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She sailed on her maiden voyage on 6 September 1899 and was the largest ship in the world until 1901. “It is very different way of exploring a wreck because you’re not physically or emotionally involved in the same way but you do cut out the dangerous aspects. On 3rd June 1907, while in New York, Oceanic suffered approximately $5,000 to $10,000 worth of damage after a fire broke out in No. Su construcción constituyó un importante punto de inflexión en el diseño de los buques de transporte de pasajeros de la época. Crew Members Last Ship: Oceanic Full list of biographies on Encyclopedia Titanica [2], The ship ran aground on the Shaalds on the morning of 8 September, approximately 2.5 nautical miles (5 km) east of Foula's southern tip. This includes a record-breaking £1 million copper haul 1,250m underwater from a French cargo ship lost off the coast of Spain. Pictures - Oceanic RMS [+1914], wreck, wreck database. When word spread of the valuable haul coming from the Oceanic, Shetland-based Hay & Co came forward to contest ownership of the wreck in court. She was the first Allied passenger ship to be lost in the war.[2]. “I was drawn to salvage diving by the challenge, the commercial opportunity but also the idea you could be the first to discover a legendary wreck that nobody else could find. She was wrecked in a flat calm and clear weather. In effect therefore Oceanic had two captains, and this would lead to confusion about the chain of command. The disaster was hushed up at the time, since it was felt that it would have been embarrassing to make public how a world-famous liner had run aground in friendly waters in good weather within a fortnight of beginning its service as a naval vessel. Not all of Alec’s salvage missions have been for business and one memorable early dive, he recalls in his book, Treasure Islands, was in the Western Isles exploring the SS Politician, the famous shipwreck that inspired Whisky Galore. The first book only goes up to 1977, so I don’t intend to stop any time soon.”, Treasure Islands: True Tales of a Shipwreck Hunter by Alec Crawford is published by Birlinn. The money they made from their salvage set them up for life. The general depth is 10-12 metres. A local from Shetland, John-Andrew Ratter, worked on the Oceanic with us and we are in touch to this day.”. It is lying orientated 045/225 degrees, with the bows to the NE. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ... or other activity that would physically alter or disturb the wreck or wreck site of the RMS Titanic unless authorized by the Secretary of Commerce per the provisions of the Agreement Concerning the Shipwrecked Vessel RMS Titanic. “The Oceanic was thought to have slipped off the reef into deep water but the heavy tide had broken it up. [12], In 1900 she was struck by lightning while at dock at Liverpool and lost the top of her mainmast. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration U.S. Department of Commerce. 650 yards) separated. El RMS Oceanic fue un transatlántico de la White Star Line, construido por los astilleros Harland and Wolff en Belfast. Funnily enough, he said the bottles were not worth the paperwork and gave us verbal permission for the dive. We found some intact bottles in the corners of the hold and brought back about five each. [5][2], Oceanic was launched on 14 January 1899; an event which was watched by over 50,000 people. RMS Oceanic was a transatlantic ocean liner, built for the White Star Line. The real treasure, though, lay in the ship’s engine-room components, miles of metal pipes, anchor and huge propellers. On 25 August 1914, the newly designated HMS Oceanic departed Southampton to patrol the waters from the North Scottish mainland to Faroe. “Simon bought a nice flat in St Andrews at the time and one propeller would’ve bought him about three of those. Triple expansion reciprocating engines; 28,000 horsepower. On 8 September she ran aground and was wrecked off the island of Foula, in the Shetland Islands. Taking up writing has allowed him to delve deeper into how it all began with a few fateful dives off remote Scottish islands. Fue el transatlántico más grande del mundo hasta 1901. The ship was named after the company's first successful liner RMS Oceanic(from 1870) which itself was named after the company, and was intended to be its flagship. 'Oceanic: White Star's Ship of the Century', p. 38-45. A separate deckhouse at the aft end of the superstructure provided both open and closed promenade decks and housed a library and smoke room which were scaled-down versions of their First Class counterparts. RMS Oceanic was a transatlantic ocean liner built for the White Star Line. Her passenger accommodations were laid out in a manner similar to that of Teutonic and Majestic, with First Class amidships, Second Class situated at the aft end of the superstructure and Third Class divided at the forward and aft ends of the vessel on four decks; Promenade, Upper, Saloon and Main. Thomas Beattie, a first class passenger, and two crew members, a fireman and a seaman. [6][2], On 18 November 1904, four days out from New York, Oceanic encountered strong gales, stormy seas and snow, the battering the ship took from the sea stove in two portholes, which allowed a considerable amount of water to enter the ship. A month later, in mid-May 1912, Oceanic picked up three bodies in one of the lifeboats left floating in the North Atlantic after Titanic sank. Fortunately the fire was brought under control before it could spread to Oceanic. Coordinates: .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}60°07′N 1°58′W / 60.117°N 1.967°W / 60.117; -1.967. “It was worth a lot of money,” recalls Alec. Another IMM subsidiary, the American Line, had experienced great success out of this port due to its proximity to London, and it was ultimately decided Oceanic, along with Teutonic, Majestic and the newly completed Adriatic would terminate from this port, making double calls at the French port of Cherbourg and the line's traditional terminal at Queenstown before setting for New York. "The greatest liner of her day" was commissioned into Naval service on 8 August 1914 as an armed merchant cruiser. Whether diving among shallow wartime wrecks submerged off the Western Isles or remotely exploring a lost luxury liner 3,000 metres deep in the Mediterranean, Alec’s profitable hauls include precious gems, personal artefacts, gigantic brass propellers and even a few famous whisky bottles. He started fishing before learning to dive and jumped straight into his first salvage mission on the SS Salvestria deep in the Firth of Forth. Design and construction Edit Oceanic was built by Harland and Wolff in Belfast, and was launched on 27 August 1870, arriving in Liverpool for her maiden voyage on 26 February 1871. [2], Oceanic headed for Scapa Flow in Orkney, Britain’s main naval anchorage, with easy access to the North Sea and the Atlantic. Hey guys, I was just on Ebay and came across a china sugar bowl from the wreck of the RMS Arabic recovered during diving operations to the wreck in June 1996. [2], The early years of Oceanic's career were fairly eventful, as she was well received by the public on both sides of the Atlantic. Thomas Ismay had planned to be on board but was by this stage too unwell. One disappointing feature which soon became apparent in service, was the tendency for the ship to experience excessive vibration at full speed, this was due in part to her long and narrow design. She was powered by two four-cylinder triple expansion engines, which were when constructed the largest of their type in the world, and could produce 28,000 ihp[4][5][2], In order to build the ship a new 500 ton overhead gantry crane had to be constructed at the yard in order to lift the material necessary for the ship's construction. Unbeknown to Smith, this put the ship onto a course between the island and the reef just south of it. El 6 de septiembre de 1899 inició su viaje inaugural. There was a Library on the Promenade Deck and a Smoke Room at the aft end of the Upper Deck, with the most impressive feature being the elegant dome which capped the First Class dining room on the Saloon Deck.[8]. Get a round-up of stories from The Sunday Post every week. [1] At the outbreak of World War I she was converted to an armed merchant cruiser. In 1912, after the departure of RMS Titanic, Oceanic became involved in the near collision of Titanic with SS New York. They invented and developed pioneering technology and equipment to remotely locate and salvage wrecks at unprecedented depths. Twelve pages, a bit irregular at the spine, good condition. Originally from Lewis, she joined Alec, Simon and John-Andrew, as they continued to sweep the Oceanic debris. Oceanic while entering the harbor of San Francisco collided with the steamship SS City of Chester that was en-route to Eureka, California. On the main deck, a section of another compartment was designated for families with children. Alec and Simon recovered 250 tonnes of valuable metal from the wreck over five years and hundreds of dives. 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The marine salvage expert has spent more than 50 years on and under the water as he plundered 74 of an estimated three million shipwrecks around the world for valuable scrap metal and missing cargo. “In the 1970s, risks weren’t assessed in the same way as today,” he recalled. In 1905, Oceanic was the first White Star Line ship to suffer a mutiny, which resulted in the conviction and imprisonment of 35 stokers upset with the officers over working conditions. Aided by local fisherman, they found the wreck within days and began their remarkable salvage mission. [2], Their new flagship Oceanic was built at Harland and Wolff’s Queen's Island yard at Belfast, as was the tradition with White Star Line ships, and her keel was laid down in 1897. [15] Other ships in the area were called in to assist in the rescue operation that was to follow. 200,000 shp (275,000 ihp) on … [10][11], As White Star typically ordered ships in pairs, a sister ship for Oceanic to be named Olympic was proposed. In April 1912, during the departure of RMS Titanic from Southampton, Oceanic became involved in the near collision of Titanic with SS New York, when Oceanic was nearby as New York broke from her mooring and nearly collided with Titanic, due to the large wake caused by Titanic′s size and speed. The only White Star Line ship built exclusively for speed. If an owner is found, the salvager receives a “salvage award” according to the value of the goods. On 8 August 1914 she was commissioned into Royal Navy service. Even then it was not the top of the tide, and the officer in charge reckoned the full tide would be 12 knots, he confessed he would not have believed it had he been told. Oceanic - 126 ft* Normandie - 117.9 ft Queen Mary - 118 ft Draught: Oceanic - 38 ft Normandie - 37 ft Queen Mary - 39 ft Installed power: Oceanic - Diesel-electric drive; 47 six-cylinder, exhaust turbo-charged, four-stroke, single-acting diesel generators. First Class occupied spaces on all four decks, most of which was dedicated to an array of spacious and comfortable single, two-berth and three-berth cabins. Armed with underwater explosives and a bigger vessel with a mechanised winch, they dislodged the propellers shafts, hubs and two brass propellers, which weighed 29 tonnes each. Under British law, items found on shipwrecks are declared to the salvager of wreck, who must try to find its owner. In 1924, a salvage company which had been engaged on the scuttled German warships at Scapa Flow attempted to salvage what remained of the wreck; however they were unsuccessful. Additional resources: At the time, they were valueless, so I kept one and gave the rest to family as mementoes. “I’d never sell the bottles I’ve kept. RMS Oceanic.jpg 652 × 539; 85 KB Souvenir from the Titanic's sister ship - geograph.org.uk - 566202.jpg 480 × 640; 126 KB Steam boat model at Science Museum.jpg 2,048 × … Alec and Moya bought a farm in Fife and started a world-leading deep-sea salvage company, Deep Water Recovery and Exploration. In 1924, a salvage company which had been engaged on the scuttled German warships at Scapa Flow attempted to salvage what remained of the wreck; however they were unsuccessful. The wreck is lying at right angles to the sandstone rock on which wreck is embedded. 1 They are almost ruined by being valuable.”. “At the time, that dive was just a fun day out for us. A similar charge was made against Commander Smith at a second court-martial; the evidence for the prosecution was the same as in the previous case, but witnesses were cross-examined with a view to showing that the position of the accused on Oceanic was not clearly defined by the naval authorities, and that he was understood to be acting solely in an advisory capacity. She was empowered to stop shipping at her Captain’s discretion, and to check cargoes and personnel for any potential German connections. Between 1900 and 1906, she bested her main rivals, Cunard's speed queens Campania and Lucania, as well as her own running mates for westbound crossings. U-1206 (wreck) 310 km; HMS Audacious (Wreck) 599 km; U-883 (wreck) 624 km; SS Beatus 708 km; RMS Lusitania (WWI Ocean Liner Wreck) 1049 km; 17th century shipwreck 1217 km; Wreck of ORP ORKAN - destroyer of the Polish Navy. Many of the original crew also continued to serve on Oceanic. The White Star Line’s Oceanic was the largest ship in the world in 1899 when she was launched as the company’s "Ship of the Century." “There was perfect visibility down there. Such ships were built to particular naval specifications, in the case of Oceanic so that the 4.7 inch guns she was to be given could be quickly mounted. “For two young lads, it was a very lucrative haul and set us both up for life,” said Alec, who, now 72, can no longer take part in salvage missions at sea but has written about the shipwrecks that defined his early diving career in his first book, Treasure Island: True Tales Of A Shipwreck Hunter. This put them directly on course for a reef, the notorious Shaalds of Foula, which poses a major threat to shipping, coming within a few feet of the surface, and in calm weather giving no warning sign whatsoever. This allowed for a more open layout which was far less crowded, complete with long tables and wooden benches where male passengers were served their meals. El RMS Oceanic fue un transatlántico británico de la naviera White Star Line, construido por los astilleros Harland & Wolff en Belfast. One of the Foula men, wise to the full power and fury of a Shetland storm, is said to have muttered with a cynicism not unknown in those parts "I‘ll give her two weeks".[16]. However it was cancelled after the deat… I became more interested in the engineering side as we moved from physical risk to financial risk. It was while working wrecks off the Fair Isle in 1973 that Alec and Simon learned of the White Star liner Oceanic that had sunk in 1914 after striking a reef called the Shaalds of Foula. Remarkably, following a heavy gale that had persisted throughout the night of 29 September, just two weeks after the incident the islanders discovered the following day that the ship had been entirely swallowed up by the sea, where she remains to this day scattered as she fell apart under the pressure of the seas on the Shaalds. Also a map headed: "Scene Of The Disaster". Chirnside, Mark. SS Atlantic was a transatlantic ocean liner of the White Star Line that operated between Liverpool, United Kingdom, and New York City, United States.During the ship's 19th voyage, on 1 April 1873, she struck rocks and sank off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada, killing at least 535 people.It remained the deadliest civilian maritime disaster in the North Atlantic Ocean until the sinking of … At 17,272 gross tons, the future "Queen of the Ocean" cost one million pounds sterling (equivalent to £113,400,000 in 2019),[3] and required 1,500 shipwrights to complete. The 573-ton Admiralty salvage vessel Lyons was dispatched to the scene hurriedly, and in the words of the Laird of Foula, Professor Ian S. Holbourn, writing about the disaster in his book The Isle of Foula: The launch of the Lyons, a salvage boat which hurried to the scene, was capable of a speed of ten knots, yet was unable to make any headway against the tide although she tried for fifteen minutes. Atlantic is a popular scuba diving site. 6 hold – which was occupied as a steerage compartment. Dismantling these wrecks means inherent risks but there’s also a lot of pleasure and sense of achievement that outweighs it.”. At the center of each compartment, a widened corridor was fashioned as a dining room with long fitted tables and swivel chairs running lengthwise through each compartment. [16], Commander Smith is said to have come ashore at the remote island’s tiny pier, and on looking back out to sea toward his stranded ship two miles away, commented that the ship would stay on the reef as a monument and nothing would move it. Slayter must have felt the course change, as he reappeared on the bridge to countermand Smith's order and made what turned out to be a hasty and ill-informed judgement, as the ship again changed course directly towards the reef. In order to compete with these ships the White Star Line needed to produce a new flagship which could rival them. They were the first to reach and recover precious gems and artefacts from the SS Persia, 3,000m down in the Mediterranean Sea. Arriving from Asia, the RMS. RMS Oceanic was the White Star Line's first liner and an important turning point in passenger liner design. The RMS Black Titan, Was a Ocean Liner Finished in 1910 and Sank in 1918 She was the Largest Ship of her time but she's ]real She was build along side her sisters White Titan and Grey Titan, all Titan-Class Ships they are all fictional also The Ship is Originally Created by Adambaroudi12345 Elite Created a Version for Tiny Sailors, and Added her as a buyable ship for 11,000,000R$ it … In 1905, Oceanic … Built in 1899, the Oceanic was once the largest ship in the world, rivalling the Titanic in terms of luxury until it was converted into an armed merchant carrier during the First World War. “After Moya and I married we had this ambition to do deep-water salvage. As attempts to dispose of the White Star Line ship at that time, only succeeded in dismantling her to the waterline, another salvage operation had to be carried out in 1979 to clear the remaining wreckage from the site. Alec grew up by the River Tay, a few miles from Balmerino, in Fife. The wreck lies approximately 2 mile east of Foula Island, on the north of Hoevdi Ground. Filled with youthful bravado and the prospect of a salvage haul of a lifetime, the two rookie divers set off for the tiny island with a makeshift salvage boat, minimal heavy lifting gear and modest funds. Writing has allowed me to look back on everything we’ve achieved and describe it with a fresh perspective. The collision took place on the foggy morning of August 22, 1888, at the inner entrance to San Francisco between Fort Point and the land opposite Lime Point. Commander Smith took over the morning watch. The wreck of the RMS Titanic is lying approximately 3,800 metres (2.4 mi) at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, almost precisely under the location where she sank on April 15 th, 1912.. Someone attempted to dive for the wreck in the 1930s but failed because the tides were too strong. Because the berthing of Third Class was distributed at either end of the vessel, the forward compartments each had berths for roughly 100 men, whereas conventional open berth dormitories often berthed up to 300 passengers on other ships. She was said to have exceeded 30 knots and was fitted with electric lights and refrigeration capabilities. Alec said: “We ended up paying them a very small percentage for everything we recovered, which was good because it wasn’t a lot of money from our point of view!”. From here she proceeded north to Shetland travelling continuously on a standard zigzag course as a precaution against being targeted by U-boats. She sailed on her maiden voyage on 6 September 1899 and, until 1901, was the largest ship in the world. Instead the company decided to deploy the resources to produce a set of larger liners which would become the "Big Four" class. There’s a tremendous thrill of exploring these wrecks and not knowing what you are going to find.”. “We had a lot more freedom. Yet Alec undertook his most memorable salvage mission in the formative years of his career off the uninhabited island of Foula, near Shetland. Alec has two at home, sitting untouched on his mantelpiece, taken during his dive in the early 1970s. The Atlantic lies southwest of Halifax, Nova Scotia and east of Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia at the south end of Marrs Island. Last week, we told how a bottle from the famous wreck was going up for sale at auction but the highest bid, £6,000, did not meet the reserve price and the bottle is still on sale. In the event it appears to have been poor navigation, rather than enemy action that was to doom Oceanic. In 1973 another attempt was made to salvage parts of the wreck and the propellers for scrap. In 1901 in a heavy fog, she was involved in a collision where she rammed and sank the small Waterford S.S. Co's. The same scaling-down was seen with the Second Class dining room, which could seat 148, and the array of comfortable two-berth and four-berth cabins. “When most people think of shipwrecks, they think of whole vessels but often these damaged ships lie in pieces on the ocean floor,” said Alec. To avoid this problem it was soon found necessary to operate her at a service speed of 19.5 knots (36.1 km/h; 22.4 mph), lower than her planned service speed of 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph). "Nothing but the very finest", was Ismay’s policy toward this new venture. From there he worked on previously explored sunken wartime vessels in the waters off Barra. The bow section, which had already flooded when it started to descend, … [2], Oceanic's bridge was integrated with her superstructure giving her a clean fluid look, this design feature would later be omitted from the next big four White Star ships, Cedric, Celtic, Baltic and Adriatic with their odd but distinguishable 'island' bridges. She was the company’s last express liner prior to Olympic and Titanic, and her lavish first class accommodation became … All Rights Reserved. Oceanic was built to accommodate 1,710 Passengers; 410 First Class, 300 Second Class and 1,000 Third Class, plus 349 crew. Kincora killing 7. Wreck of the Titanic found Seventy-three years after it sank to the North Atlantic ocean floor, a joint U.S.-French expedition locates the wreck of the RMS Titanic . The three male corpses were discovered in the collapsible boat 200 miles from the wreck site by the passing British liner RMS Oceanic ... arms came off when lifted by crew members of the Oceanic. ! [9], In the aft quarters of the ship for Third Class were accommodations for single women, married couples and families located in five compartments (parallel to the forward layout, with two on the Saloon deck and three on the Main deck). After 50 years, Alec remains fascinated by the underwater world of marine salvage. We collected some loose scrap but just enough to pay for the fuel we used on the boat to get there,” he recalled. [1] At the outbreak of World War I in 1914, she was commissioned into Royal Navy service on 8 August 1914 as an armed merchant cruiser.. On 25 August 1914, the newly-designated HMS Oceanic … Luckily, neither cut short his diving career. [2], On 7 August 1901 in a heavy fog, near Tuskar Rock, Ireland, Oceanic was involved in a collision with the small Waterford Steamship Company SS Kincora, sinking the smaller vessel and killing seven. She would be the largest and last British liner to be launched in the 19th Century. [14], Oceanic had been built under a deal with the Admiralty, which made an annual grant toward the maintenance of any ship on the condition that it could be called upon for naval work, during times of war. A sister ship for the Oceanic to be named Olympic was planned. ... the wreck’s precise location was unknown until it was discovered in 1985, ... a framework is now in place to ensure that the final resting place of the RMS Titanic will remain undisturbed. [2], In 1905, 45 of the ship's firemen mutinied in protest at the unpleasant working conditions in the ship's boiler rooms, which resulted in the conviction and imprisonment of 33 stokers.[13][2]. Yet Alec undertook his most memorable salvage mission in the formative years of his career off the uninhabited island of Foula, near Shetland. In 1973 another attempt was made to salvage parts of the wreck and the propellers for scrap.[17]. [6] The architect Richard Norman Shaw was employed as the consultant for the design of much of the interiors of the ship, which were lavishly decorated in the first-class sections.[2]. 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