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.
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