HMS Pheasant, 1st March 1917, Rora Head, Hoy, Orkney
Crotone
Crotone
HMS Pheasant, 1st March 1917, Rora Head, Hoy, Orkney
With no fewer than 17 wrecks all around the island, youβre almost spoiled for choice with dive sites in Barbados π π‘π
The history of shipwrecks in the Great Lakes, especially Lake Michigan, fascinates me! This most recent find is a Civil War era passenger ship.

The Temasek Shipwreck and its Astounding Cargo of Porcelain
The arrival of the Englishmen in Virginia (1590) by Johann Theodor de Bry, from Briefe and True Report.
Source: Harvard University
Available to buy as a print.
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The Death of Captain Thomas, and Escape of Wyer and Cammett (1841) by Charles Ellms, from The Tragedy of the Seas; or, Sorrow on the Ocean, Lake, and River, from Shipwreck, Plague, Fire and Famine.
Source: Library of Congress / Internet Archive
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