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The divers were training with the navy when they spotted the wreck rising from the seafloor, officials said. Scuba divers stumble on 2,200-year-old shipwreck along coast of Croatia. Take a look
The SS Samuel Mather was the first of seven U.S. merchant ships to bear that name. The wooden Mather sank in 1891 after she was rammed by the steel freighter Brazil in heavy fog in Whitefish Bay 8 miles (13 km) from Point Iroquois, ending the Mather's 4-year career.
The wreck was found 5 miles (8.0 km) northwest of Boulder Reef and just south of Gull Island lying at a depth of 360 to 370 feet (110 to 110 m). [53] Later in 1959, Carl D. Bradley ' s owners, U.S. Steel, hired Los Angeles-based Global Marine Exploration Company to survey the wreck using the underwater television from the USS Submarex.
It lies in approximately 100 feet (30 m) of water and at 240 feet (73 m) in length provides ample scope for exploration. However, relatively little of the wreck involves penetration diving. The Hilma Hooker is regarded as one of the leading wreck diving sites in the Caribbean, according to Scuba Diving Travel Magazine. [3]
The W.L. Wetmore lies on the bottom of Georgian Bay in a passage known as Devil Island Channel. Smashed and broken, the huge timbers and metal parts are surprisingly intact, serving as a vivid and ...
The coins were dispersed between two areas in a large sandy area, one of which has evidence of a possible shipwreck. Photos and a video show divers exploring the seafloor where the coins were found.
One of the world's biggest shipwrecks is now a popular dive destination. Diving on the SS President Coolidge July 09 (8-minute video). Espiritu Santo: YouTube. 2009. Archived from the original on 2021-12-17. KBs diving off Espiritu Santo. Gear-up, dive areas. General external and internal video and stills in poor light.
Diving With a Purpose was founded in 2005 by Kenneth Stewart (born 1944/45), [5] a retired copier repairman [6] with the Tennessee Aquatic Project and the National Association of Black Scuba Divers, and Brenda Lanzendorf (1958–2008), [7] a maritime archaeologist at Biscayne National Park. [2]