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the iron remains on the beach are from a british trawler, the epine GY7, which was wrecked east of dritvík on the night of 13th march 1948
five of the crew of 19 were saved. rescue teams from arnarstapi, hellnar and hellisandur came to help but conditions were difficuld with bad weather
and heavy seas. members of the crew could be seen on the forecastle and the wheelhouse and tied to the rigging. the tide was coming in and
huge waves broge over the ship. one man was washed up on the beach still alive. after the tide turned it was possible to shoot out a line
which the crew managed to tie to the mast, and the four men who were still alive were pulled to safety in a rescue seat.
As we were leaving Wreck Beach (8:35pm)
a good sunny day at the beach singing with friends (such as www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPsvJ3FO2V0 ) and only my i.Phone to photograph
Sunrise at the wreck of an old fishing boat on the river Taw Estuary, Crow Point, North Devon a Unesco Biosphere Reserve.
The wreck of the Aberdeen on the river Medway, my go to location when I'm looking to kick start my photo mojo (again). The plan was to shoot it surrounded by water, but I got there late due to spending 45 minutes chatting to a neighbour and the water had disappeared, leaving just the glorious Medway Mud!
An artistic expression of a stockpile of colourful wrecked vehicles, Nanaimo, Vancouver Island. BC;.
Wyola Wreck
CY O'Connor Beach
North Coogee
Western Australia
The Wyola was a tug boat built for the Swan River Shipping Company of Western Australia in 1912. The Wyola was one of the most powerful tugs of her time and so along with her normal duties, was called upon to rescued many ships. In 1970 the Wyola was dismantled at Robbs Jetty and buried in the sand on the beach.
Smoke from a department burn off added a nice touch to the sunset
The old wreck on Loch Linnhe at Corpach over shadowed by the weak of Ben Nevis, the UK's highest mountain. The light was fantastic and the drama added to by the fine mist on the Loch. A beautiful morning.
An old sailing ship wrecked off the coast of Phillip Island.
See www.phillipislandstays.com/history_speke.php for more information
The BOS 400, a French Derrick Lay Barge that ran aground while being towed by the Russian tugboat Tigr. June 26, 1994.The Tigr was chartered to tow the BOS 400 from Pointe-Noire in the Republic of Congo to Cape Town, South Africa. The tow-rope broke loose during a storm and causing the vessel to run aground off Duiker Point near Sandy Bay. Despite several towage attempts, the shipwreck was considered a total loss as salvors were able to recover little from the wreck. The Tigr barge was built in 1987 in Polish shipyards and had remained idle in the Cape Town docks from 1994 to 2000, when it was sold for $625,000.
The Boss 400 was the biggest floating crane in Africa when the towing lines broke and hit the rocks in a storm.
Being a barge and having no main engines of its own it had to be towed to wherever it was working in the world. It had been used in the industry to pick up huge pipes. The tug that had the towing operation was underpowered and not up to the job. They found themselves unable to cope with the conditions and radioed through to Cape Town harbor to ask for assistance.
lthough two tugs were dispatched they were unable to get any lines onto the boss 400 due to the extremely rough seas. It is said a while later the original line snapped and the Boss 400 found itself blowing onto the rocks in Maori Bay were she has been lying ever since. All 14 crew that had been aboard the Boss 400 were airlifted to safety.