- Type:
- shipwreck, freighter, Britain
- Built:
- 1921, England
- Specs:
- ( 270 x 39 ft ) 2755 gross tons, 34 crew
- Sunk:
- Thursday February 19, 1942
torpedoed by U-432 - no survivors - Depth:
- 165 ft
More: Miraflores ...
World War II (3/4)
- Type:
- shipwreck, tanker (T3), USA
- Built:
- 1943, Norfolk VA, USA
- Specs:
- ( 516 x 70 ft ) 11017 gross tons
- Sunk:
- Sunday April 16, 1944
torpedoed by U-550, then shelled and sunk by USS Sagamore - 60 survivors - Depth:
- 240 ft ?
More: Pan Pennsylvania ...
- Type:
- shipwreck, tanker, Panama
- Name:
- In Greek mythology, Persephone, the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Demeter, was abducted by Hades, the god of the underworld. Eventually, an agreement was reached wherein Persephone would spend part of the year with Hades in the underworld, and the rest with her parents in Olympus, resulting in the seasons: when she is away, her grieving mother, the earth goddess, ignores her duties and the earth becomes barren - winter.
- Built:
- 1926, Germany
- Specs:
- ( 468 x 63 ft ) 8426 gross tons, 37 crew
- Sunk:
- Monday May 25, 1942
torpedoed by U-593 - 9 casualties - Depth:
- 55 ft
More: Persephone ...
- Type:
- shipwreck, freighter, Argentina
- Built:
- 1912, England, as Fortunstella
- Specs:
- ( 405 x 54 ft ) 4864 gross tons
- Sunk:
- Monday June 22, 1942
torpedoed by U-202 - 5 casualties - Depth:
- 400 ft or perhaps thousands
More: Rio Tercero ...
- Type:
- shipwreck, Type IXc/40 U-boat, Kriegsmarine, Germany
- Built:
- 1942, Germany
- Specs:
- ( 252 x 22 ft ) 1051 displacement tons, 48-56 crew
- Sunk:
- Saturday April 16, 1944
by depth charges and gunfire from destroyer escorts USS Gandy, USS Joyce and USS Peterson after torpedoing tanker Pan Pennsylvania - 44 casualties. - Depth:
- 300 ft
More: U-550 ...
Wooden ships have been constructed for thousands of years. Around the world, many different construction techniques have been used, some of them quite extraordinary. The ancient Greeks stitched the planks of their warships together edgewise to form an extremely light frameless load-bearing shell, much like a modern airplane fuselage. However, most wooden ships are built using a basic framing system that has changed little over the centuries.
More: Wooden Ship Construction ...