Fascinating post, thanks. I had no idea boats were sometimes made from concrete and I'd never heard of the Cretetree before (even though I do know a fair bit about the German boats being scuttled)
Thank you Juliet 🙏 It was mostly new to me too. I'd vaguely heard about the German boats at Scapa Flow but assumed it was the British who sank them, and didn't realise there were anywhere near so many. Can hardly believe that this humble old barge was involved in bringing them up.
Fascinating post, thanks. I had no idea boats were sometimes made from concrete and I'd never heard of the Cretetree before (even though I do know a fair bit about the German boats being scuttled)
Thank you Juliet 🙏 It was mostly new to me too. I'd vaguely heard about the German boats at Scapa Flow but assumed it was the British who sank them, and didn't realise there were anywhere near so many. Can hardly believe that this humble old barge was involved in bringing them up.