Chapter I: Front Matter

Transcriber’s Note: Italics are enclosed in _underscores_. Additional notes will be found near the end of this ebook.

THE WONDERS OF SALVAGE

_BY THE SAME AUTHOR_

THE ROMANCE OF EXCAVATION

THE BODLEY HEAD

THE WONDERS
OF SALVAGE

BY DAVID MASTERS

WITH FORTY-EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS
FROM PHOTOGRAPHS

LONDON

JOHN LANE THE BODLEY HEAD LIMITED

_First Published in 1924_

MADE AND PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY MORRISON AND GIBB LTD., EDINBURGH

TO

MY WIFE

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

WRECK OF S.S. _DEVONA_ _Frontispiece_

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EXAMINING SEA-BED IN TOBERMORY BAY 18

WASHING SAND FOR SIGNS OF TREASURE 19

SIFTING SEA-BED FOR GOLD OF _LUTINE_ 30

WRECK OF _OCEANA_ 50

DIVING FOR _OCEANA’S_ TREASURE 51

A DIVER TREASURE-HUNTING WITH EXPLOSIVES 74

BRINGING THE _LEONARDO DA VINCI_ UPSIDE DOWN INTO DOCK 82

THE _LEONARDO DA VINCI_ SAFELY DOCKED 83

THE MAMMOTH TIMBER FRAMEWORK ON WHICH THE UPSIDE-DOWN BATTLESHIP
RESTED 86

THE UPSIDE-DOWN BATTLESHIP SEEN FROM THE AIR 87

TOWING OUT THE UPSIDE-DOWN BATTLESHIP TO TURN HER OVER 90

THE BATTLESHIP JUST BEFORE SHE WAS RIGHTED 91

THE _LEONARDO DA VINCI_ AS SHE SWUNG OVER 92

THE BATTLESHIP RIGHTED 93

A TORPEDOED SHIP SAFELY BEACHED 100

THE FAMOUS STANDARD PATCH 101

ELECTRIC PUMPS IN THE HOLD OF A £3,000,000 SHIP 104

DAMAGE WROUGHT BY A TORPEDO 105

A VESSEL DOWN BY THE HEAD 110

THE _U-44_ CARRIED ASHORE 126

REMOVING MINES FROM THE _U-44_ 127

THE _K.13_ RAISED AFTER TWO-AND-A-HALF DAYS ON THE SEA-BED 138

A BLAZING OIL TANKER 160

THE _ONWARD_ OVERTURNED AT FOLKESTONE 162

SALVAGE CRAFT ALONGSIDE THE _ONWARD_ 163

TUG-OF-WAR BETWEEN FIVE RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES AND AN OVERTURNED
TROOPSHIP 164

PUMPING OUT THE _ONWARD_ 165

WRECK OF _ST. PAUL_ IN NEW YORK HARBOUR 166

OVERTURNED LINER BESIDE THE QUAY 167

DRAGGING THE _ST. PAUL_ UPRIGHT 170

THE _ST. PAUL_ RAISED 171

THE _ARABY_ BLOCKING THE ENTRANCE OF BOULOGNE HARBOUR 174

THE _ARABY_ BREAKING IN TWO 175

TWO HALVES OF THE _ARABY_ BEACHED 176

HALF A SHIP IN MID-CHANNEL 177

PATCHING A SHIP WITH CONCRETE 178

HOW THE CONCRETE PATCH WAS REINFORCED 179

CONCRETE PATCH FROM INSIDE THE SHIP 180

EXTERIOR VIEW OF SHIP PATCHED WITH CONCRETE 181

REFLOATING A WRECK BY DIGGING OPERATIONS 186

THE _TIMBO_ HIGH AND DRY 187

A DREDGER WRECKED IN THE GARELOCH 188

MIGHTY STEEL CABLES USED FOR RIGHTING THE WRECK 189

THE DREDGER RIGHTED ONCE MORE 192

A TORPEDOED SHIP IN GRAVE DIFFICULTIES 198

THE FOUNDERING SHIP SAFELY BEACHED AT CLOVELLY 199

SALVING A WRECK FROM QUICKSANDS 210

THE WONDERS OF SALVAGE

THE WONDERS OF SALVAGE