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This boat wreck has been in the estuary near the Maitai River mouth for as long as I can remember. The sign next to it simply warns other vessels, "WARNING: Wreck covered by high tide.", not thats theres much left of it to avoid. It just looks like a huge boot print in the sand from my kite.
This wreck on Seaton Carew's shoreline shows that, aside from the beach huts and pleasure boats, the sea could be a dangerous place. With only its skeleton remaining, this particular ship appears to have been stuck on the beach a while. Did you know that the wreck of an unknown ship is still visible on the shoreline of Seaton beach?
Photograph Collection Number 651
My friend tells me this was a Korean ship being taken to the Philippines to be broken up when it came free of its ropes and grounded on the rocks in southern Pingtung.
Volkswagen Beetle wrecks
The camper van roof is now all that remains of a completely stripped bus. It was surprisingly rust free. So parts of it at least will have made it back on the road. I first saw this bus on a Sunday afternoon last May. By mid July all that was left was the camper roof section which has since moved about 3 yards and is left leaning on a stripped out late model Beetle.
The wreck of the MV Kaffir - owned by the Glenlight Shipping Co, It was stolen by her engineer in a drunken stupor and ran aground 200 metres off The Monkey Pier at Ayr on the night of Sept 23rd 1974.
I guess the lighthouses couldn't save them all. It would have been nice to know the name of the ship this wreckage belonged to. That sort of thing interests me.
This remnant was over by Copper Harbor in Upper Michigan.
This ship was wrecked in 2003 when the Officer of the Watch stood up, caught his trousers in the chair, fell over and knocked himself out. When he came to, the ship was going aground!
Eastern front, probably in early 1943. These StuGe III belong to the Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 904 (StuG.Abt. 270).
Identification & picture courtesy Panzer Fabrik (on Facebook)
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Well known wreck at Dell Quay, Chichester Harbour.
Test shot with my brand new Canon 17-40mm f4 L lens. got rid of my 2nd hand Siggy 12-24, it was so soft (especially on the right hand side) I never really used it.
Press "L". Abandoned construction vehicles in the beginning of the legendary Canol Road, Yukon, Canada.
Pentax 67, 105mm f2.4, Fujifilm Reala, drumscanned.