Sailing Ships (2/5)

packet ship Orpheus

A packet ship of the early 1800s. Of note is the way the sails on the mainmast are set backward, against the sails on the fore- and mizzen- masts. Known as "backing", this was how a square-rigged ship "put on the brakes" to slow or stop without actually furling the sails.

Wind power has been used by mankind for millennia. Almost every human culture has constructed sailing vessels of some kind, from crude log or reed rafts to the highly developed wind-jammers of the early twentieth century. Many of these vessels were the most complex and technologically advanced machines of their time - equivalent to our jet airliners.

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Shipwreck City of Georgetown
Type:
shipwreck, schooner, USA
Built:
1902, Bath Me USA
Specs:
( 168 x 36 ft ) 599 gross tons, 8+ passengers & crew
Sunk:
Sunday June 2, 1918
collision with liner Prinz Oskar ( 1090 tons) - no casualties
Depth:
110 ft

Shipwreck Cornelia Soule
Type:
shipwreck, schooner, USA
Specs:
306 tons, 6 crew
Sunk:
Saturday April 26, 1902
ran aground in bad weather - no casualties
GPS:
40°25.992' -73°10.620' (AWOIS 2013)
Depth:
25 ft


Shipwreck Cornelius Hargraves
Type:
shipwreck, schooner, USA
Built:
1889, Camden ME, USA
Specs:
( 211 x 45 ft ) 1332 gross tons, 10 crew
Sunk:
Saturday October 30, 1890
collision with steamer Vizcaya - no casualties
Depth:
80 ft

Shipwreck Dorothy B. Barrett
Type:
shipwreck, schooner, USA
Built:
1904, Bath ME USA
Specs:
( 259 x 45 ft ) 2088 gross tons, 10 crew
Sunk:
Wednesday August 14, 1918
shelled by U-117 - no casualties
Depth:
60 ft

low debris field mostly buried in the sand


Shipwreck Rusland
The Rusland, aground, with onlookers.
Type:
Adonis - shipwreck, wood-hulled bark
Rusland - shipwreck, iron-hulled steamer, England
Built:
Adonis - 1853, Germany
Rusland - 1872, Scotland, as Kenilworth
Specs:
Adonis - 550 tons, 12 crew
Rusland - ( 345 x 37 ft ) 2538 gross tons, ~200 passengers & crew
Depth:
25 ft
Sunk:
Adonis - Tuesday March 8, 1859 - ran aground in bad weather, no casualties
Rusland - Saturday March 17, 1877 - ran aground in bad weather, no casualties

Type:
shipwreck, sailing ship
Sunk:
Saturday December 14, 1907
ran aground 72 mph gale - no casualties (incredible)
Depth:
25 ft

400 yards offshore, mostly buried, wooden


Shipwreck Edward H. Cole
Type:
shipwreck, schooner, USA
Built:
1904, Rockland Me USA
Specs:
( 228 x 43 ft ) 1791 gross tons
Sunk:
Sunday June 2, 1918
bombed by U-151 - no casualties
Depth:
185 ft



Sailing Ships

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By Bret Gilliam - 3/16/01
Technical Diving Editor and CEO
Technical Diving International

Are we hypocrites, or just following established guidelines established by reasonable people to protect our clients??

The April 2001 issue of Rodale's Scuba Diving has numerous articles acknowledging the practice and practicality of Solo Diving. I'm going to enter the articles and acknowledge the authors of each (rather than plagiarize these good peoples work)

Let's welcome the new millennium by finally ending the absurd controversy over solo diving and grant certification status to experienced divers through formalized process.

Codifying solo-diving with practical standards makes sense for two reasons: First, divers are who currently diving independently without formal training will be encouraged to receive the instruction they need. Second, the buddy system is deeply flawed. It fosters dependent behavior in many divers and is a proven not to enhance safety. In fact, it may do just the opposite for many divers forced into the role of buddy.

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