SS.ROCK ISLAND BRIDGE
THE SS.ROCK ISLAND BRIDGE WAS AN AMERICAN SHIP OF 3500tons WHICH COLIDED IN THICK FOG WITH THE SS .KENOSHA ON THE 22nd MARCH 1920. THE CREW RETURNED TO HER AFTER TWO HOURS AFTER SHE FAILD TO SINK. TWO TUGS TOWED THE VESSEL TO THE MOUTH OF THE HELFORD RIVER WHERE SHE FELL ONTO HER SIDE AND BECAME A TOTAL LOSS. FINNALY BEING REDUCED BY EXPLOSIVES, SHE IS AN EASY DIVE OF NO MORE THAN 12m WITH LITTLE CURRENT THOUGH GREAT CARE SHOULD BE TAKEN OF BOAT TRAFFIC AS SHE IS IN THE ENTRANCE TO A BUISY ESTURY. SHE IS 5.3 MILES FROM FALMOUTH SLIPWAY WHICH IS NEXT TO THE MARITIME MUSIUM (£10 LUANCH FEE)
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SS.ROCK ISLAND BRIDGE 1 starbord side of the bow |
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SS.ROCK ISLAND BRIDGE 2 amidships |
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SS.ROCK ISLAND BRIDGE 3 bulkhead amidships |
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SS.ROCK ISLAND BRIDGE 4
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SS.ROCK ISLAND BRIDGE 5
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SS.ROCK ISLAND BRIDGE 6 beneath the deck |
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SS.ROCK ISLAND BRIDGE 7 the sturn is broken and very scatterd |
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SS.ROCK ISLAND BRIDGE 8 diver approching a deck winch on the stern |