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| Orient Pacific Steam Navigation Co. |
Despite many dives, the identity of the wreck remains a mystery. Jamie discovered pottery bearing a shipping company's logo, yet extensive research involving a researcher in Australia and an expert at Greenwich yielded no results. It appears to have been a misleading clue.
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| Plane Engine |
The discovery of the plane engine led us on a wild goose chase, fueled by speculation that it could have belonged to Glenn Miller's aircraft. It was good fun, but ultimately, the engine, whether it had two or three propellers—I can't quite recall—was not the correct one. It had clearly been trawled up and discarded atop the wreck from an unknown location. The bow of the wreck is smashed beyond recognition, save for an anchor still secured in its hawser, which is likely the only identifiable part. The wreck lies completely inverted, except for the bow. There's a space where you can swim beneath and another where passage from one side to the other is possible. Looking up, one can spot the top of what we assume to be a two-cylinder engine—a daunting sight for anyone swimming under the massive, precarious metal. Not for the faint hearted!
At the location of the bridge, a porthole remains, and a fracture in the hull reveals a solitary boiler and some brass gauges. Moving towards the stern, the structure ascends, leading to a large four-bladed propeller. To date, nothing has been recovered from this wreck that could hint at its identity that we are aware of. We've measured its length to over 100 meters. It's most likely a casualty of WW1, lost after 1916 and unreported at the time due to wartime censorship.
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| Porthole |
