Growth and existing plant of port salvage organization at Liverpool; removal of wrecks by lifting or dispersal; operation of lifting vessels with aid of wires and external buoyancy provided by camels; uprighting and refloating SS Empress of Canada, which sank in Gladstone Dock, Liverpool in 1953. (see also - n 5270 Jan 25 p 128-31; abstract in Chartered Mech Engr v 3 n 10 Dec 1956 p 508-10; Engineering v 183 n 4742 Jan 25 1957 p 98-101; Machy Market v 203 n 2934 Feb 8 1957 p 23-6)


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    Title :

    Salvaging of ships with special reference to Empress of Canada


    Additional title:

    Engineer


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Engineer ; 203 , n 5271


    Publication date :

    1957


    Size :

    4 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


    Salvaging of ships with special reference to Empress of Canada

    Colbeck, W.R. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1957


    Salvaging ships with diesel-electric power

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1929


    Empress of Canada

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1953


    Salving "empress of Canada"

    Hart, H.V. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1954


    Salving "empress of Canada"

    Hart, H.V. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1954