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Deep-pocketed tourists waiting to explore the 20th century’s most famous maritime wreck will have to wait a little longer. American submersible company OceanGate has pushed back diving expeditions to the Titanic wreck site to 2019.
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The Atlantic is unpredictable. If you want to do technical wreck diving off the coast of northern Spain, you must be flexible enough to deal with conditions that change very quickly.
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Shipwreck explorers Jim Kennard and Dan Scoville began their initial search for vessel in September 2008. What was thought to be an easy shipwreck to find turned out to be more of a challenge than they expected, Kennard said.
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The Ottawa-based steamer was hauling lumber across the lake's eastern end, bound for Oswego, when it ran into rough conditions in late September 1916.
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A group of shipwreck hunters has found a previously undiscovered wreck sitting largely intact amid a spilled load of iron ore in about 535 feet of water offshore from Marquette, Michigan, and all evidence points to it being the Smith.
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There was a strong maritime tradition with thousands of vessels that were lost along the Swedish coastline. Researchers estimate that there are a total of 40,000 known wreck positions in the Baltic Sea.
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General von Steuben (GvS) was built in 1923. A modern ocean liner for the time, her top speed was 16 knots and she took 1100 passengers.
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