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The oldest message in a bottle ever found was 131 years and 223 days old when it was discovered, Guinness World Records said in a statement. Australians Tonya and Kym Illman found the message on ...
Archaeologists digging through a French cliffside located a 200-year-old message in a bottle. Amidst much speculation, the team opened it to find a message from another archaeologist digging at ...
In 1856, a bottle was found on the Hebrides coast, Scotland, containing a note stating a ship, believed to be the SS Pacific, had sunk after a collision with an iceberg. [52] [53] In February 1862, the Bashford Hall "sent afloat a message in a bottle describing her perilous state." However, she arrived safely at Falmouth, England on March 6, 1862.
Southampton, Hampshire: a 1935 message in a lemonade bottle, correctly portending difficult times lying ahead, was found in 2016 by masons restoring damaged Portland stone at Southampton Guildhall. [47] Millennium Vault, Europe's largest time capsule was built in 2000 in Guildford, Surrey. The capsule, which contains lots of mementos, is set to ...
English: Message dated 4 September 1892, found in a bottle discovered in Corsewall Lighthouse, Rhins of Galloway, Scotland Recent published source of picture: Brown, Angie (9 November 2024). "Hidden message in a bottle found in lighthouse wall after 132 years". BBC.
Northern Lighthouse Board mechanical engineer Ross Russell discovered the message in a bottle during one of his inspections of the 209-year-old lighthouse, which is currently part of the Corsewall ...
The bottle and its message were analysed and found to be authentic to the period. The hand-made bottle had originally contained jenever and had come from Schiedam , South Holland , Netherlands. The previous discovery of a bottle from the programme had been in January 1934 in Denmark. [ 2 ]
When you hear of a message in a bottle, perhaps the term calls to mind faraway images of someone stranded on a remote island or penning love letters centuries ago. But they turn up more often ...