Researchers uncover origin of cannons found on beach at Arch Cape
Updated: 2010-06-30 01:50:00
By Lori Tobias - The Oregonian
Researchers are one step closer to identifying the origin of two historic cannons found more than two years ago near Arch Cape. They also can now say conclusively where the remarkably well-preserved cannons were made. Tualatin beachcomber Miranda Petrone spotted a part of one of the cannons while walking on the beach with her dad, Michael Petrone, in February 2008. They didn't know what they'd stumbled upon until they dug deeper and recognized the emerging shape....
New research is suggesting that Archimedes set a Roman fleet aflame using cannons, not mirrors as legend has it. A legend begun in the Medieval Ages tells of how Archimedes used mirrors to concentrate sunlight as a defensive weapon during the siege of Syracuse, then a Greek colony on the island of Sicily, from 214 [...]
By Bob Janiskee - National Park Traveler
The remains of the shipwrecked schooner Laura Barnes will eventually end up in the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum. Meanwhile, the excavation and preservation processes provide important learning opportunities for a group of budding archaeologists. orth Carolina's Outer Banks region has been dubbed "the Graveyard of the Atlantic" because thousands of ships have wrecked there, falling victim to the treacherous shoals, tricky currents, and powerful...
By Tyler Treadway - TC Palm
A gold-rimmed portrait necklace, several gold and silver coins and numerous artifacts from a 1715 Spanish fleet were discovered in about 10 feet of water June 19 just off Indian River Shores in Indian River County.The find was announced Monday by a firm based in Jupiter Island and Sebastian that also said it has acquired the salvage rights to the sunken ships from the heirs of world-famous treasure hunter Mel Fisher. The company plans to ramp up recovery efforts.In...
From merican Numismatic Association
The incredible "Ship of Gold" exhibit, showcasing California Gold Rush-era sunken treasure recovered from the 1857 shipwreck of the SS Central America, will make port in Boston at the American Numismatic Association’ World’ Fair of Money, August 10-14 at the Hynes Convention Center. The exhibit is courtesy of Monaco Rare Coins of Newport Beach, Calif.The SS Central America was recovered in 1988 from nearly 8,000 feet below the surface of...
Famous steam drifter celebrates 80th birthday in Yarmouth The world’s last surviving steam drifter, the Lydia Eva, will be celebrating her 80th birthday in Great Yarmouth on Sunday. As well as celebrating her birthday, the weekend will also mark the completion of a £1.2m restoration project of the vessel. Throughout the weekend, people will [...]
In the words of the great John Bossie “Mother Nature and the Sea are extreme forces that must be respected at all times.” Here are some videos that illustrate the real power of the sea. This first clip is from off the coast of France, 2007. This video was taken on the 7th of december [...]
From CriEnglish.com
A recently excavated tomb in Nanjing has been confirmed to be the grave of Zheng He, a eunuch from the early Ming Dynasty who led historic voyages to Southeast Asia and eastern Africa. The tomb was discovered accidentally on June 18th by workers at a construction site near Zutang Mountain that also holds the tombs of many other Ming Dynasty eunuchs, the Yangtse Evening News reported.The tomb was 8.5 meters long and 4 meters wide and was built with blue bricks, which...
Two species of Asian carp, the bighead and the silver, were imported in the US in the 1970s by catfish farmers to eat algae in ponds. In flood in the 1990s, Asian trout escaped in the Mississippi River basin have been multiplying wildly and heading north. A few days ago an 20 pound Asian bighead [...]
In October of 1898, the wooden steamship L.R. Doty disappeared in Lake Michigan in a storm with seventy mile an hour winds and thirty foot waves. Her crew of 17 and two ship’s cats were lost. A group of Wisconsin divers recently discovered the shipwreck , intact and upright, in 300 feet of water [...]
By Rossella Lorenzi - Discovey News
Amelia Earhart, the legendary pilot who disappeared 73 years ago while flying over the Pacific Ocean in a record attempt to fly around the world at the equator, may have survived several weeks, or even months as a castaway on a remote South Pacific island, according to preliminary results of a two-week expedition on the tiny coral atoll believed to be her final resting place."There is evidence on the island suggesting that a castaway was there for weeks...
From The Associated Press
For almost 50 years a tugboat that once hauled barges between Vermont and New York on Lake Champlain has sat upright 160 feet underwater, hardly changed since the November night in 1963 when it ran aground on a reef and went down.The paint on the William H. McAllister appears barely faded in recent video footage, and fire hoses remain coiled on the deckhouse walls. There's also a chance that the tug's fuel tanks still could be holding as much as 14,000 gallons...
In 1898, the Chauncy Maples was built at the shipyard of Alley & McLellan in Glasgow. She was then disassembled into 3,481 parts and shipped out for reassembly at Monkey Bay as a missionary/hospital steamer on Lake Malawi. Now, one hundred and twelve years later, the Chauncy Maples may be returning to duty as a traveling clinic on [...]
y Meg Jones - Journal Sentinel
For almost 112 years, the steamship rested in ghostly silence at the bottom of Lake Michigan, unknown and unseen until a group of divers kicked their way down to the deck and solved a perplexing maritime mystery.The deck houses were gone, the smokestack was tipped over and a wheelbarrow used to move cargo lay on the boat's surface. Though the name couldn't be seen on the stern, the length of the vessel and unusual characteristics pointed to only one...
By Terry Pender - The Record
More than 150 artifacts from the world’ most famous shipwreck are coming to town for a four-month show.Titanic: The Artifact Exhibit will run at The Museum, 10 King St. W., from Sept. 23 to Jan. 23.“When I looked inside the cases at some of the artifacts it truly is — it really makes you stop,” David Marskell, the museum’ executive director, said in an interview Wednesday. “It is an amazing story that has endured for a...
By Susan Cocking - Miami Herald.com
The retired Boeing 727 jetliner was billed as the jewel of Miami-Dade's thriving artificial reef program. But almost as soon as the "Spirit of Miami" was scuttled 17 years ago, vandals unbolted steel cables attaching it to the bottom of Biscayne Bay and made off with souvenirs. Tropical Storm Gordon snapped it into pieces in 1995. olling free on the sandy bottom, the pieces scattered, and the reef that had been sunk with national fanfare disappeared,...
By Matt Deans - The Advocate
A Coffs Harbour photographer has spearheaded an incredible discovery at Anzac Cove.Mark Spencer’ work with Australia’ leading maritime archaeology team has uncovered a number of new shipwrecks – and one that is very close to home.Dr Spencer’ great uncle may have carried wounded to a hospital ship that the team uncovered during the first scientific ocean survey of the seabed in Anzac Cove.“My great uncle on my mother’...
By Gary Robbins - Science Quest
Juan Cabrillo made history. But can the late explorer make turnstiles spin for a museum that will evoke his past in a pricey way ?The days ahead will tell.The Maritime Museum of San Diego is proceeding with plans to build a $5 million replica of San Salvador, the galleon Cabrillo guided to California in 1542 when he became the first European to explore what is today known as San Diego Bay.The 88-foot wooden ship is meant to help the non-profit corporation...
Conditions were perfect for SailTime Channel Islands participation in the global SailStice celebration. While winds were predicted to be 15-25 they were closer to 12-18 which made for a fine sail on a perfect Southern California Father’s Day weekend.
Members gathered at the docks around noon for sailing, then we had a giant BBQ with burgers [...]
By Tim Goff - wcsh6.com
The crew of a Maine based ocean surveying and salvage company is testing out a new submarine they have built to explore the depths of the ocean. Sub Sea Research has made a claim on a shipwreck found 50 miles off the coast of Cape Cod. The only problem is the ship, the Port Nicholson, lies nearly 700 feet below the ocean's surface. Manager Greg Brooks says the ship was a cargo vessel sunk by a German U-boat during World War II that was loaded with platinum,...
From Fox10 TV.com
One of the guns of the Confederate raider, CSS ALABAMA has been delivered to The Museum of Mobile. The cannon will be a welcome addition to recovered artifacts the Museum of Mobile already has on loan from the US Navy. It will become the centerpiece in the 700 square foot exhibit gallery funded by the Mobile Museum Board that will open later this summer.The gun is one of eight guns that were originally on the deck of the CSS ALABAMA. The CSS ALABAMA sank in about 200...