A previously unknown shipwreck has been discovered off the coast of Cape Breton in the deep blue waters of the Atlantic Ocean.
The sunken ship was found by the Canadian hydrographic service, a division of the fishing and ocean department that maps the oceans and river roads of Canada.
It is not known much about the ship, but it seems to be largely intact.
Shauna Neary, service division manager, said a surveillance team found the shipwreck in May while drawing waters in an area northeast of Cape Breton known as Sydney Bight, which has been seeing a growing volume of marine traffic, such as cruises.
The ship is one of the three remains that are found this year during the mapping of Canadian waters, he said.
“In this case, it was quite easy to collect,” Neary told Mainters Cape Breton. “You could see the structure of the helmet shape and an on -board superstructure. And then we can turn and see in 3D too. At that point verify, hey, we have something here.”
Neary said the sunken ship, sitting in about 60 meters of water, is approximately 46 meters long and eight meters wide.
More detecting is required to discover the origin of the container, which probably carried and why it sank.
“We present a navigation warning for fishermen, so they don’t get their hooked team,” said Neary. “But from this point we need, I suppose, throw cameras or [do some] Additional research “.
Roger Litwiller, an independent Canadian naval historian based in Trenton, Ontario, said that hundreds of ships have been destroyed in the waters of the maritime provinces in the last 80 years, some of which are well documented.
“Ultimately, some way to get to the wreck to look for some type of identifier is needed, whether the name in the helmet, the bell of the ship, everything enters part of that identification process.”
Neary said the container was found using sound technologies that help the hydrographic service to understand the depths of the water, while drawing what could be hidden in the seabed of an area.
“Our work is to examine the ocean, but much of the Canadian waters have not been surveyed to high resolution standards. So you know, sometimes we see [shipwrecks] Most of the time now. “
Litwiller agrees that the evolution of the sound mapping, including advanced Canadian technologies, probably means that more shipwrecks will be discovered in the coming years.
“To put things in perspective, we know more on the surface of the moon than on the floor of our own oceans,” he said.
“Therefore, this technology is extremely important to better understand the earth as a whole and our environment as a whole and, you know, what is really underwater.”
