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30 THE Marine REVIEW THE SUEVIC ON THE ROCKS BEFORE SHE WAS BLOWN APART. the ship's bottom; and the men work- ing at a depth of 40 ft. were actually standing on two other wrecks. Dy- namite was used in the severing ope- rations, and as holes were blasted in the side of the vessel, carcasses of mutton were set awash, and. the diy- ers had to evade them as best they could. Frequently they were knocked over by these floating carcasses. or washed off their feet, but neverthe- less they stuck to their task with courage nothing short of heroism. After 10 days' operation and in the _early hours on Tuesday morning, April 2, the big vessel was divided. On the previous evening practically only the main steel deck remained to be separated, and this was accom- plished without human effort through 'the vessel rising and falling buoyant- ly in the long Atlantic swell. The length of the ship that has been salved is about 370 ft., leaving about 184 ft. still on the rocks. Thus, two- thirds of the Suevic, containing the valuable machinery and boilers which are undamaged, and the costly fit- tings of her staterooms have been saved from what appeared at one time certain destruction by the smart and persistent efforts of Wreck Offi- cer McLellan and those who acted with him. It should be stated, how- ever, that they were favored with good weather, for had it been other- wise the ship would inevitably have been broken to pieces on these dan- gerous. rocks. Report says of this piece of dangerous coast that it has never been known before for a vessel to be cleared from their grasp. Enor- mous quantities of dynamite were THE ABANDONED BOW OF THE SUEVIC. THE SUEVIC IN DRY DOCK, used for the cutting operations. The towing of the salved after portion to Southampton, a distance of 170 miles, was then decided upon and this was safely accomplished under the Suevic's own steam and with the assistance of three tugs. She floated on an even keel and made no water aft. She was safely moored alongside the River Test quay at Southampton on Thursday, April 4, and a sorry spec- tacle she presented as she lay.along- side the quay. The severed deck plating was curled and torn. The hatchways were in an almast perpen- dicular position, and only the stout iron columns that support the decks stood upright. All these distorted members bore evidence of the tre- mendous force of the explosions that had been necessary to blow the ship apatt at tne No. 3° hold' -The fore- part containing No. 1, 2 and portion of No. 3 holds, held various cargo which has been lost with the exception of