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On this Day – City of Sheboygan
Wisconsin Marine Historical Society Posted to Facebook September 27, 2023 · On this day September 26, 1915, the three masted schooner CITY OF SHEBOYGAN foundered on Lake Ontario a few miles off Amherst Island taking five with her – Captain MacDonald and his wife, W. Joyner, J. Lavis and Robert Milne. She was loaded with feldspar, sailing from…
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3DShipwrecks Model Release – Leviathan
Latest Model – The 125 ft wooden twin screw tug Leviathan was built in 1857. There is a discrepancy in the historical records as to whether it was 125 ft or 175 ft long but 175 ft seems large for a tug. It went through several rebuilds and reconfigurations which were photographed and are in…
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3D Model Release – Olive Branch
We are thrilled to announce that modernization is in full swing at Shotline Diving! We have been hard at work expanding and enhancing our platform to provide you with the best wreck and/or diving possible. We are proud to share that we have added an impressive 50 new wreck sites to our database, offering you…
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Corey’s Olive Branch Model
June 26, 2023 – First 3D Model of the Olive Branch Wreck (Lake Ontario) Contributor: Corey Location: Lake Ontario – Olive Branch Shipwreck In an exciting milestone for our ongoing digital documentation efforts, Corey has successfully published his first-ever 3D photogrammetry model — based on dive footage captured at the wreck of the Olive Branch,…
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Model – Clifton
Great Lakes Shipwreck Preservation Society – GLSPS Posted to Facebook on April 13, 2023 · We just received this amazing 3D print of our photogrammetry model of the whaleback shipwreck Clifton. It was printed by the 3D printer manufacturer Stratasys Ltd. in full color for a display we are creating for the SS Meteor Museum Ship. When completed…
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Model Progression – Kinghorn
The wreck of the KINGHORN Located in 90ffw off the village dock of Rockport ON. Model created from video shot in 2001 & 2003 by Spike Cameras used but not limited to Sony VX2000 Nikon D100 Gopro Hero 5 Spike could be Dan Mackay, https://shotlinediving.comwp-content/uploads/2025/03/CITY-OF-SHEBOYGAN-1871-Schooner-2.jpg Rutledge, Kevin RIpley, James Pate, Adam Rushton or any combination and not…
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3DShipwrecks Model Release – Wetmore
The 215 ft wooden bulk freighter W. L. Wetmore was built in 1871. It sank in a storm in 1901 off Russel Island near Tobermory while towing two barges the J. C. King & Brunette. The King sank nearby but the Brunette wrecked and was later salvaged. Both the Wetmore and King are now popular…
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3D Model Print Job
Detroit Wooden Sidewheel Steamer ready for 3D Printing model. He created this reconstruction of the model to commemorate the 2018 dive. Thank you to all the members of the expedition. Special thanks to Anton Kozhevnikov and Becky Kagan Schott. This is one of the best known examples of an intact sidewheel steamship in the Great…
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Eureka is Moored! and SLD is Born
At approximately 1500 on September 18, 2018, an idea surfaced—one that needed no begging, no asking for permission, no risk of being discarded or silenced. It was time for something new, something built by divers, for divers. And so, Shotline Diving was born. Co-founded by https://shotlinediving.comwebsite_875e3e96/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/CITY-OF-SHEBOYGAN-1871-Schooner-1.jpg Rutledge and Corey Phillips, this project set out to create an open…
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HMCS *Nipigon* and the Creation of Quebec’s First Artificial Reef
In the early 2000s, the Canadian Navy decommissioned HMCS *Nipigon*, an Annapolis-class destroyer escort. Competing proposals emerged to repurpose the vessel as an artificial reef. While Kingston, Ontario submitted an unsuccessful bid, Rimouski, Quebec ultimately secured the ship and deliberately sank it in the St. Lawrence River, creating Quebec’s first purpose-sunk artificial reef and a…
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