Wreck believed to be warship that sank with over 500 sailors found
The HMS Hawke was torpedoed by a German U-boat on Oct. 15, 1914. Just 70 sailors survived.
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The HMS Hawke was torpedoed by a German U-boat on Oct. 15, 1914. Just 70 sailors survived.
The 130-foot Margaret A. Muir schooner "had lay undetected for over a century, despite hundreds of fishing boats passing over," historians say.
On July 31, 1715, a powerful hurricane devastated 11 Spanish galleons, sending the ships and their precious cargo to the ocean floor.
The San Jose galleon sank more than three centuries ago laden with gold, silver and emeralds believed to be worth billions of dollars.
A wooden steamship that sank on May 1, 1909, was found in 650 feet of water in Lake Superior.
Explorers discovered the wreck of the steamship Milwaukee "remarkably intact" after following clues from old newspaper clippings.
The "holy grail" of shipwrecks has been controversial since it was discovered, because it is both an archaeological and economic treasure.
A WWII-era shipwreck was found in over 600 feet of water in Lake Superior, about 35 miles north of the state's Keweenaw Peninsula, the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society announced.
Archaeologists and local residents are racing to study and preserve the wreck before it disappears back into the sea.
Archaeologists are crediting the father-daughter duo with likely finding the remains of a ship that ran aground during the deadliest fire in U.S. history.
Researchers surveying a portion of the Baltic Sea off Lithuania for a renewable energy project discovered the previously unknown shipwreck.
The Africa disappeared in a snowstorm 128 years ago with her entire crew of 11 sailors.
A team spent 14 hours surveying Akagi, noting it was "the first time anyone has laid eyes on the vessel since sinking during June 1942's Battle of Midway."
A remotely operated vehicle was deployed to reach the target nearly 300 feet below the surface and the images revealed a surprise.
A sub that set out to explore the Titanic wreckage vanished in the North Atlantic, prompting a massive search and rescue operation.
The men from the village of Bandli, in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, were among hundreds who paid smugglers for a chance at a better life, but ended up sinking just 50 miles from Greece.
OceanGate Expeditions' small Titan submersible set off with 5 people, including 3 paying passengers and, at most, about 96 hours' worth of oxygen on board.
U.S. Coast Guard officials said 5 people were aboard the submersible that lost contact about 400 miles off the coast of Newfoundland, where the Titanic sank in 1912.
Two of three ships that sank in Lake Superior over 100 years ago and claimed the lives of 28 people have been discovered.
The Ironton's captain and six sailors clambered into a lifeboat but it was dragged to the bottom before they could detach it from the ship.
The footage is in conjunction with the 25th anniversary of the Academy Award-winning movie, "Titanic."
The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society announced the discovery of the Barquentine Nucleus, a 144-foot ship that sank in Lake Superior in 1869.
Sailors who lost their lives in shipwrecks on the Great Lakes and Michigan waterways will be remembered at a historic church in downtown Detroit.
47 years ago today, the Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior.
The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society said it found the Whaleback vessel in Lake Superior 35 miles off Vermilion Point in 650 feet of water.
