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The Copenhagen Bow
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The Copenhagen Bow
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 The Copenhagen Bow Section at rest off Pompano Beach, Florida. |
On the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Copenhagen, MARC member Bruce White utilized data gathered by Della Scott of the Florida Department of Archaeological Research with the Marine Archaeological Council of Broward, as well as data gathered by Vo-Ne Research to compile a site plan and biological integration study of the Copenhagen Bow Section. Bruce completed several schematics and color diagrams to compile a detailed Level III site plan to be used to incorporate the bow section as an annex to the Copenhagen Underwater Archaeological Preserve and filmed and edited a finished video to promote public awareness of the site. The bow section is actually detached from the balance of the Copenhagen wreck and is located .37 nautical miles away on bearing 162 SSE at 26 11.988N 080 04.977W off Pompano Beach. Florida. |
 An excerpt from Bruce White's Copenhagen Bow Site Plan. © Copyright 2006 Marine Archaeological Research & Conservation Inc. |
An Unsolved Mystery... How the bow section became so far detached from the rest of the Copenhagen site is still a mystery. Some feel it was detached and brought to deeper water as it was either a hazard to navigation or perhaps an eye sore to beachfront land developers. Some maintain that it was being brought to Port Everglades for scrap during WWII and lost floatation. Some local speculators even suggest that the bow went adrift after being detached by live ammunition drills when the wreck was still being used as target practice by armed forces aviators. Today, the MARC team uses the site for field training in recording raised topographical relief in site plan development and to illustrate the need for multiple perspectives in data collection, video and in mechanical drawings. This practice also helps to monitor the site and record any deterioration as well as continued biological integration. |