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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Tyrannis on September 16, 2011, 12:25:02 PM
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Ships and Ship wrecks have always been a topic of interest to me, And i like learning about them so i figured i'd create a topic where People can come and learn of them also.
I only ask a few things tho.
if you decide to name a famous ship wreck:
1. Please provide ether pictures of the wreck, or a link with pics of the wreck.
2. The name,short info of the ship(optional) and why it sank.
Ty and i look forward to seeing the ships posted in this topic.
Tyrannis :salute
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I can't find it at the moment, but I used to have a link to a web site that had an interactive map of all of the known shipwreck locations. You could click on any shipwreck and it would pop up information about the wreck, even photos when they were available. It was fascinating to explore that map. I hope I can find it again for you.
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Well I don't know if it's famous enough for you but viewers of a popular comedy show might think otherwise.
(http://www.morganphotogallery.ie/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=1675&g2_serialNumber=2)
It's the MV Plassey, thrown up there on the island of Inisheer off the Irish coast on March the 8th, 1960. The crew all got off but look how far up the beach it ended up. It must have been quite a storm.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/On_the_Rocks%2C_Inisheer%2C_Aran_Islands_-2-_-_geograph.org.uk_-_637547.jpg)
I've been on it, very weird feeling.
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Andrea Doria, July 25, 1956.
(http://cruiselinehistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/andreadoria-life.jpg)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dHMUkWjxiWM/Swd9TF62jzI/AAAAAAAABRk/JiZddlMWfx0/s1600/Andrea_Doria1.jpg)
(http://www.zunitamaroa.org/galleryhistory/andreadoria01.jpg)
http://www.pbs.org/lostliners/andrea.html (http://www.pbs.org/lostliners/andrea.html)
The Italian Liner Andrea Doria, heading for New York, collided with the Sweedish Liner Stockholm in a fog bank off the Nantucket Light.
Given the circumstances, neither ship was exercising maximum caution. Since mid-afternoon, the Andrea Doria had been steaming through patchy fog, at times dense enough to make the bow invisible from the bridge, but Captain Calamai had reduced speed only a little. He had a schedule to keep, and he was confident that his radar would alert him in ample time to avoid any problems. He had, however, ordered various standard fog precautions: A lookout was posted in the bow and the watertight doors were closed.
The Stockholm had as yet no reason to reduce speed, but every reason to expect fog in the waters south of Nantucket Island, where the cold Labrador Current encounters the warm Gulf Stream. Furthermore, the ship was traveling to the north of the recommended outbound route on a course likely to bring it into contact with incoming ships in one of the busiest sealanes in the world. (Many outgoing ships spurned the recommended route 20 miles south of the Nantucket Lightship because it added distance and time.) Yet Captain H. Gunnar Nordenson saw no reason to join his third officer on the bridge. Third Officer Carstens-Johannsen (known to his crewmates as Carstens) was perfectly capable of navigating the ship, even in these treacherous waters, as long as the weather stayed clear.
wrongway
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Empress Of Ireland
http://www.sea-viewdiving.com/shipwreck_info/empress_of_ireland1.htm (http://www.sea-viewdiving.com/shipwreck_info/empress_of_ireland1.htm)
Decent vid showing pictures.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgVcPUJjnKg&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgVcPUJjnKg&feature=related)
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uss tecumseh
Tecumseh arrived off Mobile Bay on the evening of 4 August 1864. Shortly after 6 a.m. on 5 August, the 18-ship Union squadron crossed the bar at flood tide and moved into the bay with Tecumseh leading the van of monitors, which included USS Manhattan, USS Winnebago, and USS Chickasaw. The ironclads passed between the fortified headlands to starboard of the lightly-protected wooden steam frigates, taking the brunt of Confederate Fort Morgan's heavy guns. Just after 7 a.m., Tecumseh opened fire on the fort's batteries. Meanwhile, Confederate Admiral Franklin Buchanan's squadron, centered around the heavy ironclad ram CSS Tennessee, sortied to meet the attackers. When Tecumseh veered left to engage the Confederate ram, the Union monitor hit an underwater mine or torpedo. After a tremendous explosion, Tecumseh heeled over and sank rapidly with its captain and 92 crewmen. As Tecumseh rolled over, two shells fired from nearby Fort Morgan struck the sinking monitor.
In February of 1967, the Smithsonian Institution's Tecumseh Project Team found the wreck capsized and buried in Mobile Bay, just off Fort Morgan. However, due to insufficient funding, the project was suspended. In 1974, the Smithsonian returned custody of the wreck to the General Services Administration. In a 1993 survey, archaeologists from East Carolina University reported the hull to be covered by a calcareous crust with only nominal surface deterioration present. A management plan has been written for Tecumseh's continued protection and preservation. It is planned to implement this program in 1996.
led to the famous saying "damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead"
http://www.history.navy.mil/pics/tecumseh.gif
(since it is a US Naval war grave, none is allowed to dive on it, thus take pictures of it)
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Wiki says it better than I could
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Rose
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/MaryRose-conservation1.jpg/300px-MaryRose-conservation1.jpg)
of interest for me because of the warbows they found there, still intact.
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Not nesissarily a shipwreck, but she did create shipwrecks, not to mention i got to sleep on one of the torpedo's on this baby...
U.S.S. Cobia.
(http://i1088.photobucket.com/albums/i336/igotafro/cobia.jpg)
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we got its sister down here in mobile, amazing how something so small was able to control the wars outcome like they did
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Why http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vST6hVRj2A&feature=fvst of course.
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Vasa
I like it because it was the first 'Titanic' type maritime disaster (a much hyped-up, super expensive ship that sank in its maiden voyage) and because Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden is one of my fave historical characters.
Ship had a bad design... and just after it left dock for the first time, a couple miles off the port, it listed too much, toppled over and sunk. It was raised and in the 90's... the ship was practically perfectly preserved.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasa_%28ship%29
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/The_Vasa_from_the_Bow.jpg/800px-The_Vasa_from_the_Bow.jpg)
the Japanese built a smaller replica that sails in Lake Asahi... and I've ridden in it. Its quite a ride :)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/24/Vasa_on_Lake_Ashi.jpg
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Wow I thought Edmond Fitzgerald would be posted quickly.
(http://bluestarchronicles.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/edmund_fitzgerald.jpg)
(http://is0.gaslightmedia.com/shipwreck/tbs1/is42-1256227088-22344.jpeg)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vST6hVRj2A&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vST6hVRj2A&feature=related)
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Vasa
I like it because it was the first 'Titanic' type maritime disaster (a much hyped-up, super expensive ship that sank in its maiden voyage) and because Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden is one of my fave historical characters.
Ship had a bad design... and just after it left dock for the first time, a couple miles off the port, it listed too much, toppled over and sunk. It was raised and in the 90's... the ship was practically perfectly preserved.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasa_%28ship%29
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/The_Vasa_from_the_Bow.jpg/800px-The_Vasa_from_the_Bow.jpg)
the Japanese built a smaller replica that sails in Lake Asahi... and I've ridden in it. Its quite a ride :)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/24/Vasa_on_Lake_Ashi.jpg
I saw it in person, and I believe the audio tour stated that the king wanted to add more cannons half way though construction, so they did....
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SS Great Britain, Falkland islands 196?
(http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/46678000/jpg/_46678841_-3.jpg)
one of Brunel's many amazing creations - the first ocean going ship with a steel hull and a prop.
She got towed back to Bristol in ~1970 and Ive been watching her return to her former glory ever since from this:
(http://www.lifestoriesandmemories.co.uk/images/4%20SS%20Great%20Britain.JPG)
to this now:
(http://store.fleetscale.com/images/cache/300px-SS_Great_Britain_bow_view.580.jpg)
amazing history, she even helped sink the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau during WWI by acting as a massive coal bunker, and her steel enabled HMS Exexter to get home to Devonport after hunting down the Graf Spee.
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Wow I thought Edmond Fitzgerald would be posted quickly.
<snip>
It was, in a musical fashion.
Why http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vST6hVRj2A&feature=fvst of course.
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Wow I thought Edmond Fitzgerald would be posted quickly.
(http://bluestarchronicles.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/edmund_fitzgerald.jpg)
(http://is0.gaslightmedia.com/shipwreck/tbs1/is42-1256227088-22344.jpeg)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vST6hVRj2A&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vST6hVRj2A&feature=related)
DAMMIT you beat me to it :D
The Nancy--schooner, war of 1812, sunk by Americans. 80' long by 12' wide
More here:
Wow I thought Edmond Fitzgerald would be posted quickly.
(http://bluestarchronicles.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/edmund_fitzgerald.jpg)
(http://is0.gaslightmedia.com/shipwreck/tbs1/is42-1256227088-22344.jpeg)
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vST6hVRj2A&feature=related]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vST6hVRj2A&feature=related] (http://[quote author=Shuffler link=topic=320353.msg4174226#msg4174226 date=1316207623)Wow I thought Edmond Fitzgerald would be posted quickly.
(http://bluestarchronicles.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/edmund_fitzgerald.jpg)
(http://is0.gaslightmedia.com/shipwreck/tbs1/is42-1256227088-22344.jpeg)
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vST6hVRj2A&feature=related]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vST6hVRj2A&feature=related[/url]
DAMMIT you beat me to it :D
The Nancy--schooner, war of 1812, sunk by Americans. 80' long by 12' wide
More here: Wow I thought Edmond Fitzgerald would be posted quickly.
(http://bluestarchronicles.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/edmund_fitzgerald.jpg)
(http://is0.gaslightmedia.com/shipwreck/tbs1/is42-1256227088-22344.jpeg)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vST6hVRj2A&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vST6hVRj2A&feature=related)
DAMMIT you beat me to it :D
The Nancy--schooner, war of 1812, sunk by Americans. 80' long by 12' wide
More here: Wow I thought Edmond Fitzgerald would be posted quickly.
(http://bluestarchronicles.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/edmund_fitzgerald.jpg)
(http://is0.gaslightmedia.com/shipwreck/tbs1/is42-1256227088-22344.jpeg)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vST6hVRj2A&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vST6hVRj2A&feature=related)
DAMMIT you beat me to it :D
The Nancy--schooner, war of 1812, sunk by Americans. 80' long by 12' wide, her wreck enabled a natural sand bar to be created. She lies at the mouth of the Nottawasaga River, 3 hrs northwest from me.
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USS Yorktown lost at the battle of Midway
(http://www.nationalgeographic.com/events/98/midway/images/ship.jpg)
Bismarck
(http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/wp-content/2008/02/bismark.jpg)
USS Saratoga
(http://jankocian.smugmug.com/Underwater/Wrecks/12380-sara-suprstr-LS/309435604_pNY4D-O.jpg)
USS Arizona
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4060/4453315609_0050475f52_o.jpg)
HMS Hood
http://www.hmshood.com/hoodtoday/2001expedition/hood/wreckbow.htm
HMS Prince of Wales and Repulse
http://www.scapaflow.com/reppow.html
USS Wahoo
http://www.warfish.com/scrap-EP.html
The list goes on and on
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battleship Yamato
sank 50 miless off japan
(http://www.designcowboys.net/Yamato/Images/Yamato_wreck_03.jpg)
HMS repulse and prince of wales
sank off malaysia soon after leaving singapore
(http://files.divernet.com/data/images/0906_repulse_01.jpg)
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The Mary Rose would be interesting to see, but the Vasa is apparently more intact. However, there's lots to see in Portsmouth as well, - many old ships that never sank.
(http://static.guim.co.uk/Guardian/uk/gallery/2008/jan/24/1/GD5979747@UNSPECIFIED---OCTOBER-9610.jpg)
HMS Victory is still around...
(http://www.athertonrna.co.uk/Pictures/wilkie/_41608980_hms_victory_pa_416.jpg)
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http://www.boatregister.net/LadyElizabeth.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Elizabeth_(1879)
The Falkland Islands is littered with interesting wrecks , not just from the war but old metal/wooden sailing ships .
Most of the ships ended up being there after suffering damage ,limped into Stanley harbour and were then insurance right off's .
I was told that during the Falklands war SAS soldiers used the Lady Elizabeth to mark targets for the Harriers .For a little place there is a lot of history to the Falklands .
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my grandafthers first commission as a SLt in 1939, HMS Royal Oak (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Royal_Oak_%2808%29):
(http://www.hmsroyaloak.co.uk/cover2.jpg)
he survived, another 833 didnt. RIP.
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Original newspaper I purchased a year or so ago
(http://i888.photobucket.com/albums/ac82/mbailey166066/WWII%20Photo%20Collection/IMG_1857.jpg)
(http://i888.photobucket.com/albums/ac82/mbailey166066/WWII%20Photo%20Collection/IMG_1858.jpg)
(http://i888.photobucket.com/albums/ac82/mbailey166066/WWII%20Photo%20Collection/IMG_1754.jpg)
(http://i888.photobucket.com/albums/ac82/mbailey166066/WWII%20Photo%20Collection/IMG_1859.jpg)