The Ithaca Shipwreck
October 7th 2009 The Ithaca...
Official Number 150820
Launched - 21st October 1922
It is about a 800m hike at low tide to get out there.The 260 ft MV Ithaca has been sitting on a bed of gravel on a shallow tidal flat off the Manitoba coast about 15 km east of Churchill since September 14th 1960.
During the last few years Theresa and I have made several visits to the ship and we've even s
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Steve Brandy
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She has looked better....
She had all her paint and an upright funnel when I was taken by my parents to visit her at ....age 4 in 1962. The hole in the hull is doubtless caused by ice floes pressuring the plates and eventually pushing them inward and tearing her apart. They say she was one of Aristotle Onassis' vessels... He might have been a little miffed if the insurance was denied by Lloyds. Many thanks to Theresa and Dave for these excellent pictures!