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The Derelict

• ratsbane 12y ago
  damninteresting is down now... here's the Google cache: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:bawJ3BhdKqMJ:www.damninteresting.com/the-derelict/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:bawJ3Bh...
• kemayo 12y ago
  > One hundred pounds of gunpowder had detonated from inside its storage space above the writing room. As a non-nautical fellow, I have to ask: why did a cruise ship have a hundred pounds of gunpowder stored?
  • ratsbane 12y ago
    At least some of it was probably for the Lyle Gun (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyle_gun https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyle_gun) which was used to send a line (rope) from one ship to another to transfer people or cargo.