Shipwreck discoveries

[GordMay]

215-foot-long cruise ship sinks off Delaware coast
After 15 years of sailing through the Chesapeake Bay, the 215-foot, retired ‘American Glory’ cruise ship, was sunk, about 16 miles off the coast of Delaware’s Indian River Inlet, becoming he latest addition to the ‘Redbird Inshore’ artificial reef.
The 215-foot-long ship is the largest ship of the Redbird site, which also includes nearly 1,000 New York City subway cars, tugboats, barges, and armored military vehicles.

Because the sandy underwater landscape, off the Delaware coast, is fairly barren, there’s not much to draw fish. Adding a few hundred subway cars, and a cruise ship, goes a long way to making it more attractive, for both marine visitors, and humans, looking to see or catch them.

[GordMay]

A ship that sank on Lake Huron 128 years ago is found nearly intact off Ontario's Bruce Peninsula

An American cargo steamer, The “Africa”, had been missing since October 1895, until two documentarians found it, at the bottom [285 Ft deep] of Lake Huron, while looking for invasive mussels.

The “Africa” vanished, in 1895, on its way from Ashtabula, Ohio, to Owen Sound, Ont. The ship set off on Oct. 4, 1895, with the barge “Severn” in tow. Both vessels were loaded with coal, and bound for Georgian Bay, until a snowstorm snapped the towline, separating both vessels.
The “Severn” hit shallow ground, and broke, on the western shoals of the Bruce Peninsula, while the “Africa” was lost, with all 11 members of the crew on board.

The wreck was discovered, in June, by Yvonne Drebert and Zachary Melnick, while filming the upcoming TVO documentary ‘All Too Clear’ — a film about the incalculable ecological damage, wrought by invasive fresh water mussels, after their release into the Great Lakes, more than three decades ago.

Video ➥ http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2271814723884

[GordMay]

"New evidence" proves shipwreck is Captain Cook's “Endeavour”

The Australian National Maritime Museum released new details [1], to support their 2022 claim, that a shipwreck, in Rhode Island's Newport Harbor, is that of the “Endeavour”, the ship sailed by James Cook, on his historic voyage around the world, in the 1700s, before being renamed the “Lord Sandwich”.

The initial claim [2], announced in Feb. 2022, said that evidence including structural details and the shape of the wreck led them to believe the shipwreck was that of the Lord Sandwich, which was deliberately sunk by British forces in 1778, during the Revolutionary War. At the time, there was some doubt about the identification, according to a news release from the Australian National Maritime Museum.[1]

That "new evidence" includes the discovery of the shipwreck's pump well, and the discovery of a specific joint [keel-stem scarph], in the bow section of the wreck.
The archaeologists were able to look at archival plans, from when the ship was built, and confirm that the pump well's location on those plans was "aligned perfectly" with where it was drawn on the plans.

A final archaeological report, on the wreck's identification, will be released in 2024, the museum said.

[1] “Museum releases further evidence to support its case for identifying Endeavour/Lord Sandwich shipwreck”
➥ https://www.sea.museum/about/media/m...tag=MSF0951a18

[2] “Museum director announces ‘I’m convinced it’s the Endeavour!’ “
➥ https://www.sea.museum/about/media/m...our-identified

[GordMay]

Chiseled obsidian recovered from Neolithic shipwreck near Capri's 'Blue Grotto'
More about ➥ https://www.livescience.com/archaeol...is-blue-grotto

And ➥ https://sabapmetropolitanana.cultura...torici-a-capri

A trove of objects, made of obsidian core, a type of volcanic rock used to make tools, with sharp-edged flakes for cutting, during the Neolithic era [±7,000 → 2,000 B.C.E.], has been discovered, off the coast of Italy [near the Island of Capri], dating back more than 5,000 years ago.
The items were found near Blue Grotto, a famous sea cave, once used as a private bathing location, for the Roman emperor, Tiberius.

[GordMay]

The Wrecks of HMS “Erebus” and HMS “Terror”

In 1845, the HMS “Erebus” and HMS “Terror” set sail, from England, on a mission to chart a passage around the top of North America. Led by Captain Sir John Franklin, the voyage ended in tragedy, three years later, when both ships were lost, in the frigid waters off Canada's Arctic coast.
None of the 129 men on board the ships survived. The Franklin Expedition marked the worst disaster, in the history of British polar exploration, according to the Royal Museums Greenwich in London.

What happened to HMS Erebus and Terror?
Sir John Franklin's last expedition to search for the Northwest Passage ended in tragedy. How can we piece together the crew's final moments from the objects left behind?
➥ https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics...tag=MSF0951a18

Parks Canada’s underwater archaeologists complete seasonal research at Wrecks of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror National Historic Site
➥ https://www.canada.ca/en/parks-canad...tag=MSF0951a18

Video ➥ https://www.facebook.com/ParksCanada...tag=MSF0951a18

A pistol, retrieved from the HMS "Erebus"

[GordMay]

The massive, overturned hull, of a seemingly ancient ship, has appeared without warning, near Cape Ray, along the southwestern tip of Newfoundland.
More ➥ https://thecanadian.news/a-ghostly-s...now-its-story/

[GordMay]

The ferry, SS “Säntis”, was sunk, to the bottom of Lake Constance, on the Swiss-German border, in 1933, when it was deemed unfit to sail, and too expensive to scrap.

But, at a depth of almost 690ft (210m), the darkness, and lack of oxygen, have left the 157ft (48m) steamship remarkably well preserved.

Plans have now been approved, to raise the ship from the lake bed, and put it on public display.

The “Säntis” operated for 40 years, and carried up to 400 passengers, at a time.
But, after an ill-advised decision, to switch its engines from coal to oil, and an economic downturn in the area, the choice was made to scuttle the ship.

[GordMay]

Discovery of WWII Era Shipwreck, SS "Arlington", in Lake Superior
➥ https://shipwreckmuseum.com/discover...lake-superior/

Originally Posted by GLSHS

”The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society (GLSHS) along with shipwreck researcher Dan Fountain, are proud to announce the discovery of the 244-foot bulk carrier Arlington in over 600 feet of water around 35 miles north of Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula ...

... On April 30th, 1940, the Arlington left Port Arthur [now Thunder Bay], Ontario fully loaded with wheat en route Owen Sound, Ontario. She was under command of Captain Frederick “Tatey Bug” Burke, a seasoned veteran of the lakes. Dense fog greeted the Arlington and a larger freighter, the Collingwood, as they made their way across Lake Superior. As the day turned to night the fog turned into a storm and battered both ships. The Arlington started to take on water ...”

[Pete7]

Originally Posted by GordMay

Because the sandy underwater landscape, off the Delaware coast, is fairly barren, there’s not much to draw fish. Adding a few hundred subway cars, and a cruise ship, goes a long way to making it more attractive, for both marine visitors, and humans, looking to see or catch them.

That I support. I hope that the wind farms sprouting up across NW Europe inshore waters will have a similar effect by limiting the ability of large trawlers to drag huge expanses of seabed which often take years to recover. In addition, if the small 30m tall oil rigs used in Brunei are anything to go by, even single tube structures attract many fish species after just a few years.

Pete

[GordMay]

UK Ministry of Defence Partners with NHHC to Recover Artifact from USS "Jacob Jones"
An 80-pound brass bell, from the American ship, USS “Jacob Jones” [DD-61], sunk in December of 1917, by torpedo [by German submarine U-53], in the first world war, has been brought onto land, after being discovered in the Atlantic Ocean.
Of the 103 crew members aboard, only 46 survived, after getting away, on three lifeboats.
The ship was discovered 60 miles southwest of the Isles of Scilly in 2022 at a depth of more than 377 feet. The mission was completed this week.
More ➥ https://www.history.navy.mil/news-an...cob-jones.html

[GordMay]

Cocaine washes ashore near mystery shipwreck that caused huge oil spill
➥ https://www.google.ca/search?q=Cocai...client=gws-wiz

”A black plastic bag containing more than a kilogram of cocaine has washed up on a beach near the spot where a mysterious barge capsized and spilled oil off the island nation of Trinidad and Tobago [1], authorities said Monday.

The cocaine, valued at $75,000, was found "washed ashore" at Cove Estate on Tobago, police said in a statement... [2]

[1] ➥ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mystery...nal-emergency/

[2] ➥ https://www.facebook.com/PoliceServi...RCpXtvpsScCqhl

[GordMay]

Cape Ray, N.L., residents race to save 19th-century shipwreck
Efforts are underway, to save a shipwreck, that washed ashore, in southwestern Newfoundland, last month. It has broken its mooring, and is being battered by the sea. If efforts are successful, the community of Cape Ray, N.L., hopes it will boost local tourism.
Video [2:06] ➥ https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2309818435814

See also ➥ https://www.cruisersforum.com/forums...ml#post3864721