Post your Shipwreck Photos

[iluvmercs]

Being PH, I'm surprised no one's posted this one yet.....





Darren

[Bushmaster]

[Emeye]

GTO Scott said:

Couple more of the American Star:

2003 (Taken by me)



2005 (Taken by Dad)

Wow, IIRC it really seems to be deteriorating since I saw it about 10 years ago. I have some pics somewhere, and some video, but I also have the most vivid memory of how haunting it was - I had that crawling, cold skin sensation when I first saw it - the missus of the moment was really scared - it was creepy. Especially as we were the only people there.

[Bushmaster]

Hard-Drive said:

Scariest photo I have taken. "Zombie" capsized south of St Katherine's point in the 2008 Round the Island Race. All crew rescued.

Why did she capsize and not right? Normally in a racing yacht it is the keel falling off but her's looks OK.

Edited by Bushmaster on Wednesday 24th December 01:49

[ninja-lewis]

How many can you see?



Seven USN ships in a formation of fourteen ran aground at Honda Point, California on September 8th, 1923 with the loss of twenty-three men. Two other ships in the formation also suffered light damage.

Honda Point Disaster

[chrisgtx]

KingJeff 4th said:

One the backpackers amongst us will recognise. The maheno wreck on Fraser island, Oz.

I remember it well.the thing that sticks in my mind is that you can still see the tiles on the floor in what looks like a toilet/bathroom.

[Ron Burgundy]

[glazbagun]

Matt172 said:

SS Richard Mongomery in the Thames Estuary near the Isle of Sheppey, still has over 1500 tonnes of high explosive on board

One of my faves. One of those problems you really do just want to leave well alone until it goes away! Unless you live there, I guess.

How about RRS Discovery, caught in pack ice?

Edited by glazbagun on Wednesday 24th December 02:25

[S27]

What remains of the engine room of the SS Samtampa at low tide Sker Rocks, South Wales. Came ashore 23rd April 1947 with the loss of 38 crew, and the loss of 8 crew of the Mumbles Lifeboat, Edward Prine of Wales



The memorial stone laid where the lifeboat was found, replaced in 2007 on 60th Aniversary




SP

[Hard-Drive]

Bushmaster said:

Hard-Drive said:

Scariest photo I have taken. "Zombie" capsized south of St Katherine's point in the 2008 Round the Island Race. All crew rescued.

Why did she capsize and not right? Normally in a racing yacht it is the keel falling off but her's looks OK.

Edited by Bushmaster on Wednesday 24th December 01:49

She's actually an Ultra30, basically a 30 foot dinghy with 8 trapezes raced in the 1990s but dead now as a class. I think I'm right in saying that originally she had no ballast on her "keel" (it would have been daggerboard) and the current owner had to add some so he could get a handicap rating and race. So basically there's not enough lead there to right her after a swim and the crew had no chance of righting her in what was some pretty rough water (although it does not look it there). However some modern beamy yachts will struggle to slef right after an inversion too as they are pretty stable upside down!

Here she is in happier times...

Edited by Hard-Drive on Wednesday 24th December 09:53

[minimoog]

Tugboat, Baltimore Bay



The Sweepstakes, Canada



Finally some shadows relaxing in the camel of a wreck, Aral Sea

[dmitsi]

[thegman]

guess the wreck
hint: royal mail steamer

Edited by thegman on Wednesday 24th December 10:11

[Fezant Pluckah]

thegman said:

guess the wreck
hint: royal mail steamer

Edited by thegman on Wednesday 24th December 10:11

The Rhone

[thegman]

Fezant Pluckah said:

thegman said:

guess the wreck
hint: royal mail steamer

Edited by thegman on Wednesday 24th December 10:11

The Rhone

Correct

[johnnywb]

Hard-Drive said:

Bushmaster said:

Hard-Drive said:

Scariest photo I have taken. "Zombie" capsized south of St Katherine's point in the 2008 Round the Island Race. All crew rescued.

Why did she capsize and not right? Normally in a racing yacht it is the keel falling off but her's looks OK.

Edited by Bushmaster on Wednesday 24th December 01:49

She's actually an Ultra30, basically a 30 foot dinghy with 8 trapezes raced in the 1990s but dead now as a class. I think I'm right in saying that originally she had no ballast on her "keel" (it would have been daggerboard) and the current owner had to add some so he could get a handicap rating and race. So basically there's not enough lead there to right her after a swim and the crew had no chance of righting her in what was some pretty rough water (although it does not look it there). However some modern beamy yachts will struggle to slef right after an inversion too as they are pretty stable upside down!

Here she is in happier times...

Edited by Hard-Drive on Wednesday 24th December 09:53

I believe the owner went and sank her shortly after the race as there was no way to recover her. When she went over, the rig broke, hence why she was abandonned inverted, rather than righted.

[Fezant Pluckah]

OK, what is this and where is it...?

[Simpo Two]

minimoog said:

Tugboat, Baltimore Bay

Some of the photos on this thread are so atmospheric. The challenge for me is to find them on Google Earth - thanks to the bridges in the photo above the tugboat is easy to find.

[Incredible Sulk]

Not a photo as such, but a sonar image of HMS Royal Oak (a Revenge Class Battleship)sunk at anchor in Scapa Flow in 1939.

More images at http://www.hmsroyaloak.co.uk/survey.html

In this scan you can see that the bows were blown off by torpedo hits. Other scans show massive damage to the starboard side also caused by torpedos.



and Royal Oak as she was.

[12joe340]

Saw it when i went to Paphos.