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Remotely Operated Vehicle

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us2 years ago

"Lost Ship Resurfaces: Lake Huron's Mysterious Vanishing Crew Found"

Documentary filmmakers using a remotely operated vehicle discovered the wreck of the Africa, a ship that vanished in Lake Huron in 1895 with its entire crew. The ship was found nearly 280 feet underwater and was encrusted in invasive quagga mussels. The filmmakers specialize in underwater videography and were investigating the lakebed when they noticed an anomaly on their sonar readout. The discovery will be featured in their documentary, which focuses on the ecological impacts of quagga mussels in the Great Lakes.

maritime2 years ago

"Debris Field" Discovered in Search for Missing Titanic Submersible

A "debris field" has been discovered by a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) while searching for a sub that went missing while carrying five people to the wreckage of the Titanic. The US Coast Guard is evaluating the discovery, and search planes and ships have been deployed to the northern Atlantic Ocean in the hopes of finding the lost 21-foot sub Titan. The sub launched into the Atlantic from a Canadian research vessel on Sunday morning, and the vessel lost contact with the Titan an hour and 45 minutes into the dive.