The earliest and largest shipwreck in China: Nanhai No.1 was an ancient wooden shipwreck in the Southern Song Dynasty. Discovered in Yangjiang, Guangdong Province on 1987. The whole merchant ship is about 30 meters long and 10 meters wide, and it is the largest Song Dynasty ship ever discovered. Surprisingly, the hull of this ancient ship, which has sunk to the bottom of the sea for nearly a thousand years, is quite well preserved, and the wood of the hull is still as hard as new, and the clang is endless. The appearance of this sunken ship provides the most typical specimen for studying the scientific law of ancient shipbuilding technology, navigation technology and long-term preservation of wooden cultural relics in China.
191April 15, the British luxury cruise ship Titanic with 13 16 passengers and 89 1 crew collided with an iceberg in the North Atlantic and sank. Only 705 people survived. This shipwreck is considered as one of the top ten disasters in the 20th century. 1948, a shipwreck occurred near Shanghai, China, which shocked China and foreign countries. The death toll far exceeds the sinking of the Titanic. But few people know. Although more than half a century has passed, the legendary story of this passenger ship has always touched the hearts of our channel to save people. Originally named "Xingya Maru", Jiangya Wheel is a passenger and cargo dual-purpose ship built by Japan East Asia Shipping Co., Ltd. in 1939. After Japan surrendered, it was taken over by the Navy General Command. At that time, the Kuomintang government handed over five ships, including its enemy ship Jiang Yalun, to the Ministry of Communications for operation, and renamed Xingya Maru Jiang Yalun. The ship set sail on the short-distance route from Shanghai to Ningbo 1946, and the voyage was only 12 hours. The ship is less than 10, with a gross tonnage of 3,365 tons, a horsepower of 2,500 and a speed of 12 nautical miles per hour. According to the rating of the Maritime Safety Administration of the Ministry of Communications of the Kuomintang, the maximum passenger capacity is 2,250, and there are new lounges and high-end restaurants on board.
Nanjing Maritime Safety Administration: The sinking of the Oriental Star is the biggest accident in the history of domestic shipping and the biggest shipwreck in the history of China shipping-the Titanic Jiangya sank in the East.
Ten shipwrecks in history
1, "Titanic" 2, an ancient Greek cargo ship loaded with olive oil 3, a diamond geologist accidentally discovered a treasure under the sea.
4./Kloc-The plundering ship "Santa Margarita" in the 0/7th century 5. Dominica discovered merchant ships abandoned by pirates in the17th century: 6. The flagship wreck of the pirate Blackbeard 7. Britain's victory carried 4 tons of gold coins! 8. Peru and Spain compete for 500 million dollars worth of undersea treasures. 9. The sinking of the American ore ship a hundred years ago is still an unsolved mystery. 10, mysterious German aircraft carrier-"Count Zeppelin"