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Hidden treasures: shipwrecks in Bay of Gibraltar

Sun, 10 May 2026 04:55:40 +0200

From Sam Jones - The Guardian Researchers identify wrecks at the bottom of the sea from as far back as fifth century BC, from Europe and beyond. Spanish archaeologists exploring the bay that curves between the southern port of Algeciras and the Rock of Gibraltar have documented the wrecks of more than 30 ships that came to grief near the Pillars of Hercules between the fifth century BC and the second world war. Over the millennia, ...

France’s deepest shipwreck found

Sun, 10 May 2026 04:28:17 +0200

From Ellen Wexler - Smithonian Magazine Known as the “Camarat 4,” the ship was loaded with cannons, cauldrons and hundreds of ceramics—which are still visible on the seafloor. Researchers are surveying the site and carefully recovering a small selection of artifacts. At least 400 years ago, a merchant ship was sailing across the Mediterranean Sea when it sank off the southeastern coast of France. Its cargo, hundreds ...

Coins, cannon recovered from the San Jose

Mon, 08 Dec 2025 03:20:45 +0100

From CBS News A cannon, three coins and a porcelain cup were among the first objects Colombian scientists recovered from the depths of the Caribbean Sea where the mythical Spanish galleon San José sank in 1708 after being attacked by an English fleet, authorities said Thursday. The recovery is part of a scientific investigation that the government authorized last year to study the wreckage and the causes of the sinking. Colombian ...

Gold watch from the Titanic sold for $2.3 million !

Mon, 08 Dec 2025 03:01:54 +0100

By Emily Mae Czachor - CBS News A pocket watch that once belonged to one of the Titanic's most renowned passengers has sold at an auction for $2.3 million — a record price for memorabilia related to the historic shipwreck, according to the auction house. The 18-carat gold watch was gifted to its original owner, Isidor Straus, by his wife, Ida Straus, for his 43rd birthday,said Henry Aldridge and Son, the auction house ...

South Korea uncovers 600-year-old shipwreck

Mon, 08 Dec 2025 02:44:49 +0100

From Fairtrade In a significant archaeological discovery, South Korean researchers have recovered a 600-year-old tax ship, known as Mado 4, which provides insight into the maritime operations of the Joseon dynasty (1392–1910). The vessel was raised from the seabed off the west coast in October 2022, following nearly a decade of conservation efforts. Mado 4 is the only fully excavated Joseon-era ship and offers tangible evidence ...

Three ancient shipwrecks found on the coast Of Northern Israel

Sat, 25 Oct 2025 04:26:11 +0200

By Ainsley Brown - ATI Divers at Tantura Lagoon have uncovered three shipwrecks, the oldest of which dates back 3,000 years — and they were filled with containers like bowls, jars, and amphorae as well as food like grapes and dates. Archaeologists have discovered three Iron Age shipwrecks off the coast of Israel, and their cargo has reshaped experts’ understanding of ancient trade across the Mediterranean. The wrecks were ...

Ancient Greek shipwreck found off Sicily

Sun, 20 Jul 2025 04:06:47 +0200

By Nisha Zahid - Greek Reporter An ancient Greek shipwreck was uncovered just six meters below the surface off the coast of Santa Maria del Focallo, in the municipality of Ispica, Sicily. The remarkably well-preserved vessel dates back to between the 6th and 5th centuries BCE and is considered one of the most significant finds in the Mediterranean in recent years. The shipwreck was first uncovered in 2024 during the fifth phase of underwater ...

Rare 16th-century shipwreck found in French waters

Wed, 25 Jun 2025 05:35:54 +0200

By Andrea Margolis - Fox News Officials recently unveiled the deepest-recorded shipwreck in French waters, complete with a remarkably well-preserved cargo dating back 500 years. The findings were announced by the French Department of Underwater and Submarine Archaeological Research (DRASSM) in a Facebook post on June 11. Officials said the ship was found by a French Navy unit during a military operation on March 4. The shipwreck, ...

Shipwreck mystery solved after nearly 140 years

Sat, 07 Jun 2025 07:27:54 +0200

By Chris Ellis - BBC The mystery of a maritime disaster has been solved after experts found a vessel that sank almost 140 years ago. Diver and explorer Dom Robinson identified the SS Nantes, off Plymouth, after examining the wreck site and finding crockery. Dr Harry Bennett, an expert in maritime history, said the dive team had found "the underwater archaeological equivalent of a needle in a haystack". Mr Robinson said solving ...

Public to see Arran shipwreck pottery for first time

Fri, 06 Jun 2025 05:13:29 +0200

From BBC Pieces of rare 19th Century pottery - which were recovered from a shipwreck off the coast of Arran - are to go on display for the first time. The ceramics were discovered by diver Graeme Bruce, 65, from Oban in the wreck of the SS Eagle, a mile from Lamlash Bay, last July. The ship - an early steamboat - was heading to Ireland when it sank in 1859 after colliding with another vessel. Eleven people died. Several artefacts made ...

Dutch shipwreck discovered off Australian coast

Sat, 17 May 2025 04:28:28 +0200

By Kameryn Griesser - CNN Beneath the rough waters of South Australia’s coast, marine archaeologists say they have discovered the lost Dutch merchant vessel Koning Willem de Tweede, which sank nearly 170 years ago. The wreck captures a tragic moment in maritime history during the 19th century Australian gold rushes. The 800-ton sailing ship was beginning its journey back to the Netherlands in June 1857 when a severe storm ...

Madness, murder and rape on the Batavia

Tue, 06 May 2025 04:55:44 +0200

By Tory Shepherd - The Guardian An “evil” man took advantage of a shipwreck to lead a mutiny that caused the death of more than 100 men, women and children. So goes the story of the Batavia, wrecked off the Western Australian coast in 1629. Survivors of the wreck found themselves marooned on a reef and chain of islands about 60km out to sea. Far from help, in the “harsh and unforgiving end of the earth”, the murders ...

The true identity of Costa Rica shipwrecks

Mon, 05 May 2025 05:04:14 +0200

By Amarachi Orie - CNN Sciences Marine archaeologists have discovered that two shipwrecks in Costa Rica are the remains of Danish slave ships missing for centuries — a finding that restores the ancestral lineage of an entire Costa Rican community more than 300 years after the vessels’ occupants reached its shores. The wrecks had long been known to sit in shallow waters off Cahuita National Park, on Costa Rica’s southern ...

Vasco da Gama’s final voyage shipwreck ?

Sat, 25 Jan 2025 01:08:19 +0100

By Andy Corbley - Good News Network Not far off the Kenyan coast, maritime archaeologists believe they have found the wreckage of a galleon belonging to Vasco da Gama, the Portuguese navigator who found the route to India around Africa. While the true provenance of the vessel is unclear, the discovery would be of monumental importance to the study of maritime archaeology, and the history of European exploration. It was originally ...

Hidden treasures: 250 shipwrecks lie unprotected

Wed, 01 Jan 2025 02:48:14 +0100

By Anna Ellis - Euro Weekly News Alexandre Monteiro, an underwater archaeologist and researcher at Nova University in Lisbon, has identified 8,620 shipwrecks scattered along the coasts of mainland Portugal, the Azores, and Madeira. His findings are based on a detailed database of shipwrecks dating back to the 1500s, compiled from historical records. Monteiro’s research documents around 7,500 wrecks along the mainland coast, 1,000 ...

Search for fish prompted 37-year shipwreck quest

Wed, 01 Jan 2025 02:35:33 +0100

By Catherine Nicoll - BBC A hunt for better fishing grounds led a man to spend over three decades documenting more than 2,000 shipwrecks in the Irish Sea. Adrian Corkill's interest in finding vessels lost in the waters around the Isle of Man was sparked in 1987 when he started fishing in a boat on a wreck off Laxey in his spare time. Curious about the ship on the seabed below, he began researching its story, and went on ...

Chinese ship raiding World War II wrecks detained

Tue, 29 Oct 2024 04:05:03 +0100

By John Grady - US Naval Institute The Chinese dredger suspected of plundering two World War II Royal Navy shipwrecks last year has been detained by Malaysian maritime authorities. MV Chuan Hong 68 and the entire crew is being held for paperwork violations including port clearances and having 60 unregistered LPG containers aboard and not illegal scavenging, according to a report in Maritime Executive. But the larger question being ...

Titanic relic up for grabs

Mon, 28 Oct 2024 04:11:10 +0100

By Shawna Healey - Manchester Evening News Two million pounds' worth of sunken treasure recovered from infamous shipwrecks is going under the hammer. The Shipwreck Treasure Museum in Cornwall is auctioning off more than 7,000 items - offering maritime buffs the unique opportunity to bag a piece of history. The award-winning museum which is dedicated to shipwrecks and treasures hauled up from the bottom of the ocean went on ...

300-year-old glass onion bottles from shipwreck

Mon, 28 Oct 2024 03:56:18 +0100

From Greta Cross - USA Today Glass bottles over 300 years old have been retrieved from the depths of the Atlantic Ocean. Divers discovered two well-preserved onion glass bottles from a shipwreck in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Indian River County in Florida in 2021 and 2022. While the exact ship has yet to be identified, the vessel was a part of the 1715 Treasure Fleet, Mark Ard, Florida Department of State director of external ...

Rope from the Mary Rose: artefacts go on sale

Mon, 28 Oct 2024 03:42:40 +0100

From The Guardian They are some of the most evocative historic artefacts that fate ever consigned to the bottom of the sea. Now, coal from the Titanic, a piece of rope from the Mary Rose and musket flints from the shipwreck that inspired William Wordsworth to write one of his greatest works are to be sold at a very rare auction. The artefacts are among the 8,000 objects salvaged from 150 wrecks that will go under the hammer for the first ...