Vetrek van de onderzeeboot "Tijgerhaai" met aan boord professor Vening Meinesz

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The submarine "Tiger Shark" of the Royal Netherlands Navy departs from Rotterdam harbor for a practice trip to the West Indies with on board some scientists, led by Prof. Vening Meinesz, who will perform gravity research during the trip with special equipment. Attention to the preparations of the trip, the bringing on board and installation of the scientific instruments and the sailing. SHOTS: - The submarine lies ashore in the submarine harbour; sailors polish up the name; provisions (potatoes, bread, vegetables, meat) are brought on board and stowed away; - Submarine: crew members interfere with the various controls; scientists Bruins(?) and Dorrestein(?) carry their measuring equipment inside, inspect the whole thing and install it in a so-called cardanic suspension; in the engine room the camshafts of the diesel engines are moving; - the scientific leader of the research, prof. F.A. Vening Meinesz, on deck, shakes hands with vice-admiral J.J. Willinge and says a few words of thanks to the Navy; - ship sails away, astern.

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