Those are trunkings which were attached to the upturned hull in order to allow air to be pumped into it. The hulls of the ships to be salvaged were firstly sealed then these airtight trunkings attached at positions which allowed the entire hull to be pumped full of air to displace the water within the hull until the vessel refloated and was then towed away for breaking. In the early 1920's Ernest Cox 'the man who bought a navy' initially purchased 26 of the sunken destroyers and 4 capital ships for 250 pounds from the Royal Navy and then using this method as well as another which utilised a converted dry dock successfully salvaged 5 battleships, 2 battlecruisers and all 26 destroyers before he sold his interests to the Alloa shipbreaking company who then refloated another 5 battlecruisers, battleships and cruisers before WW2 brought an end to salvage operations.
Actually no. All the German warships that sank in Scapa Flow (in Scotland), were interred after the end of hostilities in 1918, and scuttled by their own crews to prevent the British from seizing their ships in 1919. No sailors died on the sunk warships, and 'only' 9 German sailors were shot on that day whilst in lifeboats. So no, the König Albert being raised here was not a war grave
Amazing to see, never thought I’d see a capsized ship being towed after being underwater for so long
Fabulous recovery operation.
Well done to everyone involved.
Its a scrapping operation they scrapped all the ships scuttled at scapa flow exept 3 konig class battleships which are still there to this day
What are those elongated things protruding from her hull exactly?
Those are trunkings which were attached to the upturned hull in order to allow air to be pumped into it. The hulls of the ships to be salvaged were firstly sealed then these airtight trunkings attached at positions which allowed the entire hull to be pumped full of air to displace the water within the hull until the vessel refloated and was then towed away for breaking. In the early 1920's Ernest Cox 'the man who bought a navy' initially purchased 26 of the sunken destroyers and 4 capital ships for 250 pounds from the Royal Navy and then using this method as well as another which utilised a converted dry dock successfully salvaged 5 battleships, 2 battlecruisers and all 26 destroyers before he sold his interests to the Alloa shipbreaking company who then refloated another 5 battlecruisers, battleships and cruisers before WW2 brought an end to salvage operations.
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Wasn't they German war graves though!? Hideous act if so
No, they were scuttled by their German crews to prevent the Allies from gaining them as war prizes.
Actually no. All the German warships that sank in Scapa Flow (in Scotland), were interred after the end of hostilities in 1918, and scuttled by their own crews to prevent the British from seizing their ships in 1919. No sailors died on the sunk warships, and 'only' 9 German sailors were shot on that day whilst in lifeboats.
So no, the König Albert being raised here was not a war grave