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DIFFICULT PROBLEM.

SECTION.

SALVAGE RECORD.

THE RAISING OF THE "MOLTKE."

72 FEET. BELOW.

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SALVAGE MONEY.

£4,285 AWARD TO THREE LIVERPOOL STEAMERS.

THE "ESSEX FRIAR.”

Landon Three Liverpool steam- ships were awarded by Mr. Justice |Bateson, in the Admiralty Court, £4,285 for salvage operations ren- dered the steamship “Essex Friar," In the Cawthorne Channel of the Bonny River, "West Africa, in twelve days In April last.

In the presence of the Minister A feat without parallel in the awards were:-The Bendu, belong- The Liverpool vessels and their for Foreign Affairs and of repre- history of marine salvage has Ing to the Elder Lins, Ltd. (owners sentatives of other authorities a been performed by the raising of 1,800, captain £200,, crew £350): conference of the Swedish Gen the great German battle cruiser the "Lokoja," belonging to the eral Shipping Association was "Moltke" from the bed of the ses British and African Steam Naviga- held in Stockholm recently. at Scapa Flow. A further record tion Co., Ltd. (owners) £1,100, Mr. Emil Lofgren, shipowner, in connection with the same master £80, crew £170); and the brought forward the question of vessel was established during the romi," belonging to the African old tonnage, and referred to the past week-end, when she much discussed plans for the re- towed, upside down, from Scapa Steam Ship Co. (owners £460, mas- gulation of freights by the fixing to Rosyth, a distance of 200 ter £40, crew £85). of minimum rates, through the miles. The hazardous nature of The salvage lasted twelve days, organised laying-up of tonnage such a voyage, towing a capsized and the "Essex Friar" three times and through the organised scrap- ship of 23,000 tons through went aground. The Judge thought ping of old tonnage with the waters notorious for turbulent her master should earlier have ac 'assistance of special funds.. As, weather, will be readily appreciat-cepted the services of Captain

however, these plans for differ-ed.

Dennitts, of the Bendu. Captain ent reasons were not considered The "Moltke," it will be recol- Dennitta, he said, was a skilled to be realisable, the speaker pro-lected, was a unit of the High salvor, who know the neighbour- ceeded to discuss the question of Sea Fleet which Germany sur-hood, and the master of the "Essex an import veto on old tonnage rendered after the armistice for Friar" had not been there before, according to the Norwegian internment at Scapa. It com-Captain Dennitts rightly said that example.

prised 11 battleships, five battle throughout he considerable In his opinion the old tonnage cruisers, eight line cruisers and risks owing to the narrow, channel, problem had arisen through an 50 destroyers. On June 21, 1919, and at the second grounding he had incomplete or at least partial immediately after the algning of to head into the breakers at rationalisation of shipping. It the Peace Treaty at Versailles, Breakers Island, and there were was specially to be noted that the whole fleet was scuttled by strong currents. He stopped the shipowners omitted to adapt the German crews at the order of "Essex Friar" from drifting across themselves to the present and Admiral yon Reuter, who was the flats out of the reach like the probable future situation, but obeying secret instructions from German steamer at the mouth of cherished the belief that the Berlin. So thoroughly was the the Forcados River. economic life would soon return work carried out that almost all

ran

The Judge sald: the salvage was

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to the old path as before the war. the vessels foundered in deep well and courageously rendered, and Rationalisation - within liner water. Only by the promptest saved the "Essex Friar" a coni shipping, with the new construc- | action were British boarding siderable repairs bill; as it was, tion actively thereby caused, and parties able to save the battleship her value was reduced from £22,000 which had as its object the ad- "Baden" and some lighter craft to £17,000, justment to the conditions of the before they had time to sink. new times, was not equalled by sufficient scrapping of the dis- carded tonnage. It could not be reckoned that such a large in- crease in the world trade would take place as would be required in order to provide remunerative employment for the superfluous tonnage. In the case of the tramp tonnage it was impossible to introduce minimum tariffs.

MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS,

The P. &

8.a. "Nallore" left

25 Vessels Salved. Nearly five years later-on April 19, 1924, to be precise Messrs. Cox and Danks, Ltd., of London, began salvage operations on the scuttled fleet. In spite of Singapore for this port on June 30 exceptionally discouraging condi- at 6 a.m. with the outward English tions due to the inclemency of Malls, and was due here this morn- the weather and lack of all local ing. facilities, some very remarkable The C.P.S. R.M.S. "Empress of results have been achieved. As Asia" arrived at Kobe on July 3 early as August 1, 1924, the first at 5 p.m., left Kobe yesterday at face, and by April 30, 1926, day at 5 a.m. destroyer was brought to the sur-4 a.m., and was due at Nagasaki to- twenty-five vessels of this type

had been salved, including seven Singapore for this port on Sunday The F. & O. 8.s. "Kashmir" left large boats of 1,300 tons each.

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Limit the Markets. The speaker proceeded to state that the prospects through an or- ganised laying up of tonnage of getting an improvement in freights was, unfortunately, very. Islight.

In September, 1926, the salvors at 10 am, with the outward Eng-only $40. The scrapping of the turned their attention to the first ilsh Mails, and la due here to-day superfluous tonnage was the only big ship, the battle cruiser at about & p.m.. effective method, but it had been "Moltke," which the divers found 8th August.

The P. & O. 8.8. "Khyber" left. shown to be impossible to unite to be lying upside down at a depth Shanghai for this port on July 4 shipowners so that scrapping of 72 feet.. On June 10, 1927, she at 4 p.m. with the Malls, and is [could be organised with the aid of funds. According to his opinion, was raised to the surface, still due here to-morrow at about 6 a.m. with the keel upwards, but hav- The 8.8. "Tricolor" sailed from nothing remained other than to ing a list of 16 degrees. Subse- New York on June 6 and is due in limit the markets for old tonnage, quantly a good deal of material Manila on July 19. and this could happen only through different countries im-low tides, and she has now been was removed from the ship at posing an import veto on such brought to Rosyth for final de-

The interest of the tonnage.

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SWAYNE & HOYT, INC. companying the High Sea Fleet a view to the introduction of a on what proved to be its last war. veto on the importation of vessels of the age of 20 years and over.

In conclusion, the speaker sug- gested that the council of the association should take into con- sideration the question of ap- proaching the Government, with

Capital Requirements, Mr. Hugo Hammar then raised the subject of the capital re- quirements of shipping, and in this connection he drew attention

cruise, the "Moltke's" engines broke down and she had to be towed home. On the way she was attacked and torpedoed by the British submarine E.42, but, al- though severely damaged, was kept afloat and returned to port.

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to the special, measures adopted Now that the "Moltke" has in different countries for sup- been dealt with, salvage opera- porting and facilitating shipping tions at Scapa are being concen- activity, Dealing with Sweden trated on the Seydlitz, another in particular, he stated that the and larger battle cruiser. most important cause of the in-25.000-ton vessel is lying on her creased capital needs was to be side, but there is every hope that found in the necessity for modern she will be brought to the surface ELLERMAN & tonnage for the transmarine lines, by July.The Observer." which had been worked up during large amount required for each the past twenty-five years.

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construction. If the age of a ship and Longhope in the Orkneys. was reckoned at thirty years' and There has been a lifeboat station one-half, or.60 per cent., as is at Stromness since 1867, and at mostly the case of the building Longhope since 1874, and between the following twenty years would lives from shipwreck. The in- give a better result than the first stitution will be represented at ten years. Moreover, a ship of both ceremonies by the Hon. thirty years had a certain sale- able value, de

Georgo Colville, deputy-chairman of the committee of manage The difficulties of the Swedish ment, who will present the lifeboats shipping industry were that it to the stations, and Commander had not been permitted to con- Edward D, Drury, district inspector solidate itself since the war, this of lifeboats.

being due to an inappropriate There was a guard of honour at taxation policy. The war-time profits ought to have stood at Stromness, composed of mon from the disposal of the industry, so as

H. M. S. "Nelson," the flagship of to help it over the period of da the Atlantic Fleet, and Ex-Service- pression which everyone knew men. From Stromness Prince would come after the war. Own George travelled to Longhope in the ers, however, were compelled to "Stromness" lifeboat, and after the Friday, 20th July, we wer book ships at too high a value and ceremony at Longhope the Long- to:-OSAKA BHOSEN KAISHA. reckon their profits accordingly, hope lifeboat took him to H.M.S. ZAKEUCHI, Managon and pay taxes on income which in “Nelson", on board of which he will

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