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JUTLAND TO JUNKYARD

COPYRIGHT F. GADEK 02/14/2005

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TOPIC –

“ BRIEF INTRO BRIEF INTRO TO JUTLAND TO JUNK FAMOUS NAVAL

BATTLE IN WW I “

SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY { “STS” }

BYFRANK J. GADEK, PH.D.

“ “ STILL INITIAL DRAFT ONLY “ STILL INITIAL DRAFT ONLY “

JUTLAND TO JUNKYARD


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ONE OF GREATEST IN HISTORYONE OF GREATEST IN HISTORY

INTERNATIONAL NAVAL RACE -BRITAIN & GERMANY

NAVAL BATTLE – JUTLAND

NAVAL SCUTTLE GERMAN NAVY

NAVAL SALVAGE OF SCUTTLING


AN INITIAL BRIEF OVERVIEWAN INITIAL BRIEF OVERVIEW

THENTHEN

MORE SPECIFIC DETAILSMORE SPECIFIC DETAILS


PRESENTATION SECTIONSPRESENTATION SECTIONSIN BRIEFIN BRIEF

“STS” - SCIENCE / TECHNOLOGY& SOCIETY & THESEEVENTS

SALVAGE GERMAN NAVYSCUTTLING GERMAN NAVYJUTLAND NAVAL BATTLE

DETAILSDETAILSNAVAL ARMS RACEJUTLAND NAVAL BATTLESCUTTLING GERMAN NAVYSALVAGE GERMAN NAVYINTERESTING / ODD DETAILSSOME REFLECTIONS


SCIENCESCIENCE

TECHNOLOGYTECHNOLOGY

SOCIETYSOCIETY

[[STSSTS]]


MY FOCUS IS ON:MY FOCUS IS ON:

““STS”STS”

SSCIENCE / CIENCE / TTECHNOLOGY / ECHNOLOGY / SSOCIETYOCIETY

““HOW HOW SSCIENCE AFFECTS CIENCE AFFECTS TTECHNOLOGYECHNOLOGY

HOW HOW TTECHNOLOGY AFFECTSECHNOLOGY AFFECTSSSOCIETYOCIETY


PLEASE NOTE:PLEASE NOTE:THE FOLLOWING IS THE RESULTTHE FOLLOWING IS THE RESULTOF MY RESEARCH USING NUMEROUSOF MY RESEARCH USING NUMEROUSPROFESSIONAL SOURCESPROFESSIONAL SOURCES

MANY OTHER INTERPRETATIONS MAY MANY OTHER INTERPRETATIONS MAY ALSO BE VALIDALSO BE VALID

NO OFFENSE IS INTENDEDNO OFFENSE IS INTENDED

BUT THE RESEARCH RESULTS AREBUT THE RESEARCH RESULTS AREVERY DRAMATIC!VERY DRAMATIC!


AFTER THE PRESENTATIONAFTER THE PRESENTATION

WOULD BE GLAD TO DISCUSSCONTROVERSIALTOPICS AND OTHERINTERPRETATIONS

ALSO MOST INTERESTED INANY ADDITIONAL PERTINENT INFORMATION

AND NATURALLY, CORRECTIONSOF ANY ERRORS

“THANKS FOR COMING!”


SOCIETY MAKES USE OF THE SOCIETY MAKES USE OF THE RESULTS OF SCIENCE AND RESULTS OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYTECHNOLOGY

HOWEVER, THERE CAN BE VERY HOWEVER, THERE CAN BE VERY SERIOUS AND UNEXPECTED SERIOUS AND UNEXPECTED CONSEQUENCES THAT RESULTCONSEQUENCES THAT RESULT


THROUGH EXPLORING SUCHSTS EVENTS

A BETTER UNDERSTANDINGOF STS CAN OCCUR

THUS, STS CAN THEN BEBETTER MANAGEDFOR THE OVERALL GREATERBENEFIT OF HUMANITY


CULMINATION OF MY

MANY “STS” TOPICS

I AM INTERESTED IN

AND HAVE RESEARCHED


BRIEFLY MY EVOLVING “STS” INTERESTSBRIEFLY MY EVOLVING “STS” INTERESTS:

SYNTHETIC ORGANIC CHEMISTWINE / FERMENTATIONWEIZMANN FERMENTATION – BACTERIA - ACETONEPRE & WW I – AIR, NAVY, LAND

BRITISH NAVY EVOLUTION – SMOKELESS GUN POWDER

WIND - > COAL - > OIL - > NUCLEARWINSTON CHURCHILL GOVT & JACKY FISHER NAVYBOER WARBRITISH COLONIALISMTEACHING NON-SCIENCE PEOPLE ABOUT “STS”NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION GRANTS / PROGRAMSINDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE – WINE & OTHERS


BRIEFBRIEF INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION

SALVAGE OPERATIONSSCUTTLING GERMAN NAVY

BATTLE OF JUTLAND


SALVAGE OPERATIONS

IN BRIEF


SALVAGE AT SCAPA FLOWSALVAGE AT SCAPA FLOWBETWEEN 1924 AND 1939BETWEEN 1924 AND 1939

[[1515 YEARS] YEARS]

38 38 SHIPS RAISEDSHIPS RAISED327,000327,000 TONS OF STEEL TONS OF STEEL

RECOVEREDRECOVERED& BROKEN UP& BROKEN UP

[GEORGE, P#125][GEORGE, P#125]


AMOUNT OF MONEY INVOLVEDAMOUNT OF MONEY INVOLVEDWITH SALVAGE OPERATIONSWITH SALVAGE OPERATIONSWAS WAS SUBSTANTIALSUBSTANTIAL

BUTBUT

AMOUNT OF MONEY OBTAINEDAMOUNT OF MONEY OBTAINEDFROM SELLING THE SCRAP FROM SELLING THE SCRAP METAL WAS ALSO METAL WAS ALSO SUBSTANTIALSUBSTANTIAL


““VERY SIMPLY”VERY SIMPLY”TO TRY TO ESTIMATE MONEY IN TODAY’STO TRY TO ESTIMATE MONEY IN TODAY’SUS DOLLARS ASSUME:US DOLLARS ASSUME:

1 BRITISH POUND £ = 2 US DOLLARS

INFLATION RATE EACH YEAR = 3%

THEREFORE, FACTOR FOR INFLATIONTO MULTIPLY BY FOR YEARS FROM 1905 TO 2005 OR 2010 = 20

50,000 BRITISH POUNDS £ “PROFIT” / SHIPX 2 = $100,000 US DOLLARS X 20 = $2,000,000


FROM CONSUMER PRICE INDEX [CPI]FROM CONSUMER PRICE INDEX [CPI]FROM FEDERAL RESERVE BANKFROM FEDERAL RESERVE BANKOF MINNEAPOLIS WWW.MINNEAPOLISFED.ORGOF MINNEAPOLIS WWW.MINNEAPOLISFED.ORG

GOODS OR SERVICES IN 1913 = $1IN 2005 $19.73 [ONLY GOES BACK TO 1913]

FROM ECONOMIC HISTORY SERVICES`FROM ECONOMIC HISTORY SERVICES`EXCHANGE RATE BRITISH POUNDSEXCHANGE RATE BRITISH POUNDSAND US DOLLAR FROM HTTP://AND US DOLLAR FROM HTTP://EH.NETIN 1905 $4.76 US DOLLARS = 1 BRITISH POUND £IN 2000 $1.52 US DOLLARS = 1 BRITISH POUNDAVERAGE 1905 – 2000 $3.28 US DOLLARS = 1 BRITISH POUND £ [ONLY YEARS AVAILABLE]1924 – 1939 YEARS OF SALVAGE AVERAGE$4.67 US DOLLARS = 1 BRITISH POUND £

http://www.eh.net/


TO BE A BIT MORE EXACT:TO BE A BIT MORE EXACT:

50000 BRITISH POUNDS £ “PROFIT” / SHIP

EQUALS ABOUTEQUALS ABOUT

$250,000 DURING SALVAGEDATES 1924 – 1939

[AT EXCHANGE RATE OF ABOUT $5 / 1 £THEN]

$1,500,000 TODAY [AT EXHANGE RATE OF $1.52 / 1 £OF YEAR 2000 & CONSUMER PRICE INDEX = 19.73 FROM 1913 – 2005 = 19.73]


IF ABOUT $2 MILLION DOLLARS IN SALESOF SCRAP METAL IN ESTIMATED IN TODAY’S CURRENCY FROM ONLY ONE SHIP

38 SHIPS SALVAGED OF THE 52 THAT WERE SUNKFROM 1924 TO 1939 OR OVER 15 YEARS

THEREFORE, POSSIBLE SALES OF SCRAP METALCOULD REACH ABOUT $90 MILLION DOLLARS ESTIMATED IN TODAY’S CURRENCY


INDEED THE PROFIT INDEED THE PROFIT ACTUALLY OBTAINEDACTUALLY OBTAINED WHEN THE SALVAGE OPERATION WAS MADEWHEN THE SALVAGE OPERATION WAS MADEMORE EFFICIENT:MORE EFFICIENT:

MCCCRONE’S “AVERAGE” PROFIT 50,000 BRITISH

POUNDS £ PER SHIP [ESTIMATE $2,000,000

IN TODAY’S US DOLLARS!!!]

[GEORGE, P#102]


ANALYSIS OF SCRAP FROM BREAK-UPOF SMS FRIEDRICH DER GROSSE

F. GADEK, 02/16/2005VALUE US ESTIMATEBRITISH DOLLARS TODAY'S

TOTAL SCRAP TONNAGE POUNDS 1PD=2US US DOLLARS19717 130345 260690 1824830

FERROUS METALS 100926 201852 1412964NON-FERROUS 29419 58838 411866

MOST VALUEFERROUSSTEEL SCRAP 8281 27603 193221NICKEL 3.5-4%, CHROME 1-2% 5979 50822 355754NICKEL 1-1.5, CHROME 0.5-1% 2853 12838 89866NON-FERROUSGUNMETAL 270 135000 945000COPPER 161 6440 45080CONDENSER TUBES 45 1688 11816MANGANESE 70 1540 10780BRASS 80 1840 12880

NOTES:[1] SALVAGED 1937, SO FACTOR = ABOUT 7FOR DETERMINATION OF ESTIMATE OFTODAY'S US DOLLARS[2] ASSUME 1 BRITISH POUND = 2 US DOLLARS[3] WAS RIOTUS REUTER'S FLAGSHIP BEFOREMOVE TO EMDEN - FIRST TO SINK [P#220, VAN DER VAT] AND SHEER'S FLAGSHIP[HOUGH, P#273]


GUNMETAL = A BRONZE = 90% COPPER, 10% TIN, 2% ZINC, 1% LEAD, NICKEL, ANTIMONY, IRON, ALUMINUM, ETC.

“MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF BRONZE”

BRASS = COPPER ALLOY WITH A LOT OF ZINC IN IT

“MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF BRASS”

NAVAL BRASS = 61 PARTS COPPER + 38 PARTS ZINC + 1 PART TIN

SOME MARINE CONDENSER TUBES – A BRONZE = 70% COPPER + 30%

NICKELADMIRALTY METAL = 70% COPPER

+ 29% ZINC + 1% TIN[HACKH’S CHEMICAL DICTIONARY, P#392, 142; VAN NOSTRAND’S SCIENTIFIC ENCYCLOPEDIA, P# 235]


SMS FRIEDRICH DER GROSSESMS FRIEDRICH DER GROSSE

KAISER CLASS SHIP = ABOUT 24380 TONS

SALVAGE SCRAP = 19717

YIELD OF SALVAGE SCRAP = 81%

REUTERS FLAGSHIP – “RIOTOUS” SO MOVED TO EMDEN

FIRST TO SINKALSO SHEER’S FLAGSHIP


SALVAGE BATTLESHIP BAYERN = 28,075 TONSSALVAGE BATTLESHIP BAYERN = 28,075 TONS

23,520 TONS ESTIMATED COULD BE SALVAGED[ESTIMATED % YIELD = 84%]

20,835 TONS ACTUALLY SALVAGED[ACTUAL % YIELD = 74%]

ESTIMATED SALES VALUE 118,463 BRITISH POUNDS £

ACTUAL PROFIT WAS 50,000 BRITISH POUNDS £[OR 42% PROFIT OF ESTIMATED SALES VALUE]

ESTIMATED IN TODAY’S US DOLLARS =ABOUT $2,000,000 PROFIT / SHIP

[GEORGE, P#113]


SPEEDCLASS / SHIP TONS KNOTSBATTLESHIPSKAISER 24380 23PRINZREGENT LUITPOLD 24380 23KAISERINE 24380 23KONIG ALBERT 24380 23FRIEDRICH DER GROSSE 24380 23KONIG ALBERT 24380 23KONIG 25390 23GROSSER KURFURST 25390 23KRONPRINZ WILHELM 25390 23MARKGRAF 25390 23BADEN 28075 22BAYERN 28075 22BATTLECRUISERSSEYDILITZ 24610 27MOLKE 22640 28VAN DER TANN 19400 28DERFFLINGER 26180 28HINDENBURG 26180 28LIGHT CRUISERSBREMISE 4400 28BRUMMER 4400 28DRESDEN 5600 29COLN 5600 29KARLSRUHE 5440 28NURNBERG 5440 28EMDEN 5440 28FRANKFURT 5200 28TORPEDOBOAT-DESTROYERS = 50LARGEST 1350 37[REF =VAN DER VAT, P#220-5]

TOTALS = 464520[BUT NOT TORPEDOBOAT-DESTROYERS]


TOTAL POSSIBLE SALVAGABLE TONS OF ALL SCUTTLED

SHIPS AT SCAPA FLOW = 464,570[INCLUDES SUNK & BEACHED, BUT NOT TORPEDO-DESTROYERS]

SO BASED ON DATA ON SMS FRIEDRICH DER GROSSE

81% YIELD = 376,301 POSSIBLE SALVAGABLE TONS

AT $1,824,830 / 19717 TONS FOR FRIEDRICH DER GROSSE

[ESTIMATED TODAY’S US DOLLARS] OR $93 / TON

SO ACTUAL POSSIBLE 376,301 SALVAGABLE TONS =

$34,995,993 ACTUAL POSSIBLE SALES OF SCRAP METAL[ESTIMATED TODAY’S US DOLLARS]


SCUTTLING OF THE

GERMAN NAVY

IN BRIEF


““GREATEST ACT GREATEST ACT OF MATERIAL OF MATERIAL SELF-SELF-DESTRUCTION IN DESTRUCTION IN THE HISTORY OF THE HISTORY OF WARFARE”WARFARE”


SCAPA FLOWSCAPA FLOW::

A VERY DESOLATEA VERY DESOLATE

ANDAND

ISOLATED PLACE!!!ISOLATED PLACE!!!


JUTLAND

NAVAL BATTLE

IN BRIEF


JUTLAND NAVAL BATTLE JUTLAND NAVAL BATTLE WAS WAS ONLYONLY MAJOR NAVAL MAJOR NAVAL

WW I BATTLE WW I BATTLE

BUT RESULTS WERE BUT RESULTS WERE BASICALLY BASICALLY

““INCONCLUSIVE”INCONCLUSIVE”


BOTH SIDES WERE BOTH SIDES WERE “VERY CONSERVATIVE”“VERY CONSERVATIVE”IN USING THEIR IN USING THEIR VERY EXPENSIVE AND VERY EXPENSIVE AND POLITICALLY SENSITIVEPOLITICALLY SENSITIVE NAVAL FLEETS NAVAL FLEETS

BASICALLY:BASICALLY:

BRITISHBRITISH CAUTIOUSLY CAUTIOUSLY BLOCKADEDBLOCKADEDGERMANY TO EXERT GERMANY TO EXERT ECONOMIC NEGATIVEECONOMIC NEGATIVEFORCESFORCES

GERMANSGERMANS CAUTIOUSLY CAUTIOUSLY TESTEDTESTED THE THEBLOCKADE, BUT MOSTLY REMAINED INBLOCKADE, BUT MOSTLY REMAINED INTHE SECURITY OF THEIR HOME PORTTHE SECURITY OF THEIR HOME PORT


LAND FORCESLAND FORCES BASICALLY BASICALLY CONTINUED FIGHTING IN A CONTINUED FIGHTING IN A STALEMATESTALEMATE OF THE NEW OF THE NEW “TRENCH WARFARE”“TRENCH WARFARE”

AIR FORCESAIR FORCES WERE JUST WERE JUST BEGINNINGBEGINNING TO BE TO BE DEVELOPED AND USEDDEVELOPED AND USED


THEREFORE, SOME MAINTAIN THEREFORE, SOME MAINTAIN

THAT IT WAS THE THAT IT WAS THE BRITISH NAVAL BRITISH NAVAL

BLOCKADEBLOCKADE THAT THAT REALLY REALLY

ULTIMATELY WON WW IULTIMATELY WON WW I


THE BATTLE OF JUTLANDA DANISH PENINSULA

THE GERMANS REFEREDTO IT AS THE BATTLE OFSKAGERRAK – STRAIT

BETWEEN NORWAY, SWEDEN AND JUTLAND OF DENMARK

[GEORGE, P#8]


IRONY:IRONY:

““VERY EXPENSIVE NAVAL ARMS RACE”VERY EXPENSIVE NAVAL ARMS RACE”

ENDED WITH LITTLE USE OF SO EXPENSIVEAND POLITICALLY SENSITIVE “HIGH TECH” NAVIES

GERMAN NAVY SCUTTLED BY GERMANSAND ULTIMATELY THE METAL REMAINS ONLY SALVAGED AS FROM A “JUNKYARD”FOR OTHER USES

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TO BE CONTINUED AS TO BE CONTINUED AS

INTEREST &INTEREST &

RESOURCES PERMITRESOURCES PERMIT

JUST LET ME KNOW !JUST LET ME KNOW !

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