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The Shipwreck Coast of Victoria, Australia stretches from Cape Otway to Port Fairy, a distance of approximately 130 km. This coastline is accessible via the Great Ocean Road, and is home to the limestone formations called The Twelve Apostles. Explorer Matthew Flinders said of the Shipwreck Coast, "I have seldom seen a more fearful section of ...
List of shipwrecks of Europe. List of shipwrecks of France; List of shipwrecks of the United Kingdom. List of shipwrecks of England; List of shipwrecks of North America. List of shipwrecks of Canada; List of shipwrecks of the United States. List of shipwrecks of California; List of shipwrecks of Florida; List of shipwrecks in the Great Lakes
Built for the Hudson Bay Company in 1891 by Watson of Sunderland England, purchased in 1909 by James Baird Ltd. of St. John’s for the seal fishery. Sprang a leak while butting through slob ice in heavy seas. Engineers kept it afloat for 30 hours to reach St. Mary's Bay, where it ran onto rocks at Branch. All crew were saved. Lady of the Lake
Originally a tourist mover that was to be sunk as an artificial reef off the coast of Bayahibe, but sunk accidentally right in front of Dreams resort. Catuan: December 2006 Scuttled in the area of Juan Dolio at depths ranging from 24 to 60 feet (7.3 to 18.3 m). [1] Conde de Tolosa Spain: 25 August 1724
List of shipwrecks: 28 January 2025 Ship State Description Guang Rong Cyprus: Storm Herminia: The 103.8-metre (340 ft 7 in), 10,000 DWT cargo ship dragged anchor in a storm at Marina Di Carrara anchorage and crashed into a pier at Tuscan Sea Resort, Italy and then was driven ashore with a starboard list. The crew of 13 is safe. [22]
Bay State: Wooden screw steamer: 1852 1862 The screw steamer, a cargo liner, broke up and sank in a storm west of Oswego, New York, on November 5, 1862, with the loss of all on board. (Various sources place the sinking on November 2.) A lifeboat, wreckage, and cargo from the ship washed ashore at Fair Haven, New York. [6] [8] [9] [10
The Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary is a United States National Marine Sanctuary on Lake Michigan off the coast of the U.S. state of Wisconsin.It protects 38 known historically significant shipwrecks ranging from the 19th-century wooden schooners to 20th-century steel-hulled steamers, as well as an estimated 60 undiscovered shipwrecks.
The motor vessel, operating as an unlicensed party boat and overcrowded with nearly 100 people on board, capsized and sank in Lake Victoria just off a beach resort near Mukono Town, Uganda, during a pleasure cruise. At least 32 people drowned and at least 40 were unaccounted for; it was unclear which of the latter may have died and which had ...