Ernest F. Cox born Wolverhampton, 1883, died 1959 engineer and marine salvage expert. After the interned WWI German High Seas Fleet was scuttled in Scapa Flow in 1919, Cox bought them from the Admiralty. Between 1924 and 1931, his company Cox & Danks raised 32 of these warships, providing a considerable boost to Orkney's economy, and pioneering salvage techniques still in use today. This plaque was placed on 30th July 2010 to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the raising of the SMS Hindenburg - until recently, the largest ship ever salvaged.