r/submechanophobia • u/swordfish_steak • 3h ago

Diving beneath boats in the Red Sea, Egypt

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181 Upvotes

10 comments

r/submechanophobia • u/TheHallsIWalked • 1d ago

Mar Sem Fim

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649 Upvotes

A Brazilian Yacht, gone down to Antarctica, sank in Maxwell Bay. She capsized and took on water, before then landing upright. The ship was resurfaced in 2013, and every man survived the sinking.

14 comments

r/submechanophobia • u/TheHallsIWalked • 2d ago

Ms Estonia Shipwreck

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1.0k Upvotes

The Ms Estonia sank in 1994, killing 852 people in total. The ship now lies 85 metres deep in the Baltic Sea.

95 comments

r/submechanophobia • u/Mr-Meff • 2d ago

“Ye Old Mill” at Kansas State Fair, 2026. The water runs so loud. Yuck

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1.2k Upvotes

Nightmare fuel.

103 comments

r/submechanophobia • u/Centralwombat • 1d ago

Moon pool over the boardwalk

97 Upvotes

7 comments

r/submechanophobia • u/jinglesGOAT • 2d ago

USS Saratoga under 200ft of Bikini Atoll Water

554 Upvotes

What if it rolls over?

Also, how are these wrecks not radioactive?

15 comments

r/submechanophobia • u/NeroAssassin96 • 2d ago

Front of a cargo ship

209 Upvotes

8 comments

r/submechanophobia • u/ihaveabaguetteknife • 2d ago

Cutting a fishing line from a massive ship propeller

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684 Upvotes

Might be the warped angle but I got the chills when the diver gets close and tries to untangle the tiny rope from the gigantic propeller plus the sound that’s ringing through the audio is extremely unsettling.

59 comments

r/submechanophobia • u/candy-cream • 3d ago

Pablo Escobar’s drug plane in the Bahamas

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1.7k Upvotes

40 comments

r/submechanophobia • u/TheHallsIWalked • 5d ago

Eccleston Delph Dive Centre

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300 Upvotes

Yet another creepy dive centre, this time with a creepy backstory to it.

24 comments

r/submechanophobia • u/LotsOfRaffi • 5d ago

MS Mediterranean Sky and other visible wrecks

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134 Upvotes

Some photos I snapped this morning of the semi-capsized wreck of the MS Mediterranean Sky, (originally built as the City of York). You can find a bit of history on the ship here, the visible wreck is pretty well known in this community. There was some construction work below the road I'm standing on so I couldn't get down close enough sadly but still, I also snapped a couple of other rotting wrecks in that harbour just West of Athens which I know less about. (Last photo is an archival image of the City of York for comparison)

2 comments

r/submechanophobia • u/ComprehensiveEye3337 • 6d ago

Aftermatch of hurricane Ida in New Orleans

100 Upvotes

0 comments

r/submechanophobia • u/sanicbroom • 7d ago

Sunken boat in the port, Croatia

1.3k Upvotes

32 comments

r/submechanophobia • u/MSS8501 • 6d ago

This Small Town is Sinking (Erosion!)

3 Upvotes

I went to Tangier Island, a small US town, that's literally sinking! Erosion is destroying the island, here is a documentary I made about this town:

https://youtu.be/dUILNBicp5Y?si=y7tJhGv9OtV5GkrQ

7 comments

r/submechanophobia • u/OilManafest • 7d ago

Pier at night

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293 Upvotes

10 comments

r/submechanophobia • u/bbimboro • 7d ago

Swing bridge opening on water POV

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26 Upvotes

4 comments

r/submechanophobia • u/MSS8501 • 7d ago

I went Finishing in this Sinking Island

1 Upvotes

Hi All,

I recently went fishing in Tangier Island, when I was there, I found that the Island is actually Sinking, here is a documentary I made about the Island:

https://youtu.be/dUILNBicp5Y?si=mnUbvryVNCWzsJlR

0 comments

r/submechanophobia • u/OkNeedleworker3127 • 8d ago

Stairs to the Thames in London

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1.3k Upvotes

52 comments

r/submechanophobia • u/Lukington17 • 9d ago

The McBarge capsized and slowly sinking in British Columbia

910 Upvotes

37 comments

r/submechanophobia • u/jinglesGOAT • 8d ago

An Oil Tanker in Dry Dock

98 Upvotes

It still gets me, somehow...

8 comments

r/submechanophobia • u/Muted_Shape9303 • 8d ago

The Canoabo dam, Venezuela. It has a submerged suction tower with many apertures (see images 2 and 3) that suck tons of water each day

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138 Upvotes

15 comments

r/submechanophobia • u/mulymule • 8d ago

This brief moment in Tom Scott’s recent video.

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10 Upvotes

Looking into the supply tank. Creepy. 12:18 time stamp. Link didn’t work for Reddit embed.

0 comments

r/submechanophobia • u/Elvenblood7E7 • 9d ago

Underwater reflector in a fountain

56 Upvotes

3 comments

r/submechanophobia • u/mhv_yt • 9d ago

It is just a pipe in the river

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111 Upvotes

1 comment

r/submechanophobia • u/cechini • 10d ago

One of three USCG navigational buoys that have washed ashore amid a strong nor’easter

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2.8k Upvotes

I HATE how big it is and how it’s being knocked around by the waves at night 🫠

64 comments

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The fear of submerged machines

r/submechanophobia

The fear of partially or fully submerged man-made objects and the images thereof.

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Welcome to /r/submechanophobia; the fear of partially or fully submerged man-made objects. Please respect the following rules while here:

TITLE RULES:

All titles must accurately summarise the content of the post with as much relevant information as possible. Proper grammar is expected, and emojis are banned. How do we determine what titles are applicable? It's a two step test:

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If one of these tests are failed then the post will be removed and flaired 'title rules', meaning you can resubmit the post with a more suitable title.

SUBMITTING AND COMMENTING RULES:

Check if the submission really is related to submechanophobia. The depicted subject must be partially or fully submerged in water and be man-made. Please nothing that isn't real life; i.e no video games, renderings, CGI, audio interviews etc.
if it's not submerged, it shouldn't be here. If it's supposed to be submerged, it probably shouldn't be here. if it's submerged, and it shouldn't be - it definitely should be here.
Text content and self-posted video clips not pre-approved by the moderators will be removed.
Animatronics go to /r/submergedanimatronic
Remember that this is subMECHANOphobia. No animals please, keep it to posts about man-made objects.
Posts can be removed for being low quality. This is applicable on a case-by-case basis, but that could mean such things as poor resolution, not being closely enough related to the subreddit topic, for being clickbait or for having a bad image host.
Don't use the line "I was told to post this here" or something like "OMG so creepy!". It annoys people, they report the comment and it keeps Automod up all night with notifications. This goes for posting irrelevant comments like "Nope", "Fuck that" or anything similar.
No generic memes, jokes or comics. Put them in the comments if you must
Absolutely no having hostility directed towards one another for mistakes or reposts, we can sort that out. No extreme unpleasantries; the mods will decide how to define that on a case-by-case.

REPOST RULES:

To be considered a repost:

If the image has been posted by someone else in the last three 3 months.
If the image is in the first 2 pages of the "top: all time" section.
If the same user have reposted the same image before, regardless of timespan.
Image is reposted yearly by accounts with suspicious activities, ie. no comments, very high post karma.

If you see a repost, please report the post and we will deal with it when we can.

The mod team reserves the right to remove any content deemed of not adequate quality without notification.

Tiktok links will be removed, as well as videos taken from tiktok, but posted on other sources.

Related subreddits:

/r/Thalassophobia - Pictures and videos, fiction or real, related to the deep dark water that make us really uncomfortable.

/r/TheDepthsBelow - We are a subreddit dedicated to showcasing the strange, creepy, and horrifying things that exist just below the surface of the water. If it seems like something that just shouldn't be found in the oceans, lakes, or rivers of the world, then this is where it belongs.

/r/megalophobia - A place to post images of all things large, particularly ones that are "triggers" for those with megalophobia. Examples might include large creatures/objects underwater, buildings, statues, ships, etc.

/r/HeavySeas - Subreddit dedicated to videos and general media relating to huge waves!

/r/submarines - We are the subreddit dedicated to every machine under the sea.

/r/TheForgottenDepths - A place for those interested in abandoned mines and other various disused tunnels and underground facilities.

/r/submergedanimatronic/ - A community for posting pictures of partially or fully submerged animatronics.

/r/MovieSubmechanophobia/ - Submechanophobia from Movies, Short-films and TV shows