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Various boats and ships, mostly military. |
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 | At low tide you can walk right round the wreck - according to a poem in a picture frame in the Colintraive Hotel, this was a fishing boats whose crew was less than alert (and there is a hint that alcohol may have had a part to play) so they mistook the low lying ground behind Ettrick Bay for the channel to the north of the island. |  | 11/14/2009 | 30 | 
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 | Build as "Sprucol" in 1918 build by Short Bros., Ltd., Sunderland.
Sold in 1924 to the Anglo-American Oil Co., ( J. Hamilton ), London and renamed "Juniata".
Sold in 1934 to the Standard Auxilaire des Transports and not renamed.
Resold in 1936 to the Anglo-American Oil Co., ( F.J. Wolfe ), London.
1940 scuttled as a blockship at Scapa Flow.
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 | The HMS Port Napier was a minelayer which sank as the result of a fire on 27th November 1940. It had been towed to this spot to save Kyleakin and Kyle of Lochalsh as she was loaded with 550 mines and 6000 rounds of ammunition at the time of the fire! She lies on her starboard side with the bows pointing towards Kyleakin. | | 11/14/2009 | 12 |
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 | This is the wreck of a Norwegian Barque the SS Nornen, which was driven in a raging gale on to the beach in 1897. The ship's crew of ten, together with their dog, were taken off by the lifeboat and landed safely at Burnham. This is all that's left of her, where she lies on the beach below the church at Berrow in Somerset. | | 11/14/2009 | 37 |
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 | During the scuttling of the German High Seas Fleet in Scapa Flow on 21 June 1919, not all of the ships were successfully sunk. One of these, the destroyer B98, was subsequently towed away but as she was passing Sanday, the tow line broke and she ran aground in the Bay of Lopness. Today, her turbines and boilers are still clearly visible from the beach at low tide.
Arguably the fi... | | 11/14/2009 | 20 |
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 | The Austrian Steamship “Laura” was a 2000 ton cargo ship who found herself off the coast near Filey in a thick fog. She and her crew of 24 hands had picked up a cargo mainly consisting of coke from Newcastle and were bound for Trieste. The vessel ran aground in the dense fog and the Coastguard was alerted to her distress signals at around 10 a.m. on the morning of the 21st November 1897. The Fi... | | 11/14/2009 | 12 |
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 | During the First World War, shortage of steel led to the construction of a number of experimental ships out of ferro-concrete (reinforced concrete). The remains of one of these ships, the tug ‘Creteblock’ now lay on Whitby Scaur. In 1927 the Creteblock was decommissioned and the hulk sat in Whitby harbour until after the Second World War, when it was towed out to sea to be intentionally sunk. O... | | 11/14/2009 | 12 |
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 | The S.S. Catala was originally built in Scotland in 1925. For years it carried woodsmen and miners from British Columbia to Alaska until is was retired in 1958. In its next life it became a floating "boat-el" for the 1962 World's Fair in Seattle. After the fair it was taken to Ocean Shores and docked there as a hotel for charter fishermen — complete with poker games and prostitutes. I... | | 11/13/2009 | 199 |
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 | The Kartli was a huge 240 foot Russian fish factory ship. During a storm on December 18th 1991 her wheelhouse was smashed and her engine room and generator flooded by a giant wave off the south of Islay. Four of her crew were killed and 15 were seriously injured. With no power or steerage, she rolled helplessly at the mercy of the wind and seas. Five helicopters were involved in a dramatic and ... | | 11/13/2009 | 59 |
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 | An Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) is a floating vessel used by the offshore oil and gas industry for the production and storage of hydrocarbons.
It is designed to receive oil or gas produced from nearby platforms or templates, process it, and store it until the oil or gas can be offloaded onto a tanker or transported through a pipeline.
FPSO's c... | | 11/13/2009 | 8 |
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 | The following information is from the Nautical Archaeological Society's website on the wreck:
"The Steam Trawler Sheraton was built in 1907 for fishing and was later used for boom defence work during World War I and served as a patrol vessel in WWII, for which she was fitted with a six pounder gun. During a gale in 1947 she broke free of her mooring and drifted onto the beach at Hunstant... | | 11/12/2009 | 63 |
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 | MV Chica launched in 1894 and formerly used as a trip boat along the river Weaver. She sank in 1993 at Dutton locks. | | 11/12/2009 | 77 |
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 | Remains of the vessel 'Norseman'. Built in 1847. The hulked vessel was gutted by fire in WWII. The remains are visible on the foreshore from the Public Car Park at Swanwick. |  | 11/12/2009 | 67 |
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 | Motor yacht CLARENA II is a 72 meter CRN steel hulled superyacht with an aluminium superstructure. From the design boards of well known large yacht designers Nuvolari Lenard M/Y CLARENA II is CRN’s biggest luxury yacht project to date.
CLARENA II was built in Italy (at CRN) and designed by Italian yacht designers, making the superyacht an all Italian affair.
Measuring 72 m... | | 11/11/2009 | 167 |
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 | http://www.artificialowl.net/2008/10/amazing-sunken-ship-graveyard-near-city.html | | 11/08/2009 | 37 |
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 | 5,283-gt Indonesian-flagged container M/V Tanto Niaga (ex-Eastern Satellite, IMO 7351915) collided with 8,577-gt Indonesian-flagged container Mitra Ocean (ex-Jenny Porr) at Tanjung Perak port in Surbaya, East Java, on May 24 at 1900LT.
Tanto Niaga was on a voyage from Belawan Port in Medan, North Sumatra. She was planning to come alongside at Berlian Jasa Terminal when the collision took... | | 11/08/2009 | 103 |
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 | The CSO Deep Blue is the world's largest purpose-built ultra deepwater pipelay and subsea construction vessel. It can lay flowlines and umbilicals, and support developments in water depths ranging from 75m to 2,500m.
The CSO Deep Blue has an overall length of 206.5m and a moulded breadth of 32m. It has a moulded depth of 17.8m and an operating draught of from 7.5-8.95m, with a 10... | | 11/07/2009 | 128 |
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 | The current Chief of the South African Navy is Vice- Admiral Rofiloe Johannes Mudimo. Currently the SA Navy is classified as a small navy. There are roughly 5000 active uniformed members augmented by 1500 civilians and 1000 reserve members.
A budget of roughly R1.8 billion ($230 million at 2008 exchange rates) was allocated for the Navy for the 2008-2009 fiscal year. There are cu... | | 11/06/2009 | 181 |
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 | Former jet stream vessel of the Red Funnel Line. It and another jet speet ship, Red Jet 1, has been sold to the Caspian Mainport and renamed to CM Jet 1 and CM Jet 2.
Caspian Mainport is an Irish company mainly engaged in the servicing of the offshore oil industry. It has offices in Aktau, Kazakhstan concentrating in the oil production and exploration taking place in the Caspian ... | | 11/04/2009 | 19 |
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 | Red Jet 3 is one of 3 solent class water jet catamarans of the Red Funnel Company. It sails to Cowes on the Isle of Wight.
http://www.redfunnel.co.uk/ferry-travel/red-jet-hi-speed-service/hi-speed-fleet/red-jet-3-specification | | 11/04/2009 | 18 |
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 | The World Discoverer was a cruise ship designed for and built by Schichau Unterweser, Germany in 1974. Originally named BEWA Discoverer, the ship was completed in Bremerhaven, Germany.
On Sunday April 30, 2000 at 4:00 pm local time (0500 GMT), the ship struck a large uncharted rock or reef on the Sandfly Passage, Solomon Islands. The captain sent a distress signal, which was rece... | | 11/04/2009 | 339 |
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 | A sinking ship near Athens, Greece | | 11/03/2009 | 74 |
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 | The Indonesian Navy (Indonesian: Tentara Nasional Indonesia Angkatan Laut, TNI–AL) is the territorial force responsible for the patrol of Indonesia's immense coastline. The Indonesian Navy has about 74,000 personnel and 136 ships including attack submarines.
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Eastern Fleet Command, in Surabaya, conterminous with Army's KODAM V and KODAMs VII through IX and Air ... | | 11/01/2009 | 193 |
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 | Dubai is the current name of a yacht currently owned by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. This yacht is 524 feet, 10 inches (162 m) long, is the second largest yacht in the world | | 11/01/2009 | 181 |
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 | The Genève is the oldest steam paddle ship of Leman Lake.
Genève was built in 1896 by Sulzer for the Compagnie Générale de Navigation sur le lac Léman. She was launched for the Swiss national exhibition in Geneva.
Genève was the theater of the death of Elisabeth of Bavaria on 10 September 1898. The wounded Empress, who had been stabbed, boarded the ship, where her ... | | 11/01/2009 | 15 |
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