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RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-30. ONE OF THREE LARGE PUMPS OPERATED BY MEMBERS OF COMMONWEALTH MARINE SALVAGE BOARD AT WORK ON THE DECK OF JAPANESE TANKER NO. 5301. EACH PUMP DELIVERS SIX HUNDRED TONS OF WATER PER HOUR. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- R.W. BERWICK, SALVAGE ENGINEER (1); J. RUSHTON, SHIPWRIGHT (2).
RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-30. W.R. BERWICK, SALVAGE ENGINEER (1), AND J. RUSHTON, SHIPWRIGHT (2), ON ONE OF THE JAPANESE SPEED LAUNCHES ON THE FORWARD DECK OF THE JAPANESE TANKER NO. 5301. THE VESS
RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-30. R.J. SUMMERS (1) AND R.W. BERWICK, SALVAGE ENGINEER (2), MEMBERS OF COMMONWEALTH MARINE SALVAGE BOARD WITH TWO EXTRA WATER PUMPS READY FOR USE ON THE JAPANESE TANKER N
RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-30. THREE PUMPS OPERATED BY COMMONWEALTH SALVAGE BOARD PERSONNEL FROM THE SALVAGE SHIP CAMBRIAN SALVOR, PUMPING WATER AT THE RATE OF EIGHTEEN HUNDRED TONS PER HOUR FROM TH
SIMPSON HARBOUR, RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-13. THE JAPANESE TANKER 5301, (9,000) TONS) WHICH WAS RAISED FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE HARBOUR BY PERSONNEL OF COMMONWEALTH MARINE SALVAGE BOARD, WORKING FRO
RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-30. THE SALVAGE SHIP CAMBRIAN SALVOR, OPERATED BY MEMBERS OF COMMONWEALTH MARINE SALVAGE BOARD, MOORED ALONGSIDE THE JAPANESE TANKER NO. 5301 (ON LEFT) DURING SALVAGE OPER
RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-30. THE SALVAGE SHIP, CAMBRIAN SALVOR, OPERATED BY COMMONWEALTH SALVAGE BOARD, WORKING ALONGSIDE THE JAPANESE TANKER NO. 5301 WHICH WAS DAMAGED IN SIMPSON HARBOUR TWELVE M
