A Tribe Called K2 Buhl-oog!

Hi All:

My friend and mentor Dan Warter is a leading force in this industry when it comes to Advanced Technical diving and cutting edge cinematography.

Dan just put this out for our education and entertainment.  I am honored, humbled and pleased to post this for your review. 

Please know these are but snippets, for the full Monty, you need to go to Dan’s website, at DCS Films.

First the amazing video, then the History lesson. . .

SS Governor from Dan Warter (DCS Films) on Vimeo.

On a bit of history of the SS Governor:

  The SS Governor was a 417-foot passenger liner built by the New York Shipbuilding Company in 1907 in Camden New Jersey. The deck plans list her beam at 46 feet, depth 29 ft. 6 in., Draft 22 ft. 6 in., and her max speed at 16 – 25 knots. She could accommodate 96 in her first class staterooms, and 286 in the first class berths, while her maximum passenger capacity was 427.

   It was 12:04 a.m. on Friday April 1, 1921. The Governor was coming from San Francisco on her way to Seattle during a routine trip carrying 240 passengers and crew members. She had just dropped off some passengers in Victoria, Canada then headed southeast towards the Puget Sound. All was calm until she rounded Port Townsend.

   The SS West Hartland, departing Port Townsend for India, came out of the dark and rammed into the Governor amidships on her starboard side, ripping open a 10- foot gash in the Governor’s iron hull. It was clear that night, and reports later stated that “the Governor’s pilot mistook the West Hartland’s running lights for fixed lights on Marrowstone Point and failed to yield the right-of-way”.

   Point Wilson’s station keeper William J. Thomas, hearing the ship’s whistles and sounds of the collision, telephoned authorities in Port Townsend with the information and rescue efforts were immediately organized.

   The Governor immediately began taking on water. The captain of the West Hartland, Captain Alwen, acted quickly and ordered full speed ahead to try and keep the hole plugged with his ship. As the passengers and crew were clambering topside, matters were made worse with all power going out on the Governor. Now they had to act fast in the dark. Most of them were able to make it over to the West Hartland. Some unfortunately met their. . . .

Booyah!  You can read more about the sinking of the SS Governor by going to Dan’s website here!

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