Okay, while we’re at it, does anyone know anything about the provenance of this picture? Unfortunately, this is not a great reproduction, but it’s a striking shot. The lighting is remarkable, and the attitude of the ship suggests to me that it didn’t remain in that position very long.
I suppose there’s a chance that it’s a fake: a model or photoshopped or something. But I’d be surprised.
ETA: I know all about Despair.com’s products, but I’m assuming they didn’t have a large ship sunk just for this poster.
Nothing to go on, sorry. Distinguishing features? Well, it looks like a tanker to me. Ummm. That’s it.
There have been far too many such sinkings for me to be able to take a guess even. Often when air gets trapped in the forward tanks a vessel that is sinking by the stern can stay like the photo shows for days, so photos like this are not uncommon.
stern s/b stem
I think I’ve seen other photos of that ship, (and we may have discussed it, here), but I don’t recall its name at the moment. It was no longer actively sinking when the photo was taken.
I hope it’s safe to change the subject now, because I’m just dying to know—how do they get them upright again? The last sentence of text on the page linked to in post #3 indicates that they did just that, but how? Even today, is there any type of heavy equipment capable of moving a mass like that? It must involve some sort of block and lever technique, right?
