shipwrecks

[kiwigtx]

MV Rena - 2011 in New Zealand

https://nzhistory.govt.nz/culture/shipping-containers/rena-disaster

 

[kiwigtx]

Mikhail Lermontov sinking in Cook Strait - New Zealand

 

[kiwigtx]

The Wahine capsizes in Cook Strait also.... (pronounced 'Waa-heeney') - 1968

 

[Budnicks]

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On a 3 hr tour...

 

[Budnicks]

When I live in Anchorage
I use to read/hear about a bunch in the North Pacific
& especially more so the Bearing Sea, commercial fishing ships
at-least 1 to 2 min. a year usually more...

Usually high death tolls, cold *** waters,
unless the US Coast Guard gets there quickly
the 5th Military branch, mainly/mostly forgotten force...

Now I live in the sticks, mainly around lakes & streams,
I hear about a canoe or a kayak overturning now & then
up at Pinecrest/Strawberry, Beardsley or Dardanelle...

My ol' dad tried to sink the boat up at Beardsley this spring
a 1977 Glasspar Runabout/bow rider Tri-Hull
50 hp Merc. OB, he was taking a couple of young ladies,
family friends fishing, 1st no drain plug before he launched it
& knocked a chunk off the prop, one lady swam back to shore,
got help, while the others bailed...
I just pretty much restored all the critical working
& prop, mechanical, fuel lines/tanks & Cables, battery & various parts etc.
on the boat too...

Does that count, it's not a ship ?

Boat = Break Out Another Thousand

 

[Speedbird]

As promised on page 1, here is an impressive baro gradient which I saved on a very windy day.
It is not the storm that sunk the Edmond Fitzgerald, of course.
(The Three Sisters wave).
If you are interested you can look this storm up as well.
Date is on it.


"The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
Of the big lake they called 'gitche gumee'
The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead
When the skies of November turn gloomy..."

 

[Photon440]

The Andrea Doria at speed. And after a collision in 1956. How she sits now 220 feet down...look at all the fishing nets that have snagged over the years.

Unfortunately, she was also carrying the Chrysler Norseman concept car, it never arrived on it's trip from Italy to New York. Hemi powered and fully functional, this aluminum four seater fastback would have been unveiled at the 1957 auto show but instead, very few people ever got a look at it.

 

[beanhead]

SS Calvin Coolidge, an ocean liner-turned-navy transport in WWII, hit a mine coming into Espiritu Santu in the south pacific. It was right near the shore( thank goodness, because my Gramps was on that ship and if they were out in the ocean farther I might not be here today LOL!) But it has been a well-preserved and most dived shipwreck in the world...

 

[ws23jrt]

Shipwrecks have always grabbed my attention. Not sure why but it could be just because they are big.

In my working career, I was always drawn to big and fascinating engineering efforts and fails.

There is a full-length documentary that I have seen several times.
--Azorian The Raising of K 129.-- It is truly amazing what was done by any measure we have today to try to pick up a sunken Russian sub in the cold war era without being detected for doing so.

 

[The Rebel]

One of my favorite songs. Loved to plat that on my acoustic 12 string with a capo.

Look it up if you are not familiar with it.
I think about every fall.
I'll post a wind gradient later.

 

[The Rebel]

Being an amateur treasure hunter this is the crème dela crème. I'm not a diver but these guys are having some serious fun! http://www.1715treasurefleet.com/

 

[the mississippi madman]

Being an amateur treasure hunter this is the crème dela crème. I'm not a diver but these guys are having some serious fun! http://www.1715treasurefleet.com/

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Do you do metal detecting?

 

[MOPOWER871]

Dove on this ship the "Hilma Hooker" in the waters off the island of Bonaire in the Netherlands Antilles. Back in 2007.easy dive, snorkel out about 100 yards to the mooring buoy and drop down .waters there are 100' + visibility and 82 degrees. she lays on her starboard side on the bottom at 100'. The story goes,
In the summer of 1984, the Hilma Hooker had engine problems at sea and was towed to the port of Kralendijk, Bonaire. It was already under surveillance by drug enforcement agencies. Docked at the Town Pier, local authorities boarded the ship for an inspection when her captain was unable to produce any of the requisite registration papers. A false bulkhead was discovered, and held within was 25,000 lb (11,000 kg) of marajuana. The Hilma Hooker and her crew were subsequently detained while the local authorities on Bonaire searched for the vessel's owners, who were never found.

The ship languished under detention as evidence for many months and through general neglect of her hull she began to take on considerable amounts of water. It was feared that she would sink at the main dock on the island and disrupt maritime traffic. After many months of being tied to the pier and pumped of water, on September 7, 1984 the Hooker was towed to an anchorage. As the days passed, a slight list became noticeable. The list was even more obvious one morning. The owner was still not coming forward to claim the ship and maintain it so the many leaks added up until on the morning of September 12, 1984 the Hilma Hooker began taking in water through her lower portholes. At 9:08 am she rolled over on her starboard side and, in the next two minutes, disappeared.

 

[The Rebel]

Yep. I've been doing it for about 6 years now. Got into it after my shop closed and was out of work for 7 months. It filled the void and got me out of the house on days I wasn't searching for a job.

I go out in the woods locating old cellar holes of houses from the 1700's & 1800's. Lots of people do it so its very hard to not find a site where someone hasn't already been there. I've never found anything valuable but I love finding coins, button and other relic's. Also I love the peace & quiet of the woods.

Do you tect?

Do you do metal detecting?

 

[the mississippi madman]

Yep. I've been doing it for about 6 years now. Got into it after my shop closed and was out of work for 7 months. It filled the void and got me out of the house on days I wasn't searching for a job.

I go out in the woods locating old cellar holes of houses from the 1700's & 1800's. Lots of people do it so its very hard to not find a site where someone hasn't already been there. I've never found anything valuable but I love finding coins, button and other relic's. Also I love the peace & quiet of the woods.

Do you tect?

I'm about to upgrade to a waterproof model so I can search the creeks around here, but I'm just getting into it and im loving it. I haven't found anything awesome yet but there are a few local sites here that offer a lot of old history that I'm excited about. Can't wait to get out there

 

[Photon440]

Look it up if you are not familiar with it.
I think about every fall.
I'll post a wind gradient later.

If you like that Lightfoot song, you probably also like his earlier ship disaster 'The Ballad of Yarmouth Castle', a liner that burned in 1965.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Yarmouth_Castle

 

[Dennis H]

Love this thread. Built Titanic and other ship models as a kid. Keep the pictures coming. I will look up that documentary. Include dates with pic if you know it.

 

[PlagueOfBadgers]

 

[polywideblock]

as requested more pics
the infamous "oyster bank " a true ships graveyard

 

[polywideblock]