Sad, but some good photography. I had never heard of Mauritania's Nouadhibou Bay...

I don't know that these are really abandoned, although they are obviously not getting quite the maintenance I'm sure they used to. Some massive subs. And to think that these pictures are on the Internet now... imagine the security that used to surround these craft.

Many more pictures (interior and exterior) at the link. read more »

We've had a few articles on abandoned ships and the like before... this was a bit different in that its shoreside and in Russia.

Lighthouses that Russia had set up in far remote areas and powered by small nuclear powerplants. Great for limited maintenance, but now they have been raided and the radioactive materials gone. Great...

Divers discover amazingly preserved shipwreck of HMS London on bottom of Thames

The largest-ever post-war salvage operation on the Thames has discovered seven shipwrecks up to 350 years old.

They include a warship that was blown up in 1665, a yacht converted to a Second World War gunboat, and a mystery wreck in which divers found a personalised gin bottle.

Pretty neat... history and boats and England all in one article!

Make sure and follow the link for some slick pictures.

Another interesting Navagear post recently included some pictures of the now defunct and abandoned Kalakala (scroll down part way). From there I found the web site of the ship itself, with lots of pictures of her from her heyday. read more »

For a little of the opposite extreme of our usual build type articles, here's another in our series of abandoned and derelict craft. Somehow these can often be hauntingly beautiful.

Check out this Shipwrecks & Sea Disasters collection.

The urban exploration stuff has always fascinated me... I covered some ships/boats previously. This is another set of pictures from Russia. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, there are all kinds of things that seem to have been abandoned.



Ships in the snow is something I hadn't seen before.