Yesterday, May 31, the ill-fated RMS Titanic reached its 100th anniversary. The ship that would go on to become the world's most famous shipwreck was launched on May 31, 1911, by the Harland & Wolff shipyards, in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The official “birth date” of a ship is its launch date, marit... |
1 June 2011
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In the darkest day of World War II, when German submarines were patrolling the waters alongside the Eastern seaboards of the United States, many a trawling and fishing vessels were pressed into active duty, outfitted with small cannons and machine guns, and sent out on patrol. Large numbers of these vessels fell prey... |
11 September 2009
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During the Civil War, the city of Galveston, Texas, came under a ship blockade from the attacking Union forces, which tried to conquer it, but failed. Under Major General John B. Magruder, Confederate forces held the city throughout the duration of the war, but failed to break the blockade. Many vessels made such att... |
11 March 2009
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Australian authorities announced that they recovered on Saturday two survivors from a shipwreck that occurred on December 23rd, off the country's north coast. The two fishermen, both from Myanmar, had been seen floating in a large ice box, by a scout-patrol plane, and a helicopter was immediately dispatched to r... |
21 January 2009
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A couple of kava kava dolls sparked the interest of marine archaeologists, which led to the discovery of an old shipwreck. The remains were found to belong to a Spanish ship that was illegally transporting 93 African slaves to Cuba, during a time when slavery was abolished in most parts of the world. The ship sunk, t... |
26 November 2008
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It could be good luck or technological progress that makes this possible, but the number of ancient sunken treasures has started to rise. Shipwreck investigators have found thousands of pearls on Friday after opening a small, lead box encountered while searching for the wreckage of the 17th-century Spanish galleon Sa... |
16 June 2007
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Deep-sea explorers have encountered what seems to be the richest sunken treasure ever found: about 500,000 of colonial-era silver and gold coins, which could worth $500 million.The trove was discovered on a shipwreck in the Atlantic Ocean. "For this colonial era, I think [the find] is unprecedented. I don't know... |
19 May 2007
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