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Wreck of SMS Scharnhorst found
Posted on 12/5/19 at 4:54 pm
Posted on 12/5/19 at 4:54 pm
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The Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust is pleased to announce that the wreck of SMS Scharnhorst has been located off the Falkland Islands. The Scharnhorst, an armoured battle-cruiser and the flagship of Admiral Maximilian Graf von Spee’s East Asia Squadron, was sunk on 8 December 1914 during the Battle of the Falkland Islands, a crucial naval battle in the early days of the First World War.
This discovery is a major breakthrough in the quest to locate all of the ships that comprised the German squadron lost during the battle. The search began on the centenary of the Battle in December 2014 but was initially unsuccessful. Five years later, the mission was resumed using state of the art subsea search equipment. Working from the subsea search vessel, Seabed Constructor, the search operation involved the deployment of four Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), exploring a search box of approximately 4,500km2 of the seabed. Working methodically through the designated search area, and using equipment including side-scan sonar and a multi-beam echo-sounder, Scharnhorst was discovered on the third day of the search 98 nautical miles south-east of Port Stanley at a depth of 1610 meters.
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The Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust is pleased to announce that the wreck of SMS Scharnhorst has been located off the Falkland Islands. The Scharnhorst, an armoured battle-cruiser and the flagship of Admiral Maximilian Graf von Spee’s East Asia Squadron, was sunk on 8 December 1914 during the Battle of the Falkland Islands, a crucial naval battle in the early days of the First World War.
This discovery is a major breakthrough in the quest to locate all of the ships that comprised the German squadron lost during the battle. The search began on the centenary of the Battle in December 2014 but was initially unsuccessful. Five years later, the mission was resumed using state of the art subsea search equipment. Working from the subsea search vessel, Seabed Constructor, the search operation involved the deployment of four Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), exploring a search box of approximately 4,500km2 of the seabed. Working methodically through the designated search area, and using equipment including side-scan sonar and a multi-beam echo-sounder, Scharnhorst was discovered on the third day of the search 98 nautical miles south-east of Port Stanley at a depth of 1610 meters.
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Posted on 12/5/19 at 4:57 pm to Jim Rockford
1610 meters .... so almost exactly 1 land mile deep.
Doesn't seem like much up here but imagine the PSI at that depth.
Doesn't seem like much up here but imagine the PSI at that depth.
Posted on 12/5/19 at 5:01 pm to Jim Rockford
Something about sunken ships, i have always found really interesting
Posted on 12/5/19 at 5:02 pm to Jim Rockford
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Wreck of SMS
he does it to himself in every mike leach thread. dude is a clown
Posted on 12/5/19 at 5:06 pm to Jim Rockford
quote:This was Gordon lightfoot's first choice, but it just didn't have the ring of Edmund Fitzgerald
Wreck of SMS Scharnhorst
Posted on 12/5/19 at 5:11 pm to Jim Rockford
Great pics from that depth.
Posted on 12/5/19 at 5:20 pm to Jim Rockford
Crazy that it landed perfectly straight up
Posted on 12/5/19 at 5:24 pm to scrooster
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1610 meters .... so almost exactly 1 land mile deep.
Doesn't seem like much up here but imagine the PSI at that depth.
Dive six.
Here we are again on the deck of Titanic. Two and a half miles down. 3,821 meters. Pressure outside is three and a half tons per square inch.
These windows are nine inches thick and if they go, it's sayonara in two microseconds.
All right. 'Nuff of that bullshite.
Posted on 12/5/19 at 5:25 pm to scrooster
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Doesn't seem like much up here but imagine the PSI at that depth.
2362 psi
Posted on 12/5/19 at 5:41 pm to Jim Rockford
I wonder what was worse for the crew of that boat: the knowledge that they were going to the bottom with the boat, or serving on a boat named “Scharnhorst”.
What, too soon?
What, too soon?
This post was edited on 12/6/19 at 7:49 am
Posted on 12/5/19 at 5:59 pm to Winston Cup
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Wreck of SMS
he does it to himself in every mike leach thread. dude is a clown
Posted on 12/5/19 at 6:00 pm to scrooster
quote:2361.9 PSI at that depth.
Doesn't seem like much up here but imagine the PSI at that depth.
Posted on 12/5/19 at 6:11 pm to HubbaBubba
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2361.9 PSI at that depth.
While in deep oil and gas wells high tech MWD/LWD tools can run in up to 30,000 psi.
Posted on 12/5/19 at 6:14 pm to Jim Rockford
Amazing. Thanks for sharing.
Posted on 12/5/19 at 7:15 pm to Jim Rockford
It's a tomb, leave it be
Posted on 12/5/19 at 7:19 pm to OchoDedos
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It's a tomb
No it’s a ship.
Posted on 12/5/19 at 7:25 pm to Jim Rockford
Interesting that it's roughly contemperaneous with the Titanic wreck, but looks to be in much better shape.
Posted on 12/5/19 at 7:25 pm to HubbaBubba
Sort of on topic:
If the sea levels change due to a catastrophic glaciation that drops sea level 200', does the pressure at that depth change even though there's 200' less of water above it?
If the sea levels change due to a catastrophic glaciation that drops sea level 200', does the pressure at that depth change even though there's 200' less of water above it?
Posted on 12/5/19 at 7:29 pm to real turf fan
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If the sea levels change due to a catastrophic glaciation that drops sea level 200', does the pressure at that depth change even though there's 200' less of water above it?
Yes.
Water Depth x Water Density x 0.052 = psi
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