Gulf of Mexico 2012: Spectacular New Shipwreck Discovery

Подписаться 112 тыс.

Просмотров 1,7 млн

50% 1

View video footage captured by the Little Hercules remotely operated vehicle (ROV) and camera platform during the April 26, 2012, ROV dive from NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer during the Gulf of Mexico Expedition 2012.
The dive was conducted at site 15577 -- a recently mapped but never-before-seen shipwreck in the western Gulf of Mexico. The dive revealed the remnants of a copper-sheathed sailing ship, likely from the early to mid-19th century. While most of the wood has since disintegrated, the oxidized copper sheathing remained along with a variety of artifacts. These included plates, glass bottles, guns, cannons, the ship's stove, navigational instruments, and anchors. This was a spectacular dive that represented a truly remarkable find.
Video courtesy of NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program, Gulf of Mexico Expedition 2012.
Source: oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos...
Join Us On -
Twitter - / oceanexplorer
Flickr - www.flickr.com/photos/oceanexp...
Facebook - / oceanexplorationresearch

Опубликовано:

16 июл 2012

Ссылка:

Скачать:

Готовим ссылку...

Добавить в:

Мой плейлист

Посмотреть позже

Комментарии : 264

@philhardwick100 Год назад

Absolutely amazing video! Soundtrack fits perfectly. Combined sadness for the sailors and awe of such a find.

@jeffcampbell1555 6 лет назад

It took me a minute to realize what looked like the bow of an iron or steel ship was the copper sheathing used to line the underwater hulls of wooden ships. Its fascinating that it retains the ship's lines after the wood has almost disappeared. This was among the coolest wreck video I've seen, so thanks so much for doing it and letting us see it, too!

@pamrojo 4 года назад

One of the best dives I've ever seen. THANK YOU! for keeping the area around the dive pristine for video. So many times there's silt everywhere - but not on these. Great job and very interesting wreck.

@devandunsford4875 4 года назад

Does anyone know the background music?

@iamcarbonandotherbits.8039 4 года назад

Really sharp visuals, Its like I could put my hand through the screen and touch the objects. Brilliant thanks.

@teddammit5179 5 лет назад

The clarity of the video is amazing.

@tomdooley3522 2 года назад

Love the haunting music , it.goes so well with the Visio ,untold story.

@zapfanzapfan 4 года назад

2:44

@rickeymitchell8620 5 лет назад

The images were so clear and sharp it looks like you can reach out and touch the artifacts. Thank you for sharing.

@michaelfrost4584 Год назад

As an ex Australian Navy sailor, it always haunts me watching see wrecks. Soo much history. May all the sailors R.I.P

@davidswagger3085 4 года назад

Fantastic wreck! I enjoy seeing the personal artifacts in the debris fields more than the boats.

@russellnixon9981 3 года назад

The sharpness of the picture is brilliantly echoed in the bright clear sound. The slow pace of the camera is perfectly reflected in the hunting melody of the sound track, were the familiar and the strange be come unworldly. A great combination by the director. This is were superb work transcends in to art.

@whitetrashrepublican2726 8 лет назад

I can watch this stuff all day. I have the utmost respect for those that traveled the oceans back then in wooden ships. Our ancestors had balls, big giant balls. Would love to know the history of this ship if any is available.

@micheleevangelista9247 5 лет назад

Very cool. One of my favorites. So neat to see the repairs made to the ship still hold. Even though the ship is PRACTICALLY gone.

@squeakychairproductions6813 7 лет назад

I always find my way back to this video. This is simply incredible! Just noticed the trigger guard at

@vicmclaglen1631 3 года назад

Try this as a guess: USS Hornet, 106 foot sloop of war commissioned in 1805, dismasted and lost with all hands in a storm in 1829. "She departed Pensacola for the last time on 4 March 1829, setting course for the coast of Mexico, and was never seen again. On 27 October 1829 the commander of the West Indies Squadron received information that Hornet had been dismasted in a gale off Tampico on 10 September 1829 and had foundered with the loss of all hands." That would explain a few things, being a small naval vessel of the early 19th century, and it seems to be in the right general area. ** It took me less than ten minutes to watch this video and then research the potential vessel before I went to work this morning...disclaimer.

@davidpoor8638 4 года назад

I really enjoyed the history behind this wreck! Glad they explained what we were looking at!!!

@sueannskerrattherron2079 6 лет назад

The lights are amazing. You can see so much! Thank you.

@donboland6930 4 года назад

The bottles are Dutch origin. Some are called Spanish onions gin bottles are the tapered ones. 1780s to 1850s. Some look like shear tops or paddle tops on the rums. Ship looks like an armed Dutch or Spanish trader but why here. This ship is way out of its realm. Amazingly this ship came around the bottom of South America and up the west coast.