Transcriber’s Note: Italics are enclosed in _underscores_. Additional notes will be found near the end of this ebook. THE WONDERS OF SALVAGE _BY THE SAME AUTHOR_ THE ROMANCE OF EXCAVATION THE BODLEY HEAD [Illustration: HOPELESS AS THE S.S. DEVONA’S POSITION SEEMED ON SEPTEMBER 15, 1917, THE SALVORS MANAGED TO RAISE HER IN FOUR DAYS. VERY CLEVERLY THEY RIGGED UP SOME WIRE MATTRESSES INTO WHICH THEY PUMPED HER CARGO OF WHEAT, THUS DRAINING OFF THE WATER AND SAVING THE GRAIN] THE WONDERS OF SALVAGE BY DAVID MASTERS WITH FORTY-EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS LONDON JOHN LANE THE BODLEY HEAD LIMITED _First Published in 1924_ MADE AND PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY MORRISON AND GIBB LTD., EDINBURGH TO MY WIFE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS WRECK OF S.S. _DEVONA_ _Frontispiece_ PAGE EXAMINING SEA-BED IN TOBERMORY BAY 18 WASHING SAND FOR SIGNS OF TREASURE 19 SIFTING SEA-BED FOR GOLD OF _LUTINE_ 30 WRECK OF _OCEANA_ 50 DIVING FOR _OCEANA’S_ TREASURE 51 A DIVER TREASURE-HUNTING WITH EXPLOSIVES 74 BRINGING THE _LEONARDO DA VINCI_ UPSIDE DOWN INTO DOCK 82 THE _LEONARDO DA VINCI_ SAFELY DOCKED 83 THE MAMMOTH TIMBER FRAMEWORK ON WHICH THE UPSIDE-DOWN BATTLESHIP RESTED 86 THE UPSIDE-DOWN BATTLESHIP SEEN FROM THE AIR 87 TOWING OUT THE UPSIDE-DOWN BATTLESHIP TO TURN HER OVER 90 THE BATTLESHIP JUST BEFORE SHE WAS RIGHTED 91 THE _LEONARDO DA VINCI_ AS SHE SWUNG OVER 92 THE BATTLESHIP RIGHTED 93 A TORPEDOED SHIP SAFELY BEACHED 100 THE FAMOUS STANDARD PATCH 101 ELECTRIC PUMPS IN THE HOLD OF A £3,000,000 SHIP 104 DAMAGE WROUGHT BY A TORPEDO 105 A VESSEL DOWN BY THE HEAD 110 THE _U-44_ CARRIED ASHORE 126 REMOVING MINES FROM THE _U-44_ 127 THE _K.13_ RAISED AFTER TWO-AND-A-HALF DAYS ON THE SEA-BED 138 A BLAZING OIL TANKER 160