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Front part of the ship "War Diwan" refloated near Vlissingen
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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…
Contributors
- Polygoon-Profilti (producent) / Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid (beheerder)
- Polygoon-Profilti (producer) / Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (curator)
Publisher
- Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid / http://www.openbeelden.nl/users/beeldengeluid
Subject
- Transportation, science and technology
- duikers
- tankers
- bergingen
- schepen
- divers
- marine salvages
- ships
- Maritime Accidents
Type of item
- ITEM
- News
Contributors
- Polygoon-Profilti (producent) / Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid (beheerder)
- Polygoon-Profilti (producer) / Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (curator)
Publisher
- Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid / http://www.openbeelden.nl/users/beeldengeluid
Subject
- Transportation, science and technology
- duikers
- tankers
- bergingen
- schepen
- divers
- marine salvages
- ships
- Maritime Accidents
Type of item
- ITEM
- News
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Rights
- Polygoon-Profilti (producent) / Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid (beheerder)
Creation date
- 1952
- 1952
Issue date
- 01/05/1952
- 1952-05-01
Places
- Vlissingen
Identifier
- http://mint-projects.image.ntua.gr/data/euscreenXL/EUS_4441F41C450457BC19F024591A450FB1
- http://openbeelden.nl/media/28683
Extent
- 00:02:21
Format
- ASPECT RATIO:
- Black & White
- VIDEO
Is part of
- http://mint-projects.image.ntua.gr/data/euscreenXL/EUS_A7EA1AAE8B1ACA16BA27220CCD8ECB9A
Year
- 1952
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-02-14T10:32:19.950Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2023-09-11T09:01:08.991Z