GREAT BID TO FLOAT THE HINDENBURG.-A final effort to raise the German battle-cruiser Hindenburg from the bottom of the sea at Scapa Flow, Orkney, was made recently. She is the last of the big ships scuttled on June 21, 1919, 29 of the vessels having been salved. Fifteen ships remain, but some of these are in very deep water. The raising of these capital ships is the biggest undertaking of its kind the world has ever seen. The Hindenburg was raised once again above water and final efforts are being made to keep her afloat by huge hawsers and chains while a concrete bed is being made to offer support from below One of the main turrets of the vessel is shown here above the barnancle-encrusted deck.

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1052, 16 August 1930, Page 19

GREAT BID TO FLOAT THE HINDENBURG.-A final effort to raise the German battle-cruiser Hindenburg from the bottom of the sea at Scapa Flow, Orkney, was made recently. She is the last of the big ships scuttled on June 21, 1919, 29 of the vessels having been salved. Fifteen ships remain, but some of these are in very deep water. The raising of these capital ships is the biggest undertaking of its kind the world has ever seen. The Hindenburg was raised once again above water and final efforts are being made to keep her afloat by huge hawsers and chains while a concrete bed is being made to offer support from below One of the main turrets of the vessel is shown here above the barnancle-encrusted deck.