New digital scans of the Titanic
Brand new images of the Titanic have been released, offering unprecedented views of the shipwreck. The images could shed new light on how the iconic liner sank over a century ago.
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Brand new images of the Titanic have been released, offering unprecedented views of the shipwreck. The images could shed new light on how the iconic liner sank over a century ago.
Crew members who survived the sinking were not found for two weeks, researchers said.
Authorities had been aware of the trove of artifacts, but the diver's sighting provided an exact location, allowing researchers to carry out an investigation.
Scientists are continuing to search for the steam freighter SS Norlindo, which sunk in 1942 and may have thousands of barrels of fuel on board.
Since he was a child Carl Allen came to Walker's Cay in the Bahamas for the fishing. Today, the retired businessman is fishing for gold, silver and gems from the wreck of a Spanish galleon that sank in 1656.
Michigan researchers hope the discovery will lead them to a third ship that sank at the same time, killing nearly 30 people aboard the trio of lumber-shipping vessels.
Dozens of people died when the Vasa keeled over and sank just minutes after leaving port in 1628.
A local politician said the 250-foot research vessel outfitted by Microsoft's co-founder was "dislodged from its holding in strong winds."
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.
At least 64 people, including eight children, died when their overcrowded wooden boat slammed into shoals just a few hundred yards off Italy's coast.
At least 61 migrants died when their overcrowded wooden boat broke apart over rocky reefs off southern Italy. Seth Doane reports.
A rescue official vowed to keep up the search, but said finding more survivors was unlikely as the "sea conditions are too difficult."
The famous ship was the first to cross the Atlantic Ocean partly under steam power before running aground off Fire Island more than two centuries ago.
The footage is in conjunction with the 25th anniversary of the Academy Award-winning movie, "Titanic."
The "survivors who made it back to Libyan shores in extremely dire conditions are currently in the hospital," the agency said.
The ship sunk twice and sank another ship before the incident that left it underwater for good.
The Klein Hollandia sank after its commander was killed in action and British sailors came aboard.
North Carolina's coastline — known as the Graveyard of the Atlantic — is home to thousands of shipwrecks, and experts have a theory about this one.
The white, heavy-duty miner's pants with a five-button fly were among 270 Gold Rush-era artifacts that sold for a total of nearly $1 million.
"It's a rare experience, but it's not unique, and it seems with climate change and more intense hurricane seasons, it's happening more frequently," one archaeologist said.
Tens of millions of dollars worth of gold has been sold since the discovery of the S.S. Central America shipwreck revealed sunken treasure.
"Our pulses raced when we saw how similar the wreck was," said Jim Hansson, maritime archaeologist at the Swedish Museum of Wrecks.
The wreck, on the muddy shoreline near downtown Baton Rouge, La., is the latest discovery resulting from a severe drought's impact on water levels in many regions.
"We could see the boat smashing against the rocks and people climbing up those rocks to try and save themselves," one resident said. "It was an unbelievable sight."
"We are dealing with one of our largest ever rescue operations," an official at Syria's transport ministry said.