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Front part of the ship "War Diwan" refloated near Vlissingen
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Week number 52-19
Newsreels in which Dutch subjects of a certain week are presented.
In 1944 the English tanker "War Diwan" sank beacause of a mine explosion in the water of the Wielingen near Vlissingen. The ship broke in two because of this. The front part of the ship is now raised by blowing the water from the ship with compressed air so it's floating again. This new way of refloating the ship has been invented by the Dutch engineer W. Van Wienen, who's in charge of the salvage himself. Two attempts are made to refloat the ship; the first attempt isn't fully satisfactory and the ship is resunk temporarily; the second attempt succeeds. SHOTS: - A salvage vessel drops anchor on the spot of the disaster, which is marked with a wrechage buoy; on deck are large compressors at work and compressed air cylinders; a lot of air hoses lie on deck and disappear over the railing in the water; salvagers are busy at work; - the wrechage suddenly appears above the water level, upside down and very skew; large bulbs of air and water escae from one side; - runners, who went aboard the ship, leave the ship after which it slowly sinks again; - a diver puts on his suit and goes under water; - the wrechage appears above the water again, upside down and a lot less skew; - runners go aboard and attach cables; - in the dusk the tug boats pull the wrechage. 00:28 Van Wienen (right).
- Creator:
- Polygoon-Profilti (producer) / Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (curator)
- Publication date:
- 1 May 1952
- Length:
- 02:21
- Type:
- video
- Original format:
- User:
- Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid
