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[3]: 132–133 Shortly after departure three German-speaking men were found on board hiding in a steward's pantry. Detective Inspector William Pierpoint of the Liverpool police, who was travelling in the guise of a first-class passenger, interrogated them before locking them in the cells for further questioning when the ship reached Liverpool.
The ship achieved speeds of 25.6 knots (47.4 km/h; 29.5 mph) over a measured 1 mile (1.6 km) at Skelmorlie with turbines running at 194 revolutions per minute producing 76,000 shp. At high speeds the ship was found to suffer such vibration at the stern as to render the second-class accommodation uninhabitable.
Lithuania: The cargo ship ran aground 11 nautical miles (20 km) south of Memel with the loss of three crew. [62] The ship broke in two; salvage attempts were abandoned on 11 March. [64] Wop United Kingdom: The coaster sprang a leak and was abandoned off St. John's, Newfoundland. All crew survived. [4]
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Underwater archaeologists dug under 20 feet of sand and rock off the coast of Sicily and found a 2,500-year-old shipwreck. Researchers date the find to either the fifth or sixth century B.C. Six ...
A ship of the Spanish Armada that was driven aground at Streedagh Strand, then in Cairbre, now County Sligo. La Lavia Spain: 1588 A ship of the Spanish Armada that was driven aground at Streedagh Strand, then in Cairbre, now County Sligo. Laurentic United Kingdom: 25 January 1917 An armed merchantman that struck two naval mines off Lough Swilly
"No one's ever found a wooden shipwreck 3,000 metres down in one of the most remote places on earth underneath the ice," he said. ... But its three-masted timber sailing ship Endurance fell victim ...