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Fortean Flotsam: Odd Objects Washed Ashore

People see buoys out in a harbor or river and don't realize how big and substantial they are.
 
RaM said:
People see buoys out in a harbor or river and don't realize how big and substantial they are.
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The mooring buoy for the Hythe ranges safety vessel broke loose in a storm a while ago and washed up on the beach. I was surprised at the size of it.
 

A ghostly shipwreck has emerged in Newfoundland​


The massive, overturned hull of a seemingly ancient ship has appeared without warning along the southwestern tip of Newfoundland, dazzling nearby residents eager to know who may have been aboard and how it met its fate.

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As post-tropical storm Fiona tore through the area on Sept. 24, 2022, destroying about 100 homes and pounding away shorelines, it churned up the sand along Cape Ray Beach, said Neil Burgess, president of the Shipwreck Preservation Society of Newfoundland and Labrador.

If the ship was buried, Fiona may have dislodged it from its sandy grave, and each subsequent storm would have loosened it further, Burgess said. There were large swells there last week, and they may have finally unearthed the wreck enough to be discovered by someone out hunting birds.

Burgess said he figures the ship was built in the 1800s.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/ghostly-shipwreck-cape-ray-1.7097333

maximus otter
 

'Incredible' old shipwreck found on Orkney beach​


A large section of a well-preserved shipwreck thought to be hundreds of years old has washed ashore on a beach in Orkney.

The timbers are held together with large wooden pegs in a style understood to have been commonly used as far back as the 16th Century.

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Locals on the island of Sanday believe it may have been released from the seabed by recent violent winter storms.

It is hoped the timber can be removed from the beach to be preserved, and that further investigation will reveal more about the ship.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crg447y13nzo

maximus otter
 
Piece of World War II-Era Drone Plane Washes Up on Massachusetts Beach

A piece of World War 2 history has washed ashore in Massachusetts.

According to a statement shared by the Cape Cod National Seashore (CCNS) on Wednesday, April 10, a piece of a World War II-era drone plane was found last week.

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Once it was moved to a safe location, “park historian Bill Burke examined the object and determined that it was in fact the fuselage of a RCAT (Remote Control Aerial Target).”

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It has been decades since the part was last used to assist with target practice in the 1940s and 1950s — most notably for anti-aircraft training off Marconi at Camp Wellfleet, a former U.S. military training camp.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/piece-world-war-ii-era-020132747.html

maximus otter
 
A few years back we were seeing lots of white objects washed up,
turned out to be white painted cucumbers, I kid you not, they had
been used to check on flow and currents in the area and cucumbers
were used as they floated and bio degraded so were ideal and cheap.

:dunno:
 
Mystery as emergency services check out large wooden object

Emergency services scrambled to a beach following reports that a huge ‘bomb’ had washed up - only to find it was a barrel. The coastguard and police both descended on New Brighton Beach, near Liverpool, after the large cylindrical object was spotted on the shoreline on Wednesday.

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But when they took a closer inspection, they discovered the suspected explosive - measuring roughly 8ft (2.5m) long - was in fact a large wooden cask. A spokesperson from The Coastguard said: “Team called to reports of a possible ordnance washed up on New Brighton beach.

“On arrival Merseyside Police had also just arrived at the location as they had also received calls. Coastguard Rescue Officers and Police carried out a closer inspection of the item and confirmed it was a large wooden barrel."

Those who saw pictures of the vast vat on social media shared their curiosity at what was inside.

One teased: “Anyone opened it yet?? Go on…you know you want to."

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/mystery-emergency-serviced-check-out-29142628

maximus otter
 
Mythopoeika said:
There may be someone inside, wearing a black cloak.

Jokes aside, some bodies were placed in old barrels for burial at sea.
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exactly! OK, that's two of us with a reason for thinking it's a body! :bpals:
 

What lurks beneath: Treasures, wrecks and curios​


Britain's coasts - once some of the most dangerous in the world to navigate for shipping - are littered with shipwrecks. This deadly legacy has left thousands of haunting artefacts and in some cases - lucrative treasure - resting on the sea floor. From time to time these relics re-emerge, found by divers on wrecks, walkers on beaches or they are mistakenly hauled up by fishermen or dredgers. A BBC Freedom of Information request has revealed the hundreds of fascinating items recovered in the last year alone.

A 200-year-old elephant tusk, coins from the Spanish Armada, plane parts, iron swords and a jar of Marmite were among the items found and reported to the Receiver of Wreck last year.

Human bones, mammoth bones and a French-made 2.5 tonne 17th Century bronze cannon were also on the list.

More than 300 items were declared in the 2023 report.

Recoveries at sea, within territorial waters, or up to the high tide water mark, have to be reported to the Receiver of Wreck within 28 days.

Finders who do not follow the rules can face a £2,500 fine or even court action.

Stephen White, the Receiver of Wreck, said he had one year to decide what happened to items.

"What we do is we negotiate between the owner and the finder for potentially a salvage fee," he said.

"About 85% of finders get to keep the items, but sometimes the items have extreme historical value and we try to find homes for them in museums."

The University of Plymouth estimated there were 50,000 shipwrecks around the UK coast.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c80zwy02qnro

maximus otter
 

Alien-like creature discovered on Oregon beach​


A rare deep-sea creature with alien-like features washed up on an Oregon beach's shore.

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Local beachcombers found a deep-sea angler fish known as the Pacific football fish just south of Cannon Beach, Oregon, which is around an hour and a half drive northwest of Portland.

The fish is rare, and only 31 [specimens] have been recorded worldwide.

"Living in complete darkness, at 2,000-3,300 feet (below the sea,) these fish are rarely seen," states [a local aquarium].

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ar-BB1mJggk

maximus otter
 
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