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Copy negative of photographs showing salvage work, and workers, on the German High Seas Fleet, date unknown.

Metal Industries Ltd's salvage boat, 'Bertha' alongside a submerged German ship, c.1930s.

Salvage work on the scuttled German High Seas Fleet in Scapa Flow, date unknown.

Salvage work on the scuttled German High Seas Fleet in Scapa Flow, date unknown. Pumping seawater out of one of the German ships prior to raising it from the seabed.

Salvage work on the scuttled German High Seas Fleet in Scapa Flow, date unknown. The floating dock used by Cox & Danks Ltd. is shown raising another german ship from the seabed.

Salvage work on the scuttled SMS Hindenburg in Scapa Flow. She was refloated by Cox & Danks Ltd. on 22nd July 1930.

Salvage work on the scuttled German High Seas Fleet in Scapa Flow, date unknown.

Salvage work on the scuttled German High Seas Fleet in Scapa Flow, date unknown.

Firth School, seen from Finstown. Date unknown.

Salvage workers clearing the seaweed growth from one of the German ships recently brought to the surface, date unknown.