George L. Lorton
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I remember reading that. Pity the wreck was damaged. Wasn't there some bombing back in the 30's or general monkeying with the wreck of some sort?
LUSITANIA Archeology
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Michael Cundiff
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According to Dr. Ballard's LUSITANIA write-up in Nat. Geo. & subsequent book, after his exploration of the wreck, photos of the *hedgehog* were featured in both. And, as he had Ken Marschall & Eric Sauder as on-hand historians, I am certain they were correct in stating the bombs were *hedgehog*, therby dating them as a WWI weapon!
Michael Cundiff
NV, USA
Michael Cundiff
NV, USA
Michael Cundiff
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POSTSCRIPT: Then again, perhaps I don't recall...perhaps it was a *hideout* for WWII
U-Boats, thus deploying *hedgehog*.
In a future post, I may stand corrected.
Michael Cundiff
NV, USA
U-Boats, thus deploying *hedgehog*.
In a future post, I may stand corrected.
Michael Cundiff
NV, USA
Michael Cundiff
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CORRECTION: Before Marschall or E. Sauder step in, I will correct *myself*. I referred to the April 1994 Na't Geo. pg. 80, and yes the *hedgehog* mortar bombs were fired during WWII.
As I said..."I stand corrected".
Michael Cundiff
NV, USA
As I said..."I stand corrected".
Michael Cundiff
NV, USA
George L. Lorton
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Don't we all at some time or other.
I remember watching Ballard's Geographic Expedition in Last Voyage Of The Lusitania. Horrible morgue photo's were shown. But I think it brought home to folks the enormity of what a horrible thing happened that May day. Those that weren't sent into shock or a crying jag. I felt hollow inside and out of sorts after seeing it myself.
George L. Lorton
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I honestly don't remember anything else from the show. Darn, I even forgot the interviews.
Michael Cundiff
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George:
Before our friendship parted, I held private correspondence with Eric Sauder, perhaps, along with his brother Bill, the most knowledgeable LUSITANIA historians alive today. I recall Mr. Sauder sharing with me...the DELTA submersible was trapped on the wreck by a fishing net, the LUSITANIA is strewn with these, anyhow they had to eject the propellor cowling so as to regain ascent to the surface w/DELTA submarine. Subsequently, if I recall correctly, divers recovered the cowling. It resides as part of Mr. E. Sauder's LUSITANIA collection.
Michael Cundiff
NV, USA
Before our friendship parted, I held private correspondence with Eric Sauder, perhaps, along with his brother Bill, the most knowledgeable LUSITANIA historians alive today. I recall Mr. Sauder sharing with me...the DELTA submersible was trapped on the wreck by a fishing net, the LUSITANIA is strewn with these, anyhow they had to eject the propellor cowling so as to regain ascent to the surface w/DELTA submarine. Subsequently, if I recall correctly, divers recovered the cowling. It resides as part of Mr. E. Sauder's LUSITANIA collection.
Michael Cundiff
NV, USA
George L. Lorton
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Neat, I think I vaguely remember something getting stuck down there. I'm glad Eric Sauder got a memento of the dive. Thanks Michael.
Michael H. Standart
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>>Hedgehogs were WWII.<<
Yeah, but there wouldn't be anything especially unusual or even sinister about finding them around the wreck. It's been mentioned that the Royal Navy frequently used the wreck as a target during anti-submarine warfare exercises during the Second World War. I wouldn't be surprised if they did the same with a few other wrecks as well.
Yeah, but there wouldn't be anything especially unusual or even sinister about finding them around the wreck. It's been mentioned that the Royal Navy frequently used the wreck as a target during anti-submarine warfare exercises during the Second World War. I wouldn't be surprised if they did the same with a few other wrecks as well.
PRR5406
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Since the ship is a notible historic wreck and since much of it has been bombed and collapsed by the natural force of the ocean, I would suggest a sane, efficient peeling away of the hul and recovery of anything recognizable for a traveling exhibit, such as "Titanic's". Cargo, furnishings, ship fittings, are all of key interest to the general public. I see no historic value nor respect for the dead, by letting it settle into a mass of iron oxide on the seabed. If there were people inside her when she sank, I guarantee you, they are no longer sitting around having a mid-afternoon tea. Tell their story; it's their ship.
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