My senior beagle, the distinguished Mr. Dexter, has had about enough of this week and is thankful it's Friday.😉

Photos of the Eastland...

Happy Canada Day to my friends to the north! 🇨🇦

HMS Victoria plunged bow first and the wreck stands vertical, with roughly half of it buried in the sand. (2/2)⚓

On 22 June 1893, the Royal Navy battleship HMS Victoria was accidentally rammed and sunk by HMS Camperdown during naval maneuvers off Tripoli, Lebanon. The flagship plunged bow-first in just 13 minutes, claiming 358 lives, including Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon. (1/2)⤵️ #maritimehistory #shipwreck

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The captain was suspiciously tight-lipped about what caused the accident. Locals watched as the vessel sailed straight into the cliffside. (2/2) ⚓

On Oct. 1, 1913, the fully-rigged vessel Glenesslin crashed into the rocks on the Oregon coast, despite good weather and calm seas. (1/2)🧵 Listen to the full story at shipwrecksandseadogs.com/118

Rae surveyed the last uncharted section of Arctic coastline in North America, discovered the last link in a navigable Northwest Passage (later named Rae Strait), and gathered information and artifacts related to the Franklin Expedition. (2/2) ⚓

I am several days late with this, but May 9 was the anniversary of the Sunshine Skyway bridge disaster in 1980. I recently stopped by the memorial near the bridge. The full story can be heard in Ep. 3 of Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs. shipwrecksandseadogs.com/3 #maritimehistory #SkywayBridge #Tampabay

In 1879, a polar expedition led by Lt. George De Long departed San Francisco to seek for the theorized "open polar sea" at the north pole, aboard the USS Jeannette. The ship and its crew soon became trapped in the sea ice of the Arctic. (1/4)🧵👇 #maritimehistory #history #podcast #shipwreck

Overloaded with more than 2,000 recently released Union prisoners of war, the vessel’s boilers failed in the early morning hours near Memphis, sending flames and debris into the darkness.(2/5)🧵

On Apr 27, 1865, just days after Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant, effectively ending the American Civil War, the steamboat Sultana exploded on the Mississippi River in the deadliest maritime disaster in American history. (1/5)🧵 #Maritimehistory #history #CivilWar #OTD #Sultana

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Coming next week, a 2-part series about the ill-fated polar expedition of the USS Jeanette, led by George W. DeLong from 1879-1881. Don't miss this one! Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. shipwrecksandseadogs.com #history #shipwreck #podcast #maritime

Crammed into dark holds with little food, water, or air, many died from disease or suffocation. Because the ships weren’t identified as carrying POWs, some were tragically sunk by Allied forces. (2/2)⚓

Apr 20, 1909, the SS Eber Ward sank in the Straits of Mackinac after its hull was punctured by ice. The steamer went down in just 10 minutes and 5 crew members were lost. The wreck sits upright in 147 ft of water and remains a well-preserved site for experienced technical divers. #maritimehistory

Apr 15, 1912, RMS Titanic sank in the North Atlantic at 2:20 am, roughly 2 hours and 40 minutes after striking an iceberg. Over 1500 of the 2200+ passengers and crew died in the icy water, with approximately 710 survivors rescued by RMS Carpathia. #OTD #Titanic #shipwreck #history #maritimehistory

April 14, 1912 - At 11:40 pm lookout Frederick Fleet spotted an iceberg and warned the bridge. First Officer Murdoch ordered the ship turned, but it grazed the iceberg, damaging the hull below the waterline. (1/2)🧵👇 #Titanic #OTD #shipwreck #history #maritimehistory

There was no trace of the crew and its logbook and navigation materials were missing, but fully prepared meals were found in the galley, and personal items were left behind. What happened to its crew is still a mystery. (2/2)⚓️

14 Apr 1912: Titanic receives a warning of "bergs, growlers, and field ice" at 9 AM from RMS Caronia. Another ice warning comes from RMS Baltic at 1:42 PM. At 6 PM, Capt. Smith adjusts the course slightly to the south, continuing at full speed. #OTD #shipwreck #MaritimeHistory #history #Titanic

13 April, 1912 - RMS Titanic continues steaming westward toward New York. While passengers continued enjoying the voyage, Titanic's crew dealt with a smoldering fire in a coal bunker. (1/2)🧵👇 #Titanic #history #OTD #shipwreck

12 April, 1912: RMS Titanic was in the midst of its first full day at sea, steaming westward at 21 knots across the North Atlantic toward New York City. (1/2)🧵👇 #Titanic #OTD #shipwreck #history #maritimehistory

By 1:30 PM, Titanic departed Queenstown with an estimated 1,316 passengers onboard, just over half her total capacity during what was considered the low season on the North Atlantic. These images are among the last few captured of Titanic. (3/3)⚓

7 First Class passengers disembarked, while seven Second Class and 113 Third Class passengers boarded via the tenders Ireland and America. Fireman John Coffey, a native of Queenstown, deserted the ship. (2/3)🧵

11 April, 1912 – At 11:30 AM, the RMS Titanic dropped anchor off Roches Point at the entrance to Cork Harbour, offshore of Queenstown (now Cobh), Ireland. (1/3)🧵 #Titanic #shipwreck #history #maritimehistory #Otd

Around 281 passengers boarded, including notable figures like John Jacob Astor IV and Molly Brown, while 24 disembarked. (2/2)⚓️

On the evening of April 10, 1912, the RMS Titanic made its first stop at Cherbourg, France, arriving around 6:30 PM after departing Southampton. Because the harbor was too small, passengers were transferred to the anchored liner via tenders Nomadic and Traffic. (1/2)🧵 #Titanic #maritimehistory

Titanic stopped her engines and Captain Gale of the tug Vulcan quickly attached a line to the New York and pulled her clear. Titanic then gets underway as planned. (2/2)