Wreckage of Andrea Gail

[Jerry]

I know this is primarily a group devoted to the Titanic and liners of her era, but having seen numerous other ships including the Andrea Gail mentioned here, this was the most appropriate spot to post this question.

Sometime this past fall or winter I can clearly recall watching a show on TLC or Discovery Channel about famous and not so famous sea disasters.

Among the wreckages mentioned was that of the Andrea Gail.  I quite vividly remember watching some ROV footage taken around the wreckage, and that it was discovered that the ship had suffered structural damage admidship (if I am using the correct term?) which some experts thought might have been the result of the ship having a rouge wave break on it.  I guess the analogy would be like stomping on a soda can as it lays on its side.

I can clearly remember the name Andrea Gail being mentioned, and I was fascinated that it was found.

While looking through various groups, and online, I keep finding other people who apparently watched the same show, but are being pooh-poohed and told they are mistaken.  I certainly would not have confused the Andrea Doria or the Edmund Fitzgerald.  Those are entirely different types of ships from one another and the Andrea Gail.

Does anyone remember the show I am referring to?

Warmest regards,
Jerry

[Tom Pappas]

A rouge wave? You mean like Red Tide?

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Jerry wrote in message <3968FB1E...@home.com>...

[Bearkmb]

>I can clearly remember the name Andrea Gail being mentioned, and I was
>fascinated that it was found.

I would be quite fascinated too, since I have heard nothing about the wreck
being found.

You're talking needle in a haystack here, and even Bob Ballard would have a
challenge finding a 70 ft boat whose last known position and the discovery of
her fuel barrels are a good 300 miles apart from east to west. Most likely it
went down in the Sable Island vicinity, but how close it was to the island
makes the difference between looking for it in 1200 or 12,000 ft of depth.