r/Shipwrecks

the three that I thought of were the

North Korean Destroyer Kang Kon

Russian auxiliary vessel Kamchatka

SS Principessa Jolanda

The Mary D Hume was a steamboat made in Gold Beach Oregon in 1881. The Mary D Hume had a long and interesting career. It was a whaling ship in 1899-1901 then it was brought to Seattle to be converted into a tugboat. In 1914? It sank in Seattle but it was refloated and had its superstructure replaced. In 1978 it was retired after 97 years of service! It was brought to the port of Gold Beach and was turned into a museum ship but the cradle it was being put on collapsed on the aft side slamming the stern into the floor almost breaking it in half. Then the forward side collapsed as well and the ship sank in 4 feet of water. They were unable to bring it back up so it was abandoned in place. currently it is in really bad shape and it looks like the funnel will collapse any day now and when that happens the rest of the ship will likely collapse soon after it.

Something is lurking beneath the girl and her dog on Lake Michigan

I didn't even know this book existed, so it may be new and of interest to others in this community. Just glancing through, there seem to be lots of cool historical photos, most of which I haven't seen before.

The photo by Denis Ulyankin: https://ecency.com/hive-194913/@sharker/water-wrecks-and-people

CSS Georgia was an ironclad warship built in Savannah, Georgia during the American Civil War. The Ladies' Gunboat Association raised $115,000 for her construction. Because of a lack of iron, her armor was made from repurposed rails. as a result, she was very very very heavy. she could barely move or steer on her own, and never saw combat.

What makes this even better is that at the end of the war, she was scuttled to prevent the union from "using it". what they could have used it for i have no idea.

The Havmanden was bound for the Danish colony of St Thomas in the Caribbean.

After killing the officers, the mutineers took over the vessel and sailed back to Scandinavia, where they hit some rocks just off the Swedish coast. The mutineers survived but were immediately arrested and sent to Copenhagen, where they were executed for their crimes.

The wreck was found in 1993. Now, researchers from the Danish National Museum are looking to find out more about the people on board the vessel and also what happened in the aftermath of the mutiny.

Full story here: https://theageofexploration.com/havmanden-mutiny-new-investigation-of-most-violent-mutiny-in-danish-history/

Launched as the W.K. Bixby in 1905, She was converted to a self-unloader in 1933 and renamed to Sydney E. Smith Jr in Fall 1971.

On June 4th 1972 at 1:46am, she was struck amidship by the heavily loaded Parker Evens in the St. Clair river , sinking into the shallow water 40 minutes later, all of her crew where rescued.

Sydney E Smith Jr laid on her side in the shipping channel, later being cut/blown in two to be salvaged. Her bow and stern where raised in Summer and Fall 1972 and turned into a dock in Sarnia