On 20 May 2005 05:56:46 -0700, "Ed Stasiak" wrote:

http://lost-media.com/modules.php?na...lbum=469&pos=1

In particular, we'd like to know when a ship of this type
was being built and approximately how long these types of
ships were in use.

Square rig - any time from 1700ish to the last sailing ships. This is a
film prop, not a real ship, so there are likely to have been bits and
pieces drawn onto it from all time periods and varieties of ship.

As for survival, then what's going to damage it? Weather or encroachment
by vegetation? Some "tropical" islands have penguins on them - they're
not all lush jungles. As an example of how ships can survive in
surprising condition, look at the Great Britain down in the Falklands.
OK, it's an iron hull, but the decks and masts survived surprisingly
well too, given the weather. Those spars look like unlikely survivals
though.

As to how it got there, then it could have been washed ashore, but more
likely is that it was grounded on a sandbank and a slight change of
local sea level moved the coastline past it.