Dinosaurs in the deep !
In 1916, Charles H. Sternberg collected dinosaur fossils in the badlands of Alberta, Canada. At the end of the field season the specimens were shipped to the British Museum of Natural History in London, England. The Canadian Pacific Railway steamship Mount Temple, carrying the specimens sank on December 6, in the North Atlantic. This site is dedicated to research, exploration and possible recovery of the Dinosaurs in the Deep. Merchant ships in wartime are vulnerable targets. On December 6, 1916, Mount Temple was attacked by the German surface raider SMS Moewe. In the skirmish four men on the Canadian ship were killed and several others wounded. Scuttled by German demolition charges placed near the waterline, the holed Mount Temple sank in waters about 14,440 feet (4,375 meters) deep. This wartime sinking occurred 455 miles N.W. of the western Azores. The ship was to have stopped in Brest, France, then England where the fossils were to be off-loaded. |
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