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The World Discoverer
The ship that got left behind
Category Architectural Oddities, Incredible Ruins
Both eerie and impressive to behold, this half-sunken sea-liner has been lying, tipped to one side, half-submerged for over nine years. Once a globetrotting cruise ship, it was able to easily navigate the 8000 miles of the Northwest Passage, but a fateful date with an uncharted reef ended its seafaring career for good.
While everyone aboard was safely evacuated, the ship began to list as it was brought into Roderick Bay, and the captain had no choice but to ground it, lest it sink entirely. The ship still rests there to this day and has become something of a tourist’s attraction.
Several salvage companies have made attempts to retrieve the ship, but all found that it had already been ransacked by locals during the civil war the Solomon Islands endured. In addition, tidal activity has caused further damage to the structure and surface rusting. It is likely that this ship will remain in its place for a long time to come, until it slowly crumbles into the ocean.
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The Sandfly Passage, Roderick Bay
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Anonymous
February 16, 2010
It's on the western part of Nggela Sule, in the Nggela islands, about 50km north of Honiara. Shows up nicely on Google Earth- look for Sandfly passage, or just lat=-9.02369221857, lon=160.122853117. Unfortunate that it didn't sink in slightly deeper water- It would make a great dive site, and a nice economic opportunity for the locals. -
Those are some great pictures! I love the color of that sea. The whole thing reminds me of "Lost". <a href="http://pollycoke.net" id="clean-url" class="install">casino online</a>
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Thank you for these great photos. I am sure it does garner a lot of tourists. I wonder how many of the passengers actually visit it from time to time. It will be a sad day when it finally erodes completely to the bottom of the ocean. <a href="http://www.google.com">.</a>
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Anonymous
January 3, 2010
Just a small comment. this ship was not the first ship to transit the NW passage. It may have been the first cruise ship tho.
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Anonymous
January 3, 2010
That was a BIG ship even on the sky veiw it looked massive!! Where did it sink tho??? s.kelly
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