Treasure hunters pull hundreds of silver coins from iconic shipwrecks
On July 31, 1715, a powerful hurricane devastated 11 Spanish galleons, sending the ships and their precious cargo to the ocean floor.
On July 31, 1715, a powerful hurricane devastated 11 Spanish galleons, sending the ships and their precious cargo to the ocean floor.
An official with the energy company that made the discovery says it "changes our entire understanding of ancient mariner abilities."
Archaeologists used a crewed submersible called "Deep Sea Warrior" to retrieve the coins, pottery and other ancient artifacts.
Ernest Shackleton was a legendary explorer who sailed to the edges of the Earth and died on a voyage to Antarctica.
The centuries-old Mortar Wreck was discovered off the coast of Dorset, England in 2020.
The San Jose galleon sank more than three centuries ago laden with gold, silver and emeralds believed to be worth billions of dollars.
A bell that sunk in 1917 along with the USS Jacob Jones, a World War I Navy destroyer, has been returned to U.S. custody.
"The families of the bereaved fishermen have been informed that the search has been called off," an official said.
A diver failed to resurface on Sunday after diving near a World War II-era shipwreck off the coast of Florida, officials said.
The SS Tilawa was carrying hundreds of passengers and thousands of silver bars when it sank in 1942.
The wreck is "partly disintegrated," but some remnants have been "very well preserved."
A book with records of a U.S. Navy destroyer's trips during World War II was found in a piece of furniture far from the now-sunken ship.
The area holds dozens of historically significant vessels that have been scuttled over the decades, including navy ships and secretive submarines.
The marine sanctuary says its "shipwrecks serve as time capsules of our nation's maritime history."
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.
By the time Japan's coast guard reached the South Korean tanker sending out a distress call, the vessel was completely overturned.
HMS Tyger sank in 1742, and the surviving crew were marooned on an uninhabited island for more than two months.
An underwater archaeological team made the discoveries off the coast of Kasos — using Homer's "Iliad" as a guide.
In July 1904, the steamship SS Nemesis ran into a powerful storm and vanished off Australia, killing all 32 people on board.
The San Jose sank in 1708 while laden with gold, silver and emeralds estimated to be worth billions of dollars.
Intrigue surrounds the vessel which capsized in waters off the Caribbean island, having made no emergency calls and with no sign of any crew.
No one knows why Captain Frederick "Tatey Bug" Burke went down with the Arlington rather than be rescued with the rest of his crew.
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.
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