3 Shipwreck Stories You Won't Believe
After the fire, Rogers became something of a national hero and even spoke about his heroic actions on Broadway. But if you dig a little deeper, it turns out that Rogers might not be so courageous after all. The date was July 24, and it was supposed to be a great day for the employees of the Western Electric Company.
It took five days for the ship to sink, giving time for some cargo to be retrieved, but Catherine the Great’s paintings were lost at sea. The Vrouw Maria’s fate was forgotten until 1999 when a Finnish expedition discovered the shipwreck at a depth of 41 metres near the island of Jurmo in the Archipelago Sea. The ship is often referred to as the ‘Holy Grail of Great Lake shipwrecks,’ and various teams over the years have searched for it. There was much excitement in 2014 when two treasure hunters claimed to have found the ship, but rather embarrassingly, their discovery turned out to be a steam-powered ship from the 19th or 20th century. Sunken vessels, and the promise of vast treasures within them, have long lured those keen for riches and the glory of discovery.
Solo was no doubt a skilled pilot and this line shows that he wants to make sure everybody sees him that way. After Lando Calrissian is forced to betray his friends on Cloud City, the gang finds themselves in a tough situation. Darth Vader has set a trap for Luke Skywalker, but given his importance, Vader wants to test it on Han Solo first. Right before he is frozen alive, Leia confesses her love for Han, to which he simply replies, “I know”.
As we passed to the lee of a small island called Cauda, we were hardly able to make the lifeboat secure, so the men hoisted it aboard. Then they passed ropes under the ship itself to hold it together. Because they were afraid they would run aground on the sandbars of Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor and let the ship be driven along. We took such a violent battering from the storm that the next day they began to throw the cargo overboard.
The ship was a three-masted merchant ship and was originally headed for Chile in 1905 with a cargo of tar, but caught fire mid-journey. There it rests to this day at the bottom of Deep Bay, to be explored by the curious. The last ghost ship was found in 2018 on the coast of Ireland during the Dennis Storm. It was found adrift and unmanned in the Atlantic by the HMS Protector after it became disabled, and the US Coast Guard rescued its crew. Nevertheless, his friend, who was too in love with her, out of vengeance, steered the ship into the notorious Goodwind Sands, sinking it and killing all on board.
The Institute of Geosciences at Kiel University was able to identify the cargo as lime. The ship evidently transported quicklime, which was a sought-after building material at that time. "In the Middle Ages and early modern period, limestone was quarried, fired and then extinguished. This was made into mortar," said Jürgens. According to initial findings, the ship must have been on its way from Scandinavia to Lübeck, but never made it.
The technology used to build the Antikythera mechanism predates similar technology by at least 1,400 years. X-ray analysis has allowed archaeologists to look through the layers of corrosion to its 3,500-word inscription, which basically confirms the device's purpose as a teaching tool and status symbol. If there's one sort of story that we humans can almost universally get behind, it's pirates. Two hundred years ago, people also liked stories about damsels in distress being captured by pirates, though today we mostly prefer to watch badass damsels butt-kick their way out of distress. Charles Goodridge was with one of two sealing gangs landed on islands of the Crozet group in February 1821.
Meaher chartered a sleek, swift schooner named Clotilda and enlisted its builder, Captain William Foster, to sail it to the notorious slave port of Ouidah in present-day Benin to buy captives. Foster INCUBUS left West Africa with 110 young men, women, and children crowded into the schooner’s hold. Purchased for $9,000 in gold, the human cargo was worth more than 20 times that amount in 1860 Alabama.
The captain refused, and the quarrel became so violent that when the Cinque Ports sailed away, Selkirk was left marooned with only his sea chest and bedding, shouting from the beach for mercy. Salt to the Sea is a strong shipwreck book for young readers looking to learn more about Polish, WW2, and Baltic history. What followed was a national scandal in Columbia and makes for one of the most scandalous real-life shipwreck stories. Author Peter Maas’ expert storytelling brings to life a historical figure seemingly forgotten in one of the best shipwreck books for submarine enthusiasts. Travel across the seas with the best fiction and nonfiction shipwreck books to teach you more and transport you to new places, real and imagined.
The building is also known for its electronic news ticker—popularly known as "The Zipper"—where headlines crawl around the outside of the building. It is still in use, but has been operated by Dow Jones & Company since 1995. After nine years in its Times Square tower, the newspaper had an annex built at 229 West 43rd Street.