Experts estimate that anywhere from 2,000 to 10,000 shipping containers fall off ships each year. The problem is that they do not all necessarily sink. Some remain afloat, just on the surface, almost invisible to an observer from a ship. Now a draft report of the official inquiry into the sinking of the sail training vessel Asgard II suggests that the a collision with a shipping container may account for the hull damage observed on the wreck.
Draft report shows ‘Asgard II’ may have collided with a container before sinking
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In 2001, divers located the wreck of a ship off the Florida Keys in 220 feet of water. She had the distinctive ram bow of an early 20th century war ship but lacked guns or other weaponry. She has been identified as the Queen of Nassau which was originally the HMCS Canada, the first vessel of the fledgling Canadian Navy. As Canada prepares to mark the 100th anniversary of the Canadian navy next month, marine archeologists at the US’s NOAA are working to designate the wreck as a historic site due of its significance in the evolution of Canada’s military.
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