The cargo vessel Plassey was shipwrecked off Inis Oírr in the 1960s, and has since been thrown above high tide mark at Carraig na Finise on the island by strong Atlantic waves. The islanders rescued the entire crew from the stricken vessel using a breeches buoy-coordinates : 53°03'20.91"N 9°30'13.08"Wgoogle mappictures sources : 1 2text source : 1
The original name of the Mediterranean Sky was City of York when it was built in 1952 in Newcastle, England. The Cruise liner departed London in November 1953, and maintained its service until sold to Michael A. Karageorgis, Piraeus in 1971, when she became the Mediterranean Sky. Her last voyage was in August 1996, when she sailed from Brindisi to Patras.Due to the companies’ financial situation
I can't find any information on the shipwreck of the Dimitrios, or even on the ship itself. If you know anything about it, let me know and I'll update this post.The Dimitrios is beached near the city of Gytheio.Gytheio : (Greek, Modern: Γύθειο, Ancient/Katharevousa: Γύθειον) (Meaning: Land of the Gods), also Gythio, Githeio, Githio or Yithion is a town in the prefecture of Laconia in
The wreck of the Olympia (which ironically was previously called 'Inland') and was apparently crashed here by pirates. It is The shipwreck seen in the movie "Le Grand Bleu"/ "The Big Blue".coordinates : 36°47'19.51"N 25°45'26.42"Egoogle mappictures sources : 1 2 3 4text source : 1
Last June 21, 2008, because of Typhoon Frank(local name for the International Typhoon Feng Shen) the Passenger Vessel MV Princess of the Stars of Sulpicio lines turned upside down that caused a tremendous disaster and deaths of it's 724 passengers. MV Princess of the Stars suppose to be going in Cebu City but in Sibuyan Island, Romblon they hit the storm that turned the ship upside down and sink.A
A British warship that went down during a gale storm in 1780
was discovered off the southern shore of Lake Ontario.
The ship named the HMS Ontario was built in 1780 met disaster
228 years ago when it met a gale storm. Not even 1 year asail.
2 shipwreck hunters, Kennard and Scoville discovered the
wreck using side sonar and a submersible unmanned sub.
There were approx. 130 souls on board.
There’s been a breaking news! I wouldn’t categorize it as important and awesome but it’s still info nonetheless, It was previously mentioned that there was a possibility that Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Brendan Fraser might appear in G.I. JOE Movie, well it’s only half true, Brendan Fraser IS going to be a part of [...]
Not everything that is recovered from a shipwreck gets to become a museum piece. A Malaysian company has found a way to remake potsherds from Malaysian shipwrecks into jewelery. A similar story was published two years ago.
Treasures from the sea
The Star, 05 April 2008
For anyone interested in underwater archaeology and the Southeast Asian ceramics trade, you might be interested in this talk at the Asian Civilisations Museum in Singapore.
The Cargo of the East...
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A fast and loose piece because I have to ride, get to a horse show in Del Mar and then get back and ride another colt before dark. I dropped this canvas and got paint on the carpet. See what happens when we get in a hurry? 8 x 10" oil on canvas panel.
A 13th century shipwreck laden with Song Dynasty porcelain was recovered from the depths of the South China Sea last week - ships like these were common in the international trade that plied the...
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It's always fun to visit the Queen Mary in Long Beach, but this really looks like a great time!! I've been to a haunted tour on Queen Mary before and it was really creepy when we got down into the lower depths of the ship. This Halloween Shipwreck event would probably give me night terrors! (I LOVE being scared) Click HereAnd don't forget, the Queen Mary is supposed to really be haunted (seriously).Keep up with me...
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24 September 2007 (VietNam Net Bridge) - Finds from a 19th century shipwreck were recovered off the coast of Ha Tinh province. The finds were mainly Chinese ceramics and were donated to the provincial museum. The story doesn’t say much else.
Sunk ship with antiques discovered in Ha Tinh
Ha Tinh Province Museum has recently received 300 ancient objects including numerous ceramic works discovered by fishermen in Cam Xuyen district in a sunken wooden ship.
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12 July 2007 (New Straits Times) - Lucien de Guise, curator of the Malaysian Museum of Islamic Arts, writes a column about the sale of shipwreck treasures in Malaysia.
Missing the boat on shipwreck treasures
JUST in case anyone thought that the last discussion about fakes was the end of the series, it was actually the beginning.
My email inbox is once again filling up with opportunities to detect the bad boys in a ceramics collection.
A short time after Peter Lam came from Hong Kong at the request of the Southeast Asian Ceramic Society to talk about “Detecting the Fakes”, we now have Roxanna Brown of the Southeast Asian Ceramics Museum of Bangkok giving her expertise on ceramic dates. In addition, there is Sten Sjostrand on the subject of “How to Identify Real Antiques from Fakes”.
It’s no wonder Malaysia is so interested in fakes. The nation is Public Enemy Number One in the all-round piracy league table, after China of course. On a per-capita basis, Malaysi
ON THE JAMES RIVER, Va. (AP) - Five 13-year-olds in life jackets crowded inside the cabin of a small research boat and stared at a bank of computer monitors.Suddenly, a dark gray mass appeared on one of the screens - a sonar image of the wreckage of the Civil War-era frigate USS Cumberland.As members of the Cumberland Club, the kids studied artifacts from the ship, then helped researchers beam sonar to the bottom of the James River near the coal piers in Newport News to check on the condition of the ship itself.The U.S. Navy and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration hold the summer enrichment program, which gives students a hands-on feel for what it's like to be historians, archaeologists and marine scientists."It was fun to be able to do things that are important that kids don't usually get to do," said Jazmine Brooks of Norfolk, who'll be in eighth grade in the fall.The Cumberland Club, now in its second year, is free to the middle school students and funded by a gra
NEW YORK, (Reuters) -- Ever wanted to feel like a castaway in a warm, secluded oasis of tranquility and beauty? Conde Nast Traveler has scoured the globe to find the best island beaches. Following is a list of their top 10 choices:1. Shipwreck Beach, Zakynthos, Greece -- This is an idyllic, isolated beach scooped out of a vertical wall of white rock.
Earlier this month, I was able to catch a lecture about the shipwreck laden with Tang Dynasty treasures that sunk off Belitung island in the 9th century. What was it about this shipwreck that made it so spectacular? What treasures were stored aboard the ship and where was it headed? And what did the Belitung Shipwreck tell us about maritime trade n Asia and Southeast Asia at that time?
The Belitung Shipwreck was discovered in 1998 - like most shipwrecks, this one was discovered by chance by some fisherman. The wreck rested on relatively shallow waters - about 17 metres below the sea-level and recovery of the wreck took about two years. It is currently the oldest shipwreck in Southeast Asian waters.
The majority of the cargo (some 60,000 pieces) recovered consists of ceramics, most of which are Changsha ware. Changsha ware was mass produced for export in Tang China, and the dates imprinted on a couple of the bowls place the shipwreck from between 826 and 850AD. Other significant finds
A shipwreck, seen from Land's End in Cornwall. I could be wrong, but I think this is the RMS Mulheim, which ran aground in March 2003.This is the only decent shot I got at Land's End from our recent visit due to bad weather (the only outdoors shot anyway - some from the Doctor Who exhibition coming soon). A shame as we quite fancied a stroll along the cliff side path.Nikon 18-200mm at 170mm, f/9, 1/125sec
There are lots of photos from the Shipwreck Opening Party at Broadway.com. Jennifer Ehle is featured in 6 photos!
All That Chat are making Tony predictions... featuring The Coast of Utopia, and Ms Ehle as potential winners.
Reviews have built up during Christmas, so I'll just do them all in one post.Leading The Charge and International Herald Tribune have the same review and describe Jennifer Ehle's performance like this: One involves the lovely Jennifer Ehle , bewitching as Herzen"s free-spirited wife. She is a woman who gives a bit too freely — and to one too many people. Her dalliance with German poet George Herwegh (a humorously self-centered David Harbour) threatens to capsize her marriage to Herzen. Elysa Gardner from USA Today is impressed by Shipwreck's script and scope. Ehle makes a convincing soul mate and sparring partner, relaying Natalie's fierce emotions and convictions with a stringent intensity.The Variety Review is out: The compelling work of O'Byrne and Ehle dominates the play, and their confrontation, when Alexander learns of Natalie's affair, is shattering.Newsday.com reports: Women, who seemed a bit too "Little Women" in the first section, have far more fascinating things to
Playbill.com reports on the Shipwreck opening night. It appears good friend Julianna Margulies was there in support as well!
Julianna Margulies, of "E.R.," who did time at Lincoln Center, too (Ten Unknowns) and Broadway last spring (Festen), was Ehle's cheerleader for the evening. "Yes, I am also biased, but I think it's a spectacular theatrical experience." She hopes to be back on the boards herself soon. "I'm looking for something, but I always need a break in between."
Ehle, who copped her Tony as another of Stoppard's chaotically married women in the revival of The Real Thing six years ago, would be more than at home in the role without the little summer brush-up she did as Lady Macbeth opposite Liev Schreiber in the park.
"I have never been as happy on stage saying a playwright's words as when I am playing a Stoppard woman," she declared. "It's true. I just adore attempting to embody them."
Accent on "body." She does a nude scene here, and O'Brien has directed it with
The LCT blog has been updated: "New York 1848"All That Chat has been talking about Ms Ehle in Shipwreck, although their reviews contain spoilers. First mention: I'm surprised to see so little mention of Jennifer Ehle. I walked away from the performance feeling that this portion was really her play. Though Herzen is clearly the main character, it seems that Ehle is given all the best moments (and the final bow). Judging from the first two plays, Ehle is really getting the choice female roles. And boy is she great!Second mention: I liked Ehle a lot in this one too - it's a very different character from Lubov in Part I and she draws the distinction well. Third mention mention (with spoilers). There are lots of other Ehle-non-specific reviews as well, here.
Well crew, I'm home so here's the first splash of Shipwreck news and reviews.Firstly thank-you to Kate for the heads-up on this positive review of Ms Ehle from "Just Goes To Show You"(be warned that the rest is not so nice):
"...The one exception among the actors with a lot of material here is Jennifer Ehle, who gives an emotional, capivating performance as Herzen's wife."
Elizabeth Maupin's blog reported that she will see the marathon."And then there's the required reading list the New York Times published a week or two ago -- the tomes you supposedly have to read to understand this stuff." So much for not having to do any homework for the play! (*See the opening night video)
A positive review from All That Chat
But I saw part two, Shipwreck, this afternoon, and I found it completely enthralling. I saw it without having first seen Voyage. Perhaps part two is more interesting than part one? I think that the person with whom I attended, who had seen Voyage and liked it, liked thi
