (120 feet) of water or less round the British Isles. This is the depth at which the modern salver cat: work. He is trying to recover the ship itself. Cargo can be recovered at greater depths. Already experts are busy with plans for recovering this treasure from the sea. Salvage operations will be a common sight within reach of practically every popular seaside, resort next summer. The Admiralty has prepared a chart which shows every sunken vessel between Dungeness and the Tyne. The little black dots lie in strings and cluster. There tire bad patches off Deal, and off Aldebugh (Suffolk coast) is a group so close that the.dots almost run into one mass. This is a spot where a notable piece of British naval work resulted in the capture of the Hun submarine responsible for the

sinkings. Across the month of the Thames is an almost complete chain. Between Fiamborough Heal and Whitby (Yorkshire coast) the Hens reaped a rich harvest, which tailed off in a line due north-cast into the North Sea. Last July the steamer Tours was taken off the Gower rocks, off the Glamorganshire coast. after six mouths’ exposure to wind and weather, bad towed into Swansea, bringing a fortune of £SO.(>OO to the salvers.