Ultra deep wrecks in the Gulf of Mexico

[Mackaydon]

An interesting read:

https://espis.boem.gov/final%20reports/5109.pdf

Don in SoCal

 

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[Crow]

Yes fascinating shipwrecks and fantastic lesson in understanding decomposition of a 19th century shipwrecks.

here is green lantern shipwreck plan below.

here some pictures below. Showing forecastle and half buried ships bell.

Here is picture of windless and capstan below.

here is picture of the Starboard lantern below.

Here is a picture of the stern below.

Crow

 

[Crow]

Here is a picture of the map 7000 ft shipwreck.

Here is some pictures of wreckage. The ships wheel below

Anchors of of two

Dinner wear

Bottles and small medicine bottles

The ships oven below.

Yellow metal sheathing helps to id the age of wreck.

Ship capstan
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Looks cannon or signal cannon. or perhaps a donkey boiler below?

Cooking pot below?

Assorted items.

Each respective shipwreck as lesson on how the marine environment totally over time breakdown such shipwreck.

I imagine there would be heaps more shipwrecks in the deep waters of the gulf of Mexico.

Crow