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<title><![CDATA[Divers examine gold-rush vessel]]></title>
<link>http://www.oceantreasures.org/blog,divers-examine-gold-rush-vessel,221926.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[By Sandra mcCulloch - Times Colonist
Five Victoria divers and one from Cowichan plan to be 240 feet under the surface of Indian Arm Inlet near Vancouver this weekend, exploring the remains of a historic vessel that was scuttled in 1936.Chris Fenton, a commerce student at the University of Victoria, heads a team set to explore the 216-foot-long wreck of the SS Amur, also named the SS Famous, at the request of the Underwater Archeological Society of B.C.The group, which also includes two divers from...]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:54:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[And... Khoob-Surat, said the pirate]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[By Ashleshaa Khurana - Times of India
Burned and scuttled off the Carribean in the 17th century, The Quedagh Merchant, an Armenian trade vessel that was built in Gujarat and hijacked by the notorious William Kidd &mdash; whose story inspired 'Treasure Island' &mdash; is preparing for a return to her homeland as a 'living museum'. Shiver me shattered timbers" screamed headlines across the world, when the 310-year-old , barnacle-covered , coral-encrusted 'The Quedagh Merchant' was discovered in the...]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 04:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Decoding An Ancient Computer]]></title>
<link>http://www.oceantreasures.org/blog,decoding-an-ancient-computer,221013.html</link>
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By M Dee Dubroff - Amog
The mysterious mechanism was discovered in 1900 in the wreck of a Roman vessel off the Greek island of Antikythera. The ship held other treasures that were taken over by the Greek government, but one of the items retrieved by the divers was an odd-looking corroded lump of some kind. When the lump fell apart some time later, a damaged machine of unknown purpose was revealed. It bore large gears, small cogs and a few words engraved in Greek.At first it was believed...]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mary Rose goes on display at Crufts]]></title>
<link>http://www.oceantreasures.org/blog,mary-rose-goes-on-display-at-crufts,220703.html</link>
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By Beth Hale - Mail Online
She may have been a mongrel, but in the finest tradition of seafaring, this old sea dog went down with her ship. And there she stayed, on the seabed - for the next four and half centuries.The unfortunate hound was on board Henry VIII's flagship Mary Rose when the ill-fated warship sank to the bottom of the Solent on July 19, 1545.The dog, now preserved as an almost complete canine skeleton, acquired the nickname Hatch after divers discovered her remains near...]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:14:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Archaeological Potential for Shipwrecks]]></title>
<link>http://www.oceantreasures.org/blog,archaeological-potential-for-shipwrecks,220398.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[From Directions Magazine
The &ldquo;AMAP2 - Characterising the Potential for Wrecks&rdquo; project (AMAP2), commissioned in October 2009, is a collaborative project between SeaZone and the University of Southampton (UoS) which seeks to improve the management of the marine historic environment through the interoperability of reference and archaeological data for marine spatial planning. The aim of the AMAP2 project is to study relationships between the survival of shipwrecks and the natural environment....]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:18:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Odyssey Marine 2009 financial results]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[From Yahoo Finance
For the full year 2009, Odyssey reported revenues of $4.3 million, compared to $4.1 million in 2008 while operating expenses decreased $6.4 million from $29.1 million in 2008 to $22.7 million in 2009.The company reported a net loss of $18.6 million for the full year 2009, compared to a net loss of $24.8 million in 2008. The net loss per share for the full year 2009 was $0.33, compared to a net loss per share of $0.50 in 2008."We are pleased with the results of our 2009 operations,...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:13:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[What's in a name? Graveyard of the Atlantic]]></title>
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By Catherine Kozak - The Virginian-Pilot
Legend has it that Alexander Hamilton, the early American statesman, gave the Outer Banks its colorful moniker, one that over time came to romanticize what mariners once dreaded. According to author Ben Dixon MacNeill in "The Hatterasman," published in 1958, Hamilton "passed Cape Hatteras on a summer night in 1773 and thereafter remembering the night's terror, he spoke of that portion of the sea as the Graveyard of the Atlantic."Hamilton's story...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 9 Mar 2010 03:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Searching for Zheng]]></title>
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By Ishaan Tharoor - Times
One of the more famous paintings of the medieval Ming Dynasty, which ruled China for three centuries, is that of a court attendant holding a rope around a giraffe. An inscription on the side says the animal dwelt near "the corners of the western sea, in the stagnant waters of a great morass." According to legend, the giraffe was found in Africa, along with zebras and ostriches, and brought back with the grand 15th century expeditions of Zheng He, China's greatest...]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 8 Mar 2010 19:29:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Our treasure ship]]></title>
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By Paul Delplanque - Gazette Live.co.uk
She is a treasure on our doorstep and one of which we should be justly proud. Today HMS Trincomalee is the centrepiece of the Historic Quay at Hartlepool but her journey there has without doubt been an eventful one. She caught fire three times, she very nearly sank at her moorings and then after all the hard work to complete her, she was snubbed by historical ship experts in London for not being British enough!
HMS Trincomalee is the oldest British...]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 5 Mar 2010 18:16:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Shiver Me Timbers: Old Wreck Exposed]]></title>
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By Mark Alan Lovewell
The remnants of a shipwreck turned up on South Beach near Wasque last weekend, following a series of winter storms that have pounded and eaten away the south-facing shoreline of the Vineyard in recent weeks.The large piece of what appears to be the hull of a ship was spotted about 100 yards east of the Norton Point Beach opening by Skip Bettencourt, who saw and photographed it. The ship remnant is about 35 feet long and four feet wide.Paul Schultz, assistant supervisor...]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 5 Mar 2010 18:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Theft in Mariners' museum]]></title>
<link>http://www.oceantreasures.org/blog,theft-in-mariners-museum,218598.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[From the United States attorney Chuck Rosenberg
Lester F. Weber, age 46, and Lori E. Childs, age 49, both of Newport News, Virginia, were indicted by a federal grand in an indictment returned on February 13, 2008. Weber and Childs face charges of Conspiracy to Commit Mail and Wire Fraud, Mail Fraud, Wire Fraud, Making and Subscribing False Tax Returns and Theft from an Organization Receiving Federal Funds.
Chuck Rosenberg, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia made the announcement...]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 4 Mar 2010 05:51:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Diving the deep wrecks - Bayview]]></title>
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By Michael Timm - Bayview Compass.com
During the winter months, Bay View resident Jitka Hanakova works as a business analyst. But from April to October, she takes scuba divers to some of the deepest, least accessible shipwrecks on the Great Lakes.Hanakova started diving in 2000 and quickly fell in love with the sport. She found a good, local charter boat operator in Jerry Guyer and started exploring area shipwrecks. In 2004 she got her captain&rsquo;s license and worked on Guyer&rsquo;s...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 3 Mar 2010 07:49:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[La factura del «Caso Odyssey» será millonaria]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[C.D.Carr&oacute;n / G. Pajares - La Razon.es
La justicia fallar&aacute; en breve, pero el Gobierno espa&ntilde;ol ya ha presupuestado 1,6 millones de euros desde 2007 para pagar a la asesor&iacute;a jur&iacute;dica, encabezada por James Goold, y cuyo coste podr&iacute;a superar los cinco millonesEl &laquo;Caso Odyssey&raquo;  parece encaminarse hacia un final, que previsiblemente podr&aacute; ser feliz, pero no han faltado los momentos de tensi&oacute;n durante estos a&ntilde;os de litigio con...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 3 Mar 2010 06:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ceramics that tell the Malaysian story]]></title>
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By Yip Yoke Teng - The Star Online
Ceramics, whether prehistoric or modern-day, tell a lot about an ethnic group as the items are widely used in daily life for various purposes.To highlight the significance of ceramics, the National Museum has grouped the most precious artefacts from its ceramic collection together in the Malaysia Ceramics Exhibition, which runs until March 28.
&ldquo;The 171 artefacts have been hand-picked from our own collection as they best reflect the diversity of...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 2 Mar 2010 15:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Titanic artefacts surface in Melbourne exhibition]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[By Simon Plant - Herald Sun
Buried treasure recovered from the wreck of the world's most famous ship has surfaced at Melbourne Museum.&nbsp;But a bronze cherub ripped from the Titanic almost a century ago is just the tip of the iceberg.Titanic: The Artefact Exhibition, opening soon in the museum's Touring Hall, will present 280 authentic objects - from perfume vials and a pocket watch to chamber pots and coins - and recreate sections of the ship's opulent interior, including the Grand Staircase."This...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 2 Mar 2010 15:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[End of long hunt for Centaur]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[By Tuck Thompson - CourierMail.com.au
Australia's top political and military officials will lead the public in a national service of remembrance today for the 332 victims and survivors of the sinking of the AHS Centaur.Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, Premier Anna Bligh, Governor-General Quentin Bryce, Chief of Army Ken Gillespie and Chief of Navy Russell Crane are among those expected to attend the service at St John's Cathedral on Ann St in Brisbane's CBD on Tuesday, March 2, at 11am.The wreck of the...]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 1 Mar 2010 04:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[BBC to make Atlantis movie]]></title>
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By David Bentley - Coventry Telegraph.com
A new British movie is to tell the story of the ancient cataclysm that's believed to be the basis for the Atlantis legend.The BBC has announced the TV film, to be called Atlantis and directed by Primeval's Tony Mitchell, will "tell the dramatic story of the greatest natural disaster to shake the ancient world, a disaster that triggered the downfall of a civilisation and spawned a legend."The film will be made using the same techniques as Zack...]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 1 Mar 2010 04:19:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[New sculptures added to Cancun's underwater museum]]></title>
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From news.com.au
The Cancun and Isla Mujeres Underwater Art Museum is a step closer to becoming the world's largest underwater museum by adding three new sculptures.&nbsp;The sculptures - Dream Collector, Man on Fire and The Gardener of Hope &ndash; were carefully submerged to a variety of different depths throughout the national park.Created by British/Guyanese artist Jason de Caires Taylor, the sculptures were placed near natural reefs and marine life in order to create an artificial...]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:29:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[SS Mendi's stories told almost 100 years after sinking]]></title>
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From BBC
Many in the UK have never heard of SS Mendi, yet in South Africa's Easten Cape Province she is as famous as RMS Titanic.In February 1917, she was lost off the south coast of the Isle of Wight with, 600 troops on board. Sinking 9 miles (14.4 km) off St Catherine's point, it is a story that is still virtually unknown in the UK.&nbsp;Diver Martin Woodward was the first person to find and identify the wreck of SS Mendi in 1974. It was not until later he discovered the tragic story...]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 06:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Malouines, histoire d'un contentieux multiséculaire]]></title>
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Par Catherine Gou&euml;set - L'Express.fr
Alors que la tension monte entre l'Argentine et la Grande-Bretagne apr&egrave;s le lancement, par Londres, d'une campagne d'exploration p&eacute;troli&egrave;re au large des Malouines, retour sur les grandes dates de l'archipel, situ&eacute; &agrave; moins de 500 km de la c&ocirc;te argentine.
XVI&egrave;me si&egrave;cle : l'archipel des Malouines est signal&eacute; sur les cartes des explorateurs europ&eacute;ens.1690 : des marins britanniques...]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 05:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
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