A long-awaited expedition into an 18th-century shipwreck in the Caribbean Sea has reportedly begun. The government of Colombia launched the deep-water expedition of the San José shipwreck, which is rumored to contain cargo worth billions of dollars, last week. The galleon sank in 1708 en route to Cartagena, Colombia, after it was ambushed by an […]
PANAMA CITY BEACH − Shipwreck Island Waterpark will honor academic achievers with “Great Grades Days.” Students with three or more A’s on their most recent report card are eligible for free entry May 28-30. According to a news release by Shipwreck Island Waterpark, in addition to the complimentary entry, qualifying guests can take advantage of […]
Colombia has launched the initial phase of an underwater expedition to explore a Spanish warship that sank in the Caribbean more than 300 years ago and is believed to contain billions of dollars worth of artifacts – the rights to which are under heated dispute. Discovered in 2015 in waters off the coast of the […]
NAFPLIO, Greece (AP) — A group of Egyptians jailed for nearly a year pending trial for a deadly shipwreck were released from jail Wednesday, a day after a Greek court threw out the case against them on grounds that it had no jurisdiction to try it. Nine Egyptians had been charged with being part of […]
A court in Greece has abandoned the trial of nine Egyptian men accused of causing the biggest migrant shipwreck in the Mediterranean Sea for a decade. The judges in the southern port city of Kalamata ruled they did not have jurisdiction to hear the case on the grounds the vessel sank in international waters. It […]
KALAMATA, Greece (AP) — Nine Egyptian men go on trial in southern Greece on Tuesday, accused of causing a shipwreck that killed hundreds of migrants and sent shockwaves through the European Union’s border protection and asylum operations. The defendants, most in their 20s, face up to life in prison if convicted on multiple criminal charges […]
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The legal defense team for nine Egyptian men due to go on trial in southern Greece next week accused of causing one of the Mediterranean’s deadliest shipwrecks said Thursday they will argue that Greece has no jurisdiction in the case, and insisted their clients were innocent survivors who have been unjustly […]
South Africa has won a legal claim over $43 million worth of treasure from a World War II shipwreck that was found off the country’s coast by a British exploration company, the U.K. Supreme Court said on Wednesday. The sinking of the the SS Tilawa — which has been called the “Indian Titanic” — killed […]
Researchers exploring an ancient shipwreck off the coast of Sweden discovered centuries-old relics, including a weapons chest and pieces of armor. The maritime archaeologists from Stockholm University and Södertörn University studied the wreck of the Griffin, which sank after a fire aboard in 1495, according to a news release from Stockholm University. The ship was […]
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United Nations migration agency says 38 migrants are dead and 22 others have been rescued from a shipwreck off Djibouti on a popular route to Yemen. Rescue teams searched for six other migrants who were thought to be on board, the International Organization for Migration aid Tuesday. Djibouti is the […]
Some were fabled vessels that have fascinated people for generations, like Endurance, Ernest Shackleton’s ship that sank in the Antarctic in 1915. Some were common workhorses that faded into the depths, like the Ironton, a barge that was carrying 1,000 tons of grain when it sank in Lake Huron in 1894. No matter their place […]
More than three centuries after the legendary San Jose galleon sank off the coast of Colombia while laden with gold, silver and emeralds, the nation has officially approved a plan to recover the wreck and its treasures, officials announced this week. Dubbed the “holy grail” of shipwrecks, the 316-year-old wreck has been controversial since it was discovered […]