Stranded Gallery

The sunken shipwreck on the reef, Homebush Bay, Sydney, Australia

There is a floating forest growing out of a shipwreck in Homebush Bay. That was what the internet told me the other day. I was perusing pictures of the most amazing shipwrecks in the world, looking at the rust heaps in the rest of the world's backyards, when it turned out wrecks can be found in our very own. Or at least in a heavy metal tainted bend of the Parramatta River

© Brook Photographer

Suez at low tide, Egypt

A group of people sitting on the seabed of the Gulf of Suez at low tide with Suez and boats being aground in the background in north-eastern Egypt. Date: circa 1900

© Mary Evans / Pharcide

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Ships trapped in Suez Canal, Six-Day War

Fifteen ships trapped in the Suez Canal as a result of the Six-Day War (5-10 June 1967) between Israel and Egypt. Although the war was short, the Canal was blocked at both ends and the ships were trapped in the Great Bitter Lake section between 1967 and 1975. The ships were nicknamed the Yellow Fleet because of the desert sand which covered them as time went on. Crew members of different nationalities got together to provide mutual support, organising social events, sporting competitions, film screenings, church services, etc. Seen here are crew members playing a game the deck of a ship, with other ships visible in the distance. . Date: 1970s

© Mary Evans Picture Library/DAVID LEWIS HODGSON