Archive Record

Metadata

Item ID#

A2021.024.009

Title

Port Dover, 'Mystery Wreck', Dive 1033

Object Name

Recording, Video

Description

A video recording taken from an underwater rover during Dive 1033 of the Port Dover "Mystery Wreck."

Note on tape: "Good shots of capstan, gaff, winch."

Select time stamps are listed as the following:

[00:00 - 16:54] : Examining the bow and the hull of the mystery wreck that is above the mud-line. Multiple voices can be heard commenting on the dive and the vessel. There is also a side conversation about fish in the Great Lakes.

[16:56 - 33:59] : Sonar footage of the Mystery Wreck's location via the camera of the camera on the top the rover. Voices in the background.

[34:00 - 44:07] : Examining various steering apparatus on the wreck. Voices continue in the background.

[44.08 - 53:58] : The rover approaches the anchor, the camera of the rover is angled up briefly to show that the mast is still standing. The rover continues its path along the hull. Voices continue.

[54:59 - 59:35] : Footage of the bow in greater detail. Voices continue in background.

[1:00:00 - 1:09:37] : Footage of an apparatus on the port bow. Voices continue.

[1:10:00 - 1:17:20] : Footage of the deck from the angle of the starboard and port bow. The capstan is seen. Voices continue.

[1:19:00 - 1:33:44] : Capstan in full view. Second mast identified. Winch can be seen (rover facing East). Voices continue.

[1:34:00 - 2:03:05] : Examining the debris field around the wreckage. The rudder can be seen. Footage of the steering wheel is also seen. Voices continue. Video cuts.

Collection

Arthur Amos shipwreck research collection

Marine Heritage Centre

Ontario Marine History and Underwater Archaeology Research Centre

Parent Object

AASRC S10

Level of Description

Item

Physical Description

1 videocassette (2 hr. 03 min., 05 sec.) : sound, colour ; 13 mm (VHS)
[Videocassette was digitized in December 2021:
1 video recording ; mov (10.1 GB)
1 video recording ; mp4 (9.27 GB)]

Restrictions on Use

Responsibility for determining the copyright status and permissible use rests with the user.

Places

Lake Erie

Search Terms & Subjects

Marine
Ships
Shipwrecks