Picturesque Shipwrecks

[Acadiafall]

Just thought this was interesting.

http://www.theworldgeography.com/2012/05/15-picturesque-shipwrecks-worldwide.html

 

[Chad]

Cool pics.

 

[Coralkong]

Cool.

I wonder why they don't try to clean up some of them...meaning, remove them from the landscape there......
I have no idea how you would actually do that, cut them in half...blow them up...something....

 

[Mark Wein]

I love stuff like that.

 

[Alex W]

That's pretty interesting.

 

[Punchy]

Old ships make nice reef starter.

 

[Coralkong]

Old ships make nice reef starter.

Not if they're on the beach, lol....

 

[shoeless]

Cool pics/site. Greece seems to have a large number of the shipwrecks on that site.

 

[Tig]

Cool photos.
All we have visible around here is the old concrete ship in Galveston Bay near Seawolf Park. We used to wade fish out to it until a hurricane cut a channel near it.

 

[dodgechargerfan]

Disappointed that the "Pirate Ship" of Jordan Harbour was not included.

More pics and a possible explanation can be found here
http://thebluebrick.ca/2011/06/07/jordan-station-shipwreck/

 

[Lerxst]

I did some wreck diving back in the days when I was big into scuba....it's even more impressive to see those things come looming out of the obscurity and darkness of the depths. Truly a mind blowing experience.

 

[Prages]

I did some wreck diving back in the days when I was big into scuba....it's even more impressive to see those things come looming out of the obscurity and darkness of the depths. Truly a mind blowing experience.

Agreed. We've done a good amount of wreck diving. I love when you've got about 50-60 feet of visibiliy and the ship slowly materializes before your eyes.

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[sunvalleylaw]

Cool pics. Makes me wonder though about what dangerous fluids and chemicals leach out into the water over time from those things.

 

[parrotheada1a]

I am rather dissapointed that nothing was found in the Bermuda Triangle.

 

[Acadiafall]

Cool photos.
All we have visible around here is the old concrete ship in Galveston Bay near Seawolf Park. We used to wade fish out to it until a hurricane cut a channel near it.

A concrete ship? Whats that all about? Im no engineer but...

 

[Acadiafall]

I find this one the creepiest, It reminds me of 'Ghost Ship' (below) which I thought was a decent film.

 

[Lerxst]

A concrete ship? Whats that all about? Im no engineer but...

During WWI and WWII there were several ships constructed from concrete since steel was in short supply. There's also another one off a beach in southern New Jersey.

http://www.concreteships.org/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concrete_ship

 

[Acadiafall]

Just had a read....

Well you learn something new every day. If someone had asked me 'can you make a concrete ship' id have laughed in their faces (well maybe) but as it turns out, you can!

Thanks for the info. I still find it bizarre but quite an engineering feat.

 

[Tig]

http://www.concreteships.org/
Off Cape May

 

[FenderPusher]

http://www.concreteships.org/
Off Cape May

I've seen that, it's bizarre with kids playing and swimming not too far from it. Took a few pics but they're only on my laptop at home.