Salvage of the Seeburg part 2

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Uploaded by on Feb 25, 2010

Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtimcklEo_c

This is rare newsreel from 1954.

Divers from PRO (Polskie Ratownictwo Okretowe trans. Polish Ship Salvage) salvage the Seeburg , sunken in Baltic Sea, at the depth of 30-45 meters.

During WWII this ship was base for German submarines. It was sunk by magnetic sea mine.

Build in 1943 in Denmark;12812 t; 169,0×21,4×9,0 m, 14600 KM, ex. Adelaid Star.

No one wanted to rise the Seeburg, including famous Danish salvage firm 'Switzer', claiming that's impossible.
Socialistic Poland take it as a point of honor and try to salvage the wreck.

It takes 3 years, during summers, from June 1951 till June 1954.

The ship was successful raised in third attempt.

After that Seeburg back to active sailing under a new name Dzierzynski.

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  • hm kinda spooky and neat

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