The salvagers recovered bodies of 849 crewmen killed during the explosion. The salvagers retrieved 849 bodies of crewmen lost during the explosion. Legal salvagers and looters removed much of her equipment before the ship sank completely. In 2014, the wreck was ravaged by illegal salvagers for scrap metal. In 1987 the iron golem is found by scuba diving salvagers and sold. Salvagers were able to recover approximately 75,000 bushels of barley for delivery to Midland, Ontario. In 2018, White launched the space opera series "The Salvagers" at Orbit Books. It took the Japanese salvagers the next three years to break up the wreck. A gale totally wrecked "Actaeon" and one of the salvagers was drowned. Many village line positions remain, but have been stripped by salvagers. The "Jubilee" founders, and Loxi and other salvagers race to claim the cargo. Again, the damage exceeded the ability of salvagers to remove her from the grave. In 1995, salvagers found "Empress of Britain" upside-down in of water. The salvagers first tried to lift the ship by pumping air into the hull.