The infamous Black Pearl, this one built as a steel-hulled prop for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, has been sunk as an artificial reef in nearly 22m of water off the coast of Panama City Beach.
The 30-metre vessel, which looks a little different now to the instantly recognisable pirate ship in the movies, was sent to the bottom about six nautical miles southwest of St Andrews Pass, joining a veritable fleet of some 800 purpose-sunk ships.
It was sunk with the assistance of students from Tom P Haney Technical College, who welded steel flags, cannons, ship’s wheel, treasure chest and more ‘booty’ to the vessel to give it more of a pirate-feel.
Visit PCB Artificial Reef Co-ordinator and Resource Manager Erin Graham commented: “This is going to be a great dive opportunity for people – it’s a very safe, easy swim with a shallow depth.
“This was designated for a movie prop, so it did not have a lot of the grease buildup, the engine, the fuel, everything that is required to remove for artificial reefs. So this was a prime artificial reef vessel.”
Photo credit: Tom P Haney Technical College
Someone will make a deal with Davy Jones to bring it back up.
The Pearl ended up in Davy Jones locker again.
I guess she just needs to wait for the green flash again.
Where is the bloody rum?
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I find this totally disgusting, if I THROW a bag of trash into the Ocean I would be finded and it would be polluting. The Government calls it a artificial reef and they are proud of it. This is BULL S– — T. Trash is Trash no matter how much Perfume dump on it!
You don’t get it…
This “vessel” has been cleaned from all of its polluting components and sank for the purpose of generating a new habitat for corals, fish and other sea creatures, when it’s not to try attracting animals who disappeared from an area because their habitat had been destroyed because of human activities.
It will also attract divers from all around the world who will want to safely visit a wreck l and the nature it will host in the future.
It’s a technique which is in use for decades and which proved to work extremely well for all (sea fauna, sea flora and tourists).
Your bag of trash, as you say, won’t be beneficial to that, plus, it will damage the ecosystem as it will poison the fauna and flea when it will decompose in microplastic,…
This vessel will provide valuable habitat for marine wildlife, whereas your trash would only endanger it.
A word of advice: It is better to remain silent and seem a fool than to speak and remove all doubt. If you spent more time researching an issue before sounding off, your thoughts might actually be worth a hearing.
You just blow in from stupid town?
Do you even dive brah