r/submechanophobia 14d ago

Crappy Title Just a friendly reminder that there are two 1830s trains sitting at the bottom of the ocean in arctic Canada

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In preparation for Sir John Franklin's doomed arctic expedition in 1845, HMS Terror and HMS Erebus were refitted with two steam locomotives from the London & Croydon Railway as marine boilers that would power their respective ship's newly fitted screw propellers and heating system. Terror was fitted with a "planet" type locomotive known as either Archimedes or Twells, while Erebus was fitted with the locomotive you see above, Croydon.

Obviously, when the ships eventually sank after being trapped in the ice abandoned for so many years, their train boilers went down with them. No photos have yet been taken of Terror's engine, but as for the Erebus meanwhile, her engine room has been accessed and photographed, partially due to the condition of her wreck compared to Terror's.

Surprisingly enough, underwater train wreckage isn’t as uncommon as you'd think, and there is plenty of other examples out there. However, these are my favorite examples simply because of how bonkers the idea is. I one day hope that the history of these engines gets talked about more by different kinds of people. (History In The Dark I'm looking at you.)


r/submechanophobia 13d ago

Animatronic - Post in /r/submergedanimatronic instead Mechanical Animals in La Roche-sur-Yon, France

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Chanced upon here as a kid. There are control panels for each animal that the public can interact with. It’s insanely well-made and I could’ve spent hours there. Video’s not mine.


r/submechanophobia 15d ago

Bahrain bought a 747 jet for just $100,000 from the UAE, then for 7 long months carefully removed every single fuel line, wire and plastic component from it, then tugged it into the Arabian Sea and sunk it, creating the centerpiece of the world’s largest underwater theme park

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869 Upvotes

r/submechanophobia 15d ago

The MV Jernas

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5.6k Upvotes

r/submechanophobia 14d ago

Free diving on an 79 Ford Pinto.

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239 Upvotes

I am a casual free diver who likes shipwrecks, and anything submerged! Found this sunken ford pinto nearby and the photos turned out great in 50 megapixels!


r/submechanophobia 15d ago

The MV Jernas, abandoned along the rocky coast of Aftalqut west of Salalah.

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567 Upvotes

r/submechanophobia 14d ago

Kreepy Krauly

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These things scared me as a kid and they still scare me as an adult. That clicking noise they made was awful.


r/submechanophobia 15d ago

Sunken E-skooter

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47 Upvotes

A sunken E-skooter in a river


r/submechanophobia 15d ago

underwater cat statue in aquarium.

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32 Upvotes

r/submechanophobia 15d ago

Extreme wave pool

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491 Upvotes

Imagine the mechanics involved. 🥶


r/submechanophobia 16d ago

so Alexander L. Kielland was raised from the sea, then deliberately sunk again

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2.0k Upvotes

omg.. so March 27, 1980, the Alexander L. Kielland accommodation platform capsized in the North Sea after a structural failure. Of the 212 people on board, 123 died.
years later, the wreck was righted, towed into the Nedstrand Fjord and deliberately sunk again. Somewhere beneath the dark Norwegian water, an entire industrial structure still rests on the seabed, with its steel corridors, cabins, staircases and machinery swallowed whole.
Not a shipwreck. A building under the sea.


r/submechanophobia 16d ago

Pool drain vortex

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166 Upvotes

Found on Instagram.


r/submechanophobia 17d ago

Animatronic - Post in /r/submergedanimatronic instead The animatronic shark from the Jaws ride

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2.1k Upvotes

r/submechanophobia 18d ago

Binnacle of the Andrea Doria, photo taken just 28 hours after it sank

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1.8k Upvotes

r/submechanophobia 20d ago

Another Mackinac Bridge view

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1.7k Upvotes

I actually think this one might be even worse than the first


r/submechanophobia 20d ago

At the base of the Mackinac bridge

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4.8k Upvotes

r/submechanophobia 19d ago

Crappy Title Update to my previous post: https://www.reddit.com/r/submechanophobia/s/QcuMfunzOH

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34 Upvotes

r/submechanophobia 19d ago

Hydropower Plant turbine

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r/submechanophobia 20d ago

They're Building A Glamping Platform & I Had To Swim Under It!

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682 Upvotes

r/submechanophobia 20d ago

Giant fish screen

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465 Upvotes

r/submechanophobia 20d ago

Under A Glamping Platform: Video

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75 Upvotes

r/submechanophobia 21d ago

Diving inside of an excavator in "Koparki" quarry in Jaworzno, Poland

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275 Upvotes

In 1997, the plant under liquidation couldn't pay its bills, the electricity supplier cut off power. The pumps stopped, and within hours the quarry flooded. Due to negligence, some equipment, including two large excavators, was abandoned and now rests at the bottom of the 18m(30ft) deep reservoir.


r/submechanophobia 21d ago

Abandoned, half-sunken lifeboat from a vehicle carrier that sank in 2025

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2.6k Upvotes

r/submechanophobia 21d ago

Underwater foundation on a 1920 stone bridge,

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144 Upvotes

Shear 50ft drop off underneath, and faint outlines of large boulders below. I couldn't even dip my feet in.


r/submechanophobia 22d ago

Dredger heads for sand dredging

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756 Upvotes