shipwrecks

Salvaging Another Piece of Black history

Diving with a Purpose seeks to locate and document marine evidence of Black history, including the wrecks of ships involved in the slave trade. 

Mystery Shipwreck Dates to Before Revolutionary War, Researcher Says

The hull of a ship that surfaces every few years on a Maine beach may have been the Defiance, a sloop built in 1754.

Lost Ship Rediscovered After Disappearing Near Bermuda Triangle 95 Years Ago

Far from falling prey to a paranormal occurrence, the S.S. “Cotopaxi” actually sank during an unfortunate storm.

The Titanic Wreck Will Now Be Protected Under a 'Momentous Agreement' With the U.S.

The world’s most famous shipwreck, the RMS Titanic, will be more rigorously protected under an international agreement, the U.K.’s Maritime Minister Nusrat Ghani confirmed ahead of a Tuesday visit to Belfast, where the ship was built.

The H.M.S. Terror Sank in the 1840s. See What It Looks Like Now.

An underwater exploration this month revealed the wreckage, much of it well preserved by cold water, lack of light and layers of silt, that likely contains documents with information about an ill-fated expedition that set sail in 1845.

How Southern Mississippi Professor Leila Hamdan Led Her Team to Explore 2 Historic Shipwrecks

The University of Southern Mississippi and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) worked together to discover and characterize two unexplored shipwrecks in the Gulf and study marine life on and around the wrecks.

Last American slave ship is discovered in Alabama

"This finding is also a critical piece of the story of Africatown, which was built by the resilient descendants of America’s last slave ship."

Byzantine Shipwrecks Shed New Light On Ancient Ship Building

37 shipwrecks from the Byzantine Empire have been discovered as part of archaeological excavations that began in Turkey in 2004.

Five great shipwrecks that came back from the deep

The Santa Maria joins an impressive list of other historic wrecks that have been found recently.

Anchor found off Whidbey Island may solve 200-year-old mystery

A diver and some amateur historians believe they found a lost anchor from Capt. George Vancouver’s 1792 voyage into Puget Sound. But have they?

Indian Ocean's Oldest Shipwreck Set for Excavation

The oldest known shipwreck in the Indian Ocean has been sitting on the seafloor off the southern coast of Sri Lanka for some 2,000 years.

Shipwreck hunter reports finding ship lost in 1861 in Lake Huron

The wreckage of a wooden steamer that sank during a storm in 1861 in Lake Huron has finally been found.

Finding Japan’s Aircraft-Carrier Sub

The I-400, an aircraft carrier sub designed to attack the Panama Canal, has been found off of Hawaii.

U-Boat discovered off the coast of Indonesia

At least 17 skeletons discovered in the WWII torpedoed hull.

Studies provide no certainty in shipwreck search

Finding shipwrecks remains as much art as science.

Why do so few remember biggest disaster in Alaska history?

The SS Princess Sophia disaster killed 343 people.

Poole wreck: 17th-century rudder comes ashore after 400 years

An elaborately carved rudder that has sat on the seabed of the English Channel for more than 400 years has been raised by archaeologists.

Possible Griffin shipwreck artifact to get CT scan

The legendary shipwreck, lost in the seventeenth century, may have finally been found.

Search for centuries-old galleon off Oregon coast begins anew near Manzanita

MANZANITA -- Somewhere off the coast of Manzanita rest the bones of a galleon from the Philippines, wrecked on the rocks around 1700 as it left Manila laden with goods destined for Mexico.That's the legend told here for centuries, but the saga isn't just empty words. For as long as the tale's circulated, Native Americans, settlers and even modern-day beachcombers have found the beeswax and porcelain to prove it.Now, a volunteer group of students, archaeologists and historians calling themselves the Beeswax Wreck Research Project is hoping to get one step closer to finding the ship when they set out to sea later this month with equipment that may zero in on the galleon's location....

Antarctic: Where 'zombies' thrive and shipwrecks are preserved

Ernest Shackleton's famous ship, the Endurance, which he had to abandon in 1915 on his ill-fated Antarctic expedition, is probably still in very good condition on the ocean floor.This is one conclusion from research that studied how sunken wood degrades in southern polar waters.Experiments that submerged planks for over a year found they returned to the surface in near-pristine condition.Scientists point to the absence in the region of wood-boring "ship worms"....