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The Wreck of the Schooner "WYOMING", the Largest Wooden Ship in History
YouTube ^ | January 22, 2022 | Part-Time Explorer

Posted on 01/24/2022 1:51:05 PM PST by SunkenCiv

The monstrous coal-hauling Schooner "Wyoming", built by Percy and Small in Bath, Maine, was the biggest wooden ship to sail the seas. On a routine voyage bringing coal to Saint John, New Brunswick, she disappeared.

The Maine Maritime Museum has an excellent exhibit on the vessel, showing artifacts, models, and photographs of her.
The Wreck of the Schooner "WYOMING", the Largest Wooden Ship in History | January 22, 2022 | Part-Time Explorer
The Wreck of the Schooner

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TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: ageofsail; ancientnavigation; bath; godsgravesglyphs; maine
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To: Disambiguator

“Didn’t Francis Drake circumcise the world with a 100 foot clipper?”

Yes! The Golden Hind. I had a model of it when I was a kid.


41 posted on 01/24/2022 4:55:11 PM PST by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: TalBlack

Reminds me of that story about the English scientist that died the other day. According to the way the article was written he died after a bullet pierced his apartment. Im not surprised that they couldnt help him at the ER. Its not like many have drywall handy and you know how serious apartment wounds are.


42 posted on 01/24/2022 5:14:42 PM PST by gnarledmaw (Hive minded liberals worship leaders, sovereign conservatives elect servants.)
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To: Seruzawa
Ships of steel are lost today, even stuff in the same ballpark of size as the Wyoming was -- but hey, steel vessels can't hold a candle to a six-masted schooner's bravura good looks. :^)
[snip] Following the Killard wave, a research project, led by Prof Frédéric Dias of UCD, took place in early 2015 to measure extreme waves off the west coast of Ireland. A large database was assembled and several extreme waves were detected. Analysis of this data suggests that the standard explanation of rogue waves in terms of what is called modulational instability is probably invalid. [/snip]

43 posted on 01/24/2022 5:17:07 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: colorado tanker

Same here. And it sank in 1924, not even a century ago.


44 posted on 01/24/2022 5:18:18 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: BlueLancer

Nice! Other than the loss of life of course.


45 posted on 01/24/2022 5:19:03 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Disambiguator; martin_fierro

He sure did! There was even a mohel aboard.

Drake did some privateering on the way around South America.

When he and his small fleet returned to England, they had so much loot that:

A) Queen Elizabeth awarded him 10000 English Pounds.

B) She paid off the entire national debt.

C) She had some money left.


46 posted on 01/24/2022 5:22:40 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: nicollo

It’s a pretty cool tour. I wandered through in, hmm, the mid-1980s.


47 posted on 01/24/2022 5:23:12 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: griffin; nicollo

The didn’t go privateering to seize black powder, fresh water, cannon shot, flour, or beef, but they needed to make it look good as they offloaded the rum, Scotch, and wine.


48 posted on 01/24/2022 5:26:24 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: GOYAKLA

Thanks! Will check it out.


49 posted on 01/24/2022 5:26:57 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: TalBlack; packrat35; Seruzawa

Thanks for the info:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4032335/posts?page=23#23

https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4032335/posts?page=30#30


50 posted on 01/24/2022 5:30:48 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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Ireland’s biggest ever wave recorded off Donegal coast [2011]
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/dec/13/ireland-biggest-wave-recorded-donegal


51 posted on 01/24/2022 5:32:02 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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52 posted on 01/24/2022 5:36:36 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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additional info about BlueLancer’s post #31:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%B8benhavn_(ship)#Search_and_legacy


53 posted on 01/24/2022 5:54:01 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: colorado tanker
Roaring 40s keyword, sorted:

54 posted on 01/24/2022 6:14:36 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: AFreeBird

My grandfather’s favorite story. I’ll stick by it!


55 posted on 01/24/2022 6:19:27 PM PST by nicollo
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To: SunkenCiv

The gloBULL warming crowd would love for these types of ships to be built again.


56 posted on 01/24/2022 6:34:05 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: Army Air Corps

Environmentally friendly ship.


57 posted on 01/24/2022 6:34:59 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: GOYAKLA

regarding the John Voss / pumice field info, his book’s on Gutenberg:

https://gutenberg.ca/ebooks/voss-venturesomevoyages/voss-venturesomevoyages-00-h-dir/voss-venturesomevoyages-00-h.html


58 posted on 01/24/2022 6:42:51 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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Voss’ pumice field was first encountered west of Midway.


59 posted on 01/24/2022 6:47:00 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

I read about mono, bi, and triremes, but the others are nuts.


60 posted on 01/24/2022 6:49:44 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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