A wrecked warship discovered decades ago off the Florida Keys has been identified as a British frigate that sank in the 18th century. National Park Service archaeologists used new research to determine that the wreckage first spotted in 1993 near Dry Tortugas National Park is the HMS Tyger, the agency said. The findings were recently […]
Researchers recently discovered a large Roman shipwreck settled on the seafloor along the Egyptian coast. It was found using a sonar-equipped autonomous underwater vehicle, according to a study published on Feb. 21 in the Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Research. Its distinct oval shape was spotted under about 195 feet of water in the ancient Red […]
In July 1904, the steamship SS Nemesis was transporting coal to Melbourne, Australia, when it ran into a powerful storm and vanished. All 32 people on board were considered lost, and in the weeks that followed, the bodies of crewmembers and debris from the iron-hulled ship washed ashore, but the location of the 240-foot vessel […]
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s government on Friday announced plans for a deep-water expedition to explore the mythical galleon San José, sunk in the 18th century in the country’s northern Caribbean and believed to contain cargo valued at billions of dollars. It is the first phase of a scientific research into deep waters that aims […]
Colombia’s government on Friday announced an expedition to remove items of “incalculable value” from the wreck of the legendary San Jose galleon, which sank in 1708 while laden with gold, silver and emeralds estimated to be worth billions of dollars. The 316-year-old wreck, often called the “holy grail” of shipwrecks, has been controversial, because it is […]
Social media posts purport to show footage of the Rubymar, a British-registered cargo vessel, sinking off the Arabian Peninsula after an air strike in 2024 from Huthi rebels in Yemen. This is false; the videos depict the destruction of different ships in 2013 and 2020 in other locations. “British ship RubyMar sunk by Yemen!” says […]
A shipwreck believed to date from the 19th century has washed up on the snow-covered shores of Canada’s Atlantic island province of Newfoundland, attracting a bevy of onlookers and archaeologists probing its mysterious past. Now local residents and scientists are racing to study and preserve the wreck before it disappears back into the sea. Over the past […]
A mysterious shipwreck has been discovered on the shores of Newfoundland centuries after it is thought to have sunk. The 80ft ship is believed to have been dredged up by post-tropical storm Fiona before it was spotted by residents of Cape Ray, a small Canadian coastal town. “It’s amazing, there is no other word for […]
Jan. 30 (UPI) — Researchers in Canada are hoping to identify a shipwreck that washed up in southwestern Newfoundland and appears to be from the 1800s. Residents near J.T. Cheeseman Provincial Park discovered the large chunk of an old wooden hull in the shallow waters near Cape Ray, as well as some timbers that washed […]
While exploring a 500-year-old shipwreck off the coast of Sweden, divers discovered “surprising” cargo and weapons that may have helped repel pirates. The remains of the wooden vessel lie off the coast of Maderö Island, a Baltic Sea islet located about 20 miles southeast of Stockholm. Long known to locals, the Maderö wreck was first […]
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The Colombian government said Thursday it will try to raise objects from the 1708 shipwreck of the galleon San Jose, which is believed to contain a cargo worth billions of dollars. The 300-year-old wreck, often called the “holy grail of shipwrecks,” has been controversial, because it is both an archaeological and […]