Six most famous shipwrecks in the world

Many people should vaguely remember Korea in 20 14 years, right? What year in January? This shipwreck caused a great sensation in the world. The cause of every shipwreck is different, and the important thing is how to prevent it before it happens. Next, I will introduce the six most famous shipwrecks in the world, and Titanic is one of them.

Six most famous shipwrecks in the world

Ross

Mary Ross, built in1509-1511,was the first ship capable of discharging guns and was favored by King Henry VIII. It is described as. The most beautiful flower in the ocean? . The birth of this ship marks the transformation of the British navy from the Middle Ages? A floating castle? Elizabeth I's naval fleet.

1545 On July 9, 2009/KLOC-0, King Henry VIII reviewed his proud fleet in the South China Sea and went out to sea to meet the French invaders. However, he witnessed a disaster: the Mary Ross, which was fully loaded, jolted and capsized quickly in a storm, and seawater poured into the gun door below. At that time, there were more than 90 guns and about 700 crew members on her deck. It is said that less than 40 people survived.

Hugh, British archaeologist and University College London? The research team led by Professor Montegomery is seeking permission. Mary? Ross Trust? Is contact allowed after consent? Mary? Ross? The remains of 0/8 crew members on board/KLOC-.

After examining the skulls of the crew of the wrecked ship, these experts made an amazing discovery: two-thirds of the crew on board were not British, but southern Europeans, most of whom were Spanish.

In the year when this huge ship sank, people began to salvage it. Some guns, sails and sails were salvaged, but the salvage work stopped at 1550. Part of the Mary Ross has fallen into the mire, and it will be protected by the mire in the next few centuries. Until the mid-1960s, a team led by Alexander McKee launched an investigation into the sunken ship. Through his efforts, after the Tudor warship sank to the bottom of the sea for more than four centuries, the ship's remains soaked in seawater finally surfaced in the Solent Strait. 1982, about 60 million people watched the live broadcast of marie rose's salvage ceremony.

To this day, the ship is still spraying polyethylene glycol preservative to prevent the ship's bones from rotting. This work was completed in 2008, and she also experienced a slow drying process. Nowadays, visitors to Portsmouth Historic Shipyard can see her beautiful image through glass screens and mist preservatives.

Titanic

The white star cruise ship Titanic was sunk by a glacier on April 19 12. It was built by Harlan and Wolf Shipyards with a registered gross weight of 46,328 tons. Titanic is equipped with a proud gym, swimming pool, squash court and bathroom.

191April 14 in the afternoon 1 1 40: 00, the lookout of titanic pressed the alarm three times and reported? There is a glacier on the right front. ? Unfortunately, all efforts to avoid the collision were too late. A rock-hard piece of ice penetrated the hull, like a huge can opener, and penetrated the hull shell 250 feet. As the number of lifeboats on board was far from enough, the panic began to spread. 191April 15 At 2: 20 am, the Titanic finally sank to the bottom of the North Atlantic, killing * * * 1503 people.

Titanic is probably the most famous shipwreck in history. This 2.5-mile-deep submarine grave is located 323 miles southeast of Newfoundland. The ship was discovered by a scientific research team led by Captain Jean-louis michel and Dr. Robert Ballard on September 1985. At that time, the ship had been separated from head to tail and split in two. The bow is still relatively intact, while the stern is located 2000 feet away and has been seriously damaged and deformed. Today, you can go from St. John (St. John? S) Visit the world's most famous sunken ship on the departing M.I.R submarine, and you can also see the world-famous bow and bridge, where Captain E.H. Smith gave the final instructions.

Lusitania

1965438+On Friday, May 7th, 2005, the Lusitania (nicknamed Greyhound at Sea), which Cunard was proud of, sailed from new york to Liverpool and was sunk by a German torpedo near the old head of Kinsall in southern Ireland.

19 14 When the war broke out in August, the Lusitania was handed over to the British navy and sent to the Canadian dock in Liverpool, where it was equipped with 12 6-inch guns. She was registered as a member of the British naval fleet. As an armed reserve cruiser, she was equipped with more weapons than the Royal Navy fleet patrolling the English Channel. As Britain's First Minister of Ren Haijun, Winston Churchill visited Liverpool and inspected the Lusitania. He made a speech that he will never forget: to me, she is just another 45,000 tons of live bait. ?

1965438+After 2 pm on Friday, May 7, 2005 10, the Lusitania weighing 30396 tons was hit by a torpedo without warning. It only took her about 20 minutes to sink. 120 1 men, women and children lost their lives. Among the dead, 128 was an American citizen. The German submarine U20, which launched the torpedo, circled around the sunken ship several times, then fled the scene and returned to its base in Port William on May 13.

The shipwreck site was first discovered in 1935. A four-blade propeller of Lusitania was salvaged in 1982, and now it is displayed in the dock area of Merseyside maritime museum at Albert Pier.

Bismarck

When fully loaded with goods, the displacement can reach 50,000 metric tons and the top speed is 30 miles per hour. The Bismarck loaded with several cannons is regarded as the pride of the German navy. She was described by Churchill as. A huge ship, an outstanding work of the naval fleet? From the top to the bottom of the ship, 17 stories high, the length of which is equivalent to three football fields.

However, the first voyage of this German warship became a short journey. 194 1 in may, the Bismarck was attacked by the British navy in the fiercest naval battle after chasing in the Atlantic for eight days. Bismarck was hit by the enemy's powerful artillery fire, capsized and stopped on the steep undersea mountains. Of the 2,200 people aboard Bismarck (average age 2 1 year), only 1 15 survived.

1989, after carefully searching an area of about 200 square miles, Dr. Robert and his expedition finally found the wreckage of Bismarck. The shipwreck was located about 380 miles south of Cork, Ireland, and about 65,438+05,000 feet underwater in the Atlantic Ocean. Although the powerful artillery and torpedoes of the British army caused great damage to the hull in the naval battle, the sinking of the ship also caused obvious damage to it. Surprisingly, the wreckage of the sunken ship is still intact. Since the permission of the German government, the legal owner of the shipwreck cemetery, people have made some explorations on Bismarck. These people include Heinrich Conte and Heinz, survivors of Bismarck. Heinz Stig and American film director James Cameron.

Belgrano.

The sinking of the battleship belgrano was one of the most tragic and controversial events in the Falklands War. 1May 2, 982 British nuclear submarine is a Royal Navy ship? Conqueror? The HMS Conqueror fired two torpedoes at the Argentine warship General Bergrano. About 300 people were killed in the attack.

When the formidable warship began to sink, the most difficult rescue operation at sea in history was also under way. Torpedoes killed 323 of belgrano's 65,438+0,093 crew members, almost half of the total Argentine casualties in this war.

In February 2003, the National Geographic Society and the Argentine Navy formed an expedition to search for the wreck in the South Atlantic. After two weeks at sea, the expedition failed to find the ship because of the bad weather in the South Atlantic. Although it is believed that the sunken ship is located at a depth of 4,000 meters from the Argentine coast of 65,438+080 kilometers, the expedition still hopes that their instruments (used to search for the Titanic) can find the sunken ship soon.

The sunken ship Lady Atoka.

Spain plundered colonial wealth in the most barbaric way. At that time, South America was proved to be rich in gold and silver mines and other rare resources, so the only job of Spanish colonists in the New World was to mine and manage mines. Shiploads of gold and silver treasures became evidence of colonial plunder.

Spanish gold carriers are most afraid of pirates and hurricanes. In order to deal with pirates, each fleet is equipped with cannons and strong hulls. The Lady Atoka is such an escort ship. 1622 In August, Mrs. Atoka's fleet of 29 ships returned to Spain from South America full of treasures. Because it is a convoy, everyone put the most precious and valuable treasure on Mrs. Atoka. Unfortunately, Mrs. Atoka's cannon had no deterrent effect on the hurricane. When the fleet sailed to the sea between Havana and Cuba, the hurricane swept through the last five ships of the fleet. "Mrs. Atoka" became the first target because of its heavy load and the slowest sailing speed. The ship soon sank to the bottom of 17 meters. Sailors on other ships immediately jumped into the water, hoping to save some treasures, but just as they found the wreckage and prepared to salvage gold bars, another powerful hurricane struck, killing all the people underwater.

Fisher and his daughter excitedly grabbed gold bars and chains. This moment is the lifelong dream of many treasure hunters.

Mel Fisher defined herself as a treasure hunter. 1955, he founded a company called? Save the treasure? Our company specializes in searching for Spanish sunken ships in the waters near Southern California. During his 20-year salvage career, Fisher successively salvaged six famous Spanish shipwrecks, became a celebrity in the circle and made a lot of money. Unconsciously, Fisher reached retirement age, but he didn't want to leave the salvage ship, because he had vowed to find the legendary Mrs. Atoka who had the most treasures. So the family gave up the normal operation of the company for this ideal, and Fisher's wife, son and daughter went into the water with their father to find their dreams at the bottom of the sea. Their search is meticulous, and whenever they see something that is not a stone, they use a metal detector to detect it. 1On July 20th, 985, Fisher and her family found Mrs. Atoka and several tons of gold on it, but this joy was diluted by 30 years of hard work. Fisher thought that God would let him find Mrs. Atoka, but he has been testing his patience.

There are 40 tons of treasure on this sunken ship, which is called the largest treasure on the seabed, including nearly 8 tons of gold and 500 kilograms of precious stones. All the treasures are worth about $400 million. The story of Fisher's search for Mrs. Atoka became China in the United States? Iron pestle ground into a needle? This story? Looking for atoka? It has also become a common expression, which means that if you stick to your dream, you will succeed.

The treasure on Mrs. Atoka is entirely won by quantity. Tons of gold and a family's 30-year fleeting time make it the third of the top ten treasures in the world.