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Loss, salvage, and demolition. The shipwreck of SS Austria on 13 September 1858. An important factor in the condition of the wreck is the level of destruction at the time of the loss or shortly afterwards due to the nature of the loss, salvage or later demolition.
Scientists have found and filmed one of the greatest ever undiscovered shipwrecks 107 years after it sank. The Endurance, the lost vessel of Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, was found...
Most of the world's shipwrecks are found in shallow coastal waters. Ships follow trade routes to ports, and coastal waters offer the chance of sanctuary if the weather turns nasty. So this is...
2 days ago · The Margaret A. Muir schooner sank during a storm in 1893. Shipwreck hunters found it near the mouth of a popular Wisconsin harbor. By Sara Ruberg Early on Sept. 30, 1893, the Margaret A. Muir ...
Jun 16, 2022 · Shipwrecks tend to be clustered in areas with perilous conditions or a history of trade or warfare. In the U.S., the Florida coast and the Great Lakes are home to a high concentration of the...
May 17, 2023 · The world's most famous shipwreck has been revealed as never seen before. The first full-sized digital scan of the Titanic, which lies 3,800m (12,500ft) down in the Atlantic, has been created...
May 26, 2024 · 26 May 2024. Colombia begins exploring ‘holy grail of shipwrecks’. Exploration of a 300-year-old wreck in the Caribbean Sea with an estimate £16bn trove starts. Latin America. All the latest...
Mar 20, 2024 · Centuries after the Spanish galleon ship San José sunk in Colombian waters and nearly a decade after it was initially discovered, the estimated $17 billion shipwreck is set to be recovered as soon as April, according to officials.
2 days ago · News of another deadly shipwreck tragedy off the coast of Mauritania is a clear indication of the desperation people on the move continue to face as they attempt to escape strife, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday. The UN agency’s comments follow reports on Monday that dozens of people are missing after a boat carrying hundreds of ...
4 days ago · What lies below. Deep below the ocean's surface lies an underwater graveyard. For more than half a century, the fate of one of Australia's worst maritime disasters has remained a mystery. Twenty ...
