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Multibeam sonar image of Saganaga shipwreck

multicoloured sonar image of cargo shipwreck with torpedo damage

Image:

© Ken Keeping, Maritime Survey Services Ltd., 2019; used with permission.

High-resolution multibeam sonar image of the Saganaga shipwreck. Shallower features shown in red and orange, deeper objects in blue and purple. The bow of the ship is on the right, the stern on the left. Extensive torpedo damage is obvious amidships, with iron ore spilling onto the seafloor. The five squares are the cargo holds loaded with iron ore. The stern gun is just visible in red overhanging the stern of the ship. This shipwreck is 124 metres long.