shipwrecks

Watch: 400-Years Old Dutch Merchant Ship Found In the Gulf of Finland

400 Years Old Dutch Ship Found In the Gulf of Finland

Divers from Finland had made an astonishing discovery while exploring the bottoms of the Baltic Sea off the coast of Finland.

The team of divers from Badewanne have found the shipwrecks of a 400 years Old Dutch merchant vessel near the Gulf of Finland, just 85m (280 foot) below the surface.

The condition of the ship is perfectly fine with little damage on the deck, mast and bow, probably caused due to collision with a fishing vessel. The hull of the ship was intact without any damage.

The divers...

https://www.marineinsight.com/videos/watch-400-years-old-dutch-merchant-ship-found-in-the-gulf-of-finland/

“Cursed” Ship Found Intact After 90 Years

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Canadian Archaeologists received the surprise of a lifetime when they found an almost 90-year old “cursed” ship, long thought to have been sunk.

Built in Glasgow in 1888, the ship, named SS Monaco, was originally a 529-tonne passenger faring vessel. The vessel had begun the daily journey in Canadian waters from 1888, faring between Hamilton and Toronto.

However, sources said that the ship was reported to have been sunk off Griffin Island in the Georgian Bay, losing 16 lives during a heavy...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/cursed-ship-found-intact-after-90-years/

Do you know what happens to a ship when it’s too old to sail anymore?

The average lifespan of a ship is 25-30 years. After this span, the ship may become too expensive to operate, but most importantly, to become unseaworthy putting human safety at risk. So, have you ever wondered what happens to a ship when it is too old to sail?

A great deal of discussions surrounds the adverse consequences of shipbreaking in Southeast Asian yards, that has been strongly criticized by global NGOs and environmental organizations for many years, with marine pollution, hazardous...

https://safety4sea.com/cm-do-you-know-what-happens-to-a-ship-when-its-too-old-to-sail-anymore/

Watch: R/Petrel discovers the deepest shipwreck ever found

Vulcan’s R/V petrel deep-sea team, dived into the ocean and found the WWII Fletcher class destroyer at a record depth of 20,400 feet, being the deepest discovery of a shipwreck. To be more specific, the vessel lies at a depth of of 6,220 (3.9 miles) meters on the edge of the Emden Deep in the Philippine Sea.

The WWII Fletcher class destroyer, got lost during the Battle off Samar, one of four battles that took place during the Battle of Leyte Gulf on October 25, 1944. According to Robert Kraft,...

https://safety4sea.com/watch-r-petrel-discovers-the-deepest-shipwreck-ever-found/

Wreck of Japanese aircraft carrier Kaga discovered

Researchers discovered the wreck of the Imperial Japanese Navy carrier ‘IJN Kaga’ which sank at the Battle of Midway in June 1942. The wreck is located in the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument off the Midway Atoll. The warship was part of the six-fleet carrier that launched planes and was key to the attack at Pearl Harbor in 1941.

IJN Kaga, located 5,400 meters below the surface of the Central Pacific, was scuttled by the Japanese destroyers on 4 June 1942 to prevent it from falling...

https://safety4sea.com/wreck-of-japanese-aircraft-carrier-kaga-discovered/

Leaking RoRo shipwreck off Sweden to be emptied of oil

The Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management (HaV) announced it will empty oil from the ‘Finnbirch’ shipwreck, which has been leaking oil for over a year, off Öland, posing an environmental risk for local ecosystems of the Baltic Sea.

Back in October 2006, the 156-meters-long RoRo vessel ‘Finnbirch’, heavily loaded with wood and steel products, was en route from Helsinki for travel to Aarhus, Denmark.

During the passage between Öland and Gotland, the ship was caught in bad weather and...

https://safety4sea.com/leaking-roro-shipwreck-off-sweden-to-be-emptied-of-oil/

IMO Promotes Ratification Of The International Treaty Covering Wreck Removal

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IMO is continuing its work to promote the ratification of the international treaty covering wreck removal – at the 10th Maritime Salvage & Casualty Response Conference in London, this week (11-12 September).

Image Credits: imo.org

Depending on its location, a shipwreck may be a hazard to navigation, potentially endangering other vessels and their crews. The Nairobi Convention covers the legal basis for States to remove, or have removed, shipwrecks, drifting ships, objects from ships at sea, and...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/imo-promotes-ratification-of-the-international-treaty-covering-wreck-removal/

IMO continues supporting the Nairobi Convention

IMO will continue promoting ratification of the international treaty covering wreck removal, at the 10th Maritime Salvage & Casualty Response Conference in London, this week (11-12 September).

The Nairobi International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks 2007 (“the Convention”) provides a strict liability, compensation and compulsory insurance regime for States affected by a maritime casualty. It makes the registered owner of a ship liable for locating, marking and removing a wreck deemed to be...

https://safety4sea.com/imo-continues-supporting-the-nairobi-convention/

Watch: 170-year old ship wreck almost intact underwater

Experts in Canada have published haunting images of HMS Terror, one of the world’s most famous ‘lost ships’, 170 years after the ship perished in the Arctic along with its 129 crewmen.

Led by explorer Sir John Franklin in 1848, the HMS Terror was on its way to find the Northwest Passage along with the ship ‘HMS Erebus’, when both ships became trapped in ice, forcing the crew to abandon them. However, all of the 129 crew perished.

The disappearance of the two ships and their entire crews was the...

https://safety4sea.com/watch-170-year-old-ship-wreck-almost-intact-underwater/

Titanic wreck is becoming vulnerable

EYOS Expeditions staff have led an expedition to the Titanic, deploying a submersible to conduct several dives on the wreck over a 10-day period. The wreck has become vulnerable from sweeping eddies and subjected to ever-changing sea currents. The wreck is being slowly consumed by the strong, deep currents that flow through the Atlantic here, along with natural salt corrosion and metal eating bacteria.

The expedition was based aboard DSSV Pressure Drop, which is equipped with an unlimited depth...

https://safety4sea.com/titanic-wreck-is-becoming-vulnerable/

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