Love boat crime sceneThis is the makings of an Italian movie, though with a visit from Poirot. Good grief, the Captain may have been with a woman – a stowaway. " “Costa Concordia captain reportedly...
The British Government have given an American salvage company permission to explore and recover artifacts including an estimated billion dollars in gold from a shipwreck found in the English Channel. The ship...
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This is a very interesting story and reinforces the axiom that it does not pay to mess with Mother Nature!! We landed in Gibraltar about 3 weeks after this happened. It was calm and beautiful when we arrived,...
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Opinion Barry Artiste, Now Public Contributor A shipwreck the HMS Wolfe may have been discovered with intact artifacts in the cold waters of Lake Ontario. The Great Lakes, unlike oceans do not have salt water and...
opinion by Barry ORegan | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 738 views | 5 recommendations | 5 comments
Apparently they're not going to try to raise the ship but what a treasure trove of memorabilia it must hold. It will be fascinating to see what the divers will find in coming years."SYRACUSE, N.Y. ...
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A 22-gun warship that sunk in Lake Ontario during the American Revolution has been discovered at the bottom of the lake. It is well preserved in the cold, deep water, and has long since been known as one of the...
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I wonder if golden earwax spoons were considered a sign of prestige 385 years ago. Like if you were shopping and you spotted a cute girl, would you use your golden earwax spoon to show off your bling?" KEY WEST, Fla. - Experts found a tiny gold...
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" SS Tarpon was a twin-screwed steamer, official number 130381, was constructed in 1887 at Wilmington, Deleware by the renowned shipbuilders Pusey and Jones. Christened Naugatuck, the new ship was delivered to the Naugatuck Valley Steamboat Company of Derby, Connecticut. The...
The 1804 sinking of the Nuestra Senora de la Mercedes which led Spain to declare war on Britain and re-enter the Napoleonic Wars is again at the centre of a dispute more than a century later."The Spanish...
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Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The Indonesian Foreign Affairs Ministry has so
far not received any report about the drowning of an Indonesian sailor
in Israel, a spokesman said.
"I have yet to receive any report, and we...
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Tonight’s attempt to refloat the stranded Pasha Bulker bulk carrier has been called off.
New South Wales Ports Minister Joe Tripodi says that only three of
the six cables which were attached to the ship...
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Spain claims that, should the sunken vessel found by Odyssey Marine Exploration prove to be Spanish in origin, then the treasure that went down with it rightfully belongs to Spain. Odyssey maintains that the ship...
created by Jordan Yerman | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 940 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment
"Deep-sea explorers said Friday they have mined what could be the richest shipwreck treasure in history, bringing home 17 tons of colonial-era silver and gold coins from an undisclosed site in the Atlantic Ocean. Estimated value: $500 million. "
Update: Ownership of the treasure discovered two weeks ago in the Atlantic Ocean is being disputed. According to reports, the Spanish government claims that the treausre was discovered in Spanish waters and is the...
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