Thursday, October 24, 2019

Two Japanese Aircraft Carriers found deep in the Pacific

Although I'm not keen on deep-water wrecks, the wreck of the Japanese aircraft carrier Kaga was discovered in October 2019. Another wreck thought to be either the Japanese aircraft carrier Akagi or the Soryu has been found almost 5 1/2km deep in the Pacific Ocean. The crew of deep-sea explorers looking for WW2 warships were using an autonomous underwater vehicle equipped with sonar when the found this latest carrier over 2000km NW of Pearl Harbor. The vessel is said to have gone down in the Battle of Midway.

Tuesday, August 6, 2019

USS Grunion's bow has been discovered

According to the web page found at https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/world/uss-grunions-bow-is-discovered-off-the-coast-of-alaska-nearly-80-years-after-the-submarine-sunk-during-wwii/ar-AAFqQWJ?ocid=spartanntp , the Gato-class submarine USS Grunion's bow has been discovered off the coast of Alaska nearly 80 years after sinking during WWII

Wednesday, June 12, 2019

Discovery of the wreck of the Nyora


The steam tug Nyora, sunk about 50kms off of Cape Jaffa in 1917 whilst towing the schooner Astoria. The Nyora was a single screw steamship built in 1909 by J.P. Rennoldson & Sons in South Shields. Whilst owned by Huddart Parker & Co Pty. Ltd, she foundered west of Kingston, SA after passing Kangaroo Island on a voyage to the eastern states with the auxiliary schooner Astoria in tow. The location for the wreck of the Nyora remained unknown until recently when Steve Saville found it. Video footage can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GqqHpfhmA8&feature=youtu.be . See https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/business/sa-business-journal/tale-of-tragedy-and-survival-emerges-from-discovery-of-nyora-tugboat-shipwreck-in-south-australias-south-east/news-story/3f92308ad308266034afc999d6006ba9?fbclid=IwAR3zJHX1EFk4V66GhZlGDhxyUuGa5b2G1FtQkOYuoLZod8OAhlNYqcnux-Q for further details. Pictured is a memorial at Cape Jaffa for the lost crew of the Nyora.