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No matter how hard the engineers try to make the ship unsinkable, each Dozens of ships perish a year. Shipwrecks most often are elements and the so-called human factor. The sea does not forgive either mistakes, no negligence. However, sometimes ships die on such surprising reasons that it remains only to shrug: it happens so it is! The reason for the shipwreck is the fall of the Bark meteorite The Eclipse was coming from Newcastle to San Francisco. On the 84th day at night the ship shuddered, there was a terrible roar. This is a hot meteorite the size of a human head, fell on a ship and pierced it through. A fire started in the hold, water poured into the hole. Four not a day without a rest the team fought for their salvation. Fire managed to put out, but to close up a hole – no. Captain gave command leave the Eclipse. 16 people boarded the boat. To the nearest shore it was 900 miles. On the 18th day, the remaining 13 sailors landed on the shore of one of the Hawaiian islands. If you think that this case is unique, so no. Meteorite-pierced sailboat “Sagittarius” sank so quickly that the team barely had time for it to leave. A few days later, the sailors picked up an English ship. Before the start of World War II, a meteorite almost became a cause the death of the Dutch cargo ship “Ocean”. Heavenly “gift” fell a few meters from the ship. The wave nearly knocked over vessel. The water boiled, and the ship was shrouded in a cloud strange poisonous gas. Choking people falling, rolling around deck, some convulsed. Fortunately, this went on not for long: a strong wind drove off the gas. These cases became known. because there were living witnesses. And how many ships because meteorites went to the bottom with the crews? Joker Iceberg B 1893, the Canadian ship Porschio sailed from St. John to New Brunswick. When the horizon appeared sparkling in the sun iceberg, passengers began to ask the captain to come closer to admire this spectacle. And one young miss asked so … And the captain, instead of holding on to the ice block as much as possible further, to the delight of the passengers (and the young miss) sent the ship straight to the ice cliff. When the iceberg was about 70 meters away, the ice giant suddenly began to roll over slowly. Captain not and managed to gasp, as the Porschio was raised above the water, on the very top of the icy mountain, helplessly thrashing the air with screws. (Who believes that the stories of captain Vrungel – a clean bike?) everything is pretty fast and safe: the iceberg made another turnover and returned the Porschio to the ocean. Survivors of mortal horror passengers were thrilled now: they got even more expected, the sailors winged the captain, not shy in the expressions, and he he turned gray in these few minutes. But are there always such “adventures” ended safely? Whales attack Whaling has always been considered dangerous. The sailors knew that the whale strong dangerous, and the fight against him does not always end in the victory of man. In 1819, the American Essex hunted whales in the Pacific. The 70-ton sperm whale did not want to become prey, but he himself became a hunter and attacked the ship. Accelerating, the underwater leviathan hit the underwater part of the vessel. On the third attempt, the sperm whale struck the side, the ship sank. Of the 20 people, less than half survived. In 1850, whalers “Ann Alexander” harpooned the whale. Unable to tear myself away, whale himself went on the offensive and hit his head under the stern. Whalers Ann Alexander “was left without prey and without a ship. The sailors of Essex and “Ann Alexander” was lucky: they were saved. Sailors from other whalers ships could carry much less. Cases of whale attacks on ships not uncommon, and among whales there are real killer maniacs. The prototype of the sperm whale Moby-Dick 25-meter-high Moha-Dick for 39 years allowed at the bottom two large ships, four schooners, three barges, eighteen whaleboats. Butterflies … In 1913, German cargo ship “Adler” did not arrive at the port of destination. Captain and the team arrived there by land. The captain reported that the ship sank. When asked what caused the death, he angrily threw through his teeth: “Butterflies!” “Adler” walked the waters of the Persian Gulf in the area, teeming with reefs. Around noon, a strange cloud overtook the sky and butterflies began to board the ship. Hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands – millions! The captain ordered hydrants and fire extinguishers but this did not save the situation. Hundreds of butterflies covering observation windows the captain’s bridge, made Adler blind. Lost orientation ship flew over the cliffs. All cases described, certainly amazing. But if anyone thinks they have “surprises” sea travel and are limited, so he is deeply mistaken. To be continued.
Icebergs Water Fires
