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The water flowing around the ship's hull washes the sediment out from around the bottom of it, and the ship continues to sink down into the pit that creates. Ev
by qbrass 10y ago
The water flowing around the ship's hull washes the sediment out from around the bottom of it, and the ship continues to sink down into the pit that creates. Eventually the ship sinks far enough that it quits impeding the river, and the silt carried from upstream fills the hole back in.
- keithpeter 10y agoThanks - so the boat is actually buried before the change in river route, and it was the change in route that made the boat more accessible (and dry). I've got it now.