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The wreck of the MV Derbyshire, what exactly am I looking at here?

u/89404 — 5 days ago
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Soviet submarine K-219's forced-open hatches and missing warheads?

Like a decade ago I read that this subs missile hatches are forced-open and its warheads missing. Though the hatches could have been blown by the implosion forces, warheads should be littered all over the wreck-site. Does anybody have actual info about it, what actually happened or its current status? Did Russia go in there to retrieve them? Like Scorpion's wreckage, seems like a somewhat easy way to get a nuclear weapon provided you are a resourceful country.

u/Upper-Text9857 — 6 days ago
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Victorian-era "coffin ships" were an insurance scam where owners over-insured rotting ships, overloaded them, and profited when they sank. Sailors who refused to board were jailed. Samuel Plimsoll's crusade ended it, and every cargo ship on Earth bears his mark: the Plimsoll line.

u/BingBingGoogleZaddy — 11 days ago
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Roman shipwreck discovered off the coast of Sicily, Italy laden with ancient jars believed to be more than 2,000 years old

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u/Vailhem — 11 days ago
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The Wreck of the San Francisco (1853)

On December 22, 1853, the 3rd Untied States Artillery began their journey from New York City to California about the new steamship San Francisco. One day later she suffered mechanical issues causing her to reduce speed.

On Christmas Eve the ship was dead in the water and was met by a late winter hurricane. One wave crashing over her deck washed away 150 souls.

The first ship to finally get to her was the bark Kilby on December 27. Later the Three Bells assisted in the rescue.

Over 200 people died.

We have done a lot of research on the musicians and music written about this disaster.

u/Aromatic_Bowler2500 — 12 days ago