Wreck of the Encarnación

[Army]

Anyone familiar with this wreck?
https://news.nationalgeographic.com...-merchant-ship-encarnacion-ocean-archaeology/

 

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[Kantuckkeean]

I am now. Thanks!

Kindest regards,
Kantuck

 

[Army]

Thank you, I used to dive around that area and never knew about it.

 

[Simon1]

If I remember correctly, Expedition Unknown with Josh Gates did an episode down there. I remember he and another diver looking at a wreck much the same as this one. It had a bunch of chests on it and none where open so they were not aware of the contents. They had taken one to a hospital (?) to have it x-rayed but there was so much on the crate the x-ray could not penetrate. I don't believe they had an I.D. on the shipwreck at that time. They were looking for Morgan's ship.

 

[Army]

Simon1, thank you! Not chests but boxes, hospital X-ray machines do not have enough power to examine those boxes, too much radiation that could accidentally radiate a patient so they are set up so the power can not be increased to tackle concretions.