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Sonar of a sunken 11.2 m long wooden barge in a southwest Louisiana waterway. #Shipwrecks #sonar #archaeology
This is a recording of the talk given by Fiona Grahame which relates the stories of some of the men who lost their lives when M-class destroyer struck a mine off Rora Head, Orkney on 1st March 1917. The book, HMS Pheasant 1917 - who were the lost men and boys, is available from all good bookstores worldwide.
#RoyalNavy #ScapaFlow #shipwrecks #WorldWar1
https://youtu.be/g7Wme2VB2sU?si=Yu6I3mqKxFl_S3TF
Shipwrecks reconstructed
A Lego model of the ship Batavia, wrecked on its maiden voyage in 1629, at the exhibition Brickwrecks: Sunken Ships in Lego Bricks at the Historic Dockyard Chatham in Kent. It took 1,336.5 hours and 170,463 bricks to create eight ships dating from the oldest known shipwreck in about 1300 BC, Chatham, #UK
Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA
Medieval Shipwreck Discovered in Sweden Could Be Oldest of Its Kind https://www.medievalists.net/2025/03/medieval-shipwreck-discovered-sweden/ #archaeology #sweden #shipwrecks
‘The Big Piece’ in Las Vegas, Nevada
The largest recovered section of Titanic sits in a hotel in Las Vegas.#shipgraveyards #shipwrecks #ships #titanic #section-Atlas
‘The Big Piece’
Side scan sonar of a shipwreck on the bottom of a Livingston Parish, LA, waterway. Based on the sonar program it measures approximately 7.72 m (25.33 ft) long by 2.60 m (8.53 ft) wide. The shape is similar to a small river launch with rounded stern. #shipwrecks #archaeology #sonar
A Diver Stumbled Upon the Treasure of a Lifetime—and It May Lead to a Hidden Shipwreck.
He uncovered 30,000 coins ancient coins in remarkable condition. They had to have come from somewhere.
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a63574423/diver-finds-hidden-coins-treasure/ #diving #underwaterarchaeology #shipwrecks
Canute Chambers Plaque in Southhampton, England
This building was once the local office of White Star Line, the company that employed the crew on the Titanic when it sank.#ships #shipwrecks #titanic #section-Atlas
Canute Chambers Plaque
Wreck of the Marjory Glen in Argentina
This rusty hull was used as fighter plane target practice during the Falklands War.#abandoned #shipwrecks #wreck #ships #section-Atlas
Wreck of the Marjory Glen
#Polluting #Shipwrecks Are the Ticking #TimeBomb at the Bottom of Our #Oceans
As their structures break down, the wrecks could release toxic substances into the #environment.
December 11, 2024
"At the bottom of the oceans and seas lie more than 8,500 shipwrecks from two world wars. These wrecks have been estimated to contain as much as 6 billion gallons of oil, as well as munitions, toxic heavy metals and even chemical weapons [and NUCLEAR weapons and materials!].
"For decades, these wrecks have largely lain out of sight and out of mind. But all this time, their structures have been degrading, inexorably increasing the chances of sudden releases of toxic substances into the marine environment.
"In parts of the globe, climate change is exacerbating this risk. Rising ocean temperatures, #acidification and increasing #storminess accelerate the breakdown of these wrecks.
"Of course, wrecks from the world wars are far from the only ones to be found at the bottom of the sea, with many others adding to the problem. The cost of addressing this global issue has been estimated at US$340 billion (£261 billion).
"How many of these wrecks pose a threat to people’s safety, to coastal communities and to the environment? What can be done – and why haven’t we done it sooner?"
SS American Star Propeller Hub in El Médano, Spain
This propeller hub is one of the last remnants of a ship that crashed off the coast of the Canary Islands.#diving #shipwrecks #ships #section-Atlas
SS American Star Propeller Hub
Japanese Castaways Memorial in Vancouver, Washington
A monument dedicated to "the three Kichis," who washed ashore.#shipwrecks #monuments #ships #boats #sailors #pacific #indigenous #japan #section-Atlas
Japanese Castaways Memorial
Side scan #sonar of a sunken watercraft & log in a waterway near New Orleans (Saltus & Green in Pearson et al. 2007). The watercraft was tentatively identified as one of Higgins' boats. Higgins designed several different boats besides the famous beach landing craft. #boats #shipwrecks #archaeology
St. Paul’s Island in Malta
This tiny island is recognized as the site where St. Paul landed after a shipwreck in the first century.#christianity #history #statues #shipwrecks #saints #islands #section-Atlas
St. Paul’s Island
SS President Coolidge in Luganville, Vanuatu
This cruise ship-turned-warship sank during World War II, and is now a world-renowned dive site.#underwater #diving #worldwarii #shipwrecks #wreck #ships #section-Atlas
SS President Coolidge
Gordon Lightfoot's hit is thought instrumental in helping keep the Fitz memory alive.
Jay Gabler with an old radio story out of Duluth —
"I was doing overnights on WAKX," remembered [Dave] Strandberg, currently a host on Duluth's KDAL. "Somebody called and said they got the ('Summertime Dream') album, and they said, 'Well, there's a cut on here about the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.' So I listened to it and played it, and the phones basically lit up."
https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/lifestyle/arts-and-entertainment/front-row-seat-when-wreck-of-the-edmund-fitzgerald-hit-duluth-airwaves
Our friends at SARA, the Stillwater Amateur Radio Association, are conducting a special event this weekend, remembering the Edmund Fitzgerald, up at Split Rock Lighthouse on the North Shore.
"WØJH will be operating from the grounds of Split Rock Lighthouse State Park, in Lake County Minnesota, Grid Square EN47, and will qualify for POTA US-2524 & US-8095, ARLHS USA-783. The Fitz passed Split Rock Lighthouse on her final voyage."