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nytimes.com —
In 1941, a Nazi torpedo tore a hole in a British merchant ship carrying a fortune in silver to England from India. The ship was part of a convoy headed for Liverpool, but it went down about 300 miles southwest of Ireland, disappearing in icy waters nearly...
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msn.com —
Swedish explorer reports circular anomaly, but is it a 'flying saucer'? Hardly An ocean exploration team led by Swedish researcher Peter Lindberg has found what some are suggesting is a crashed flying saucer. Lindberg's team, which has had success in the...
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msn.com —
A team of underwater explorers has found two long-lost shipwrecks in northeastern Lake Huron.
Thunder Bay Marine Sanctuary on Wednesday announced the discovery of the schooner M.F. Merrick and the steel freighter Etruria in deep water off Presque Isle.
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huffingtonpost.com —
Archaeologists recovered the first anchor from what's believed to be the wreck of the pirate Blackbeard's flagship off the North Carolina coast Friday, a move that might change plans about how to save the rest of the almost 300-year-old artifacts from the...
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scotsman.com —
A DIVER exploring a sea wreck off the Scottish coast died after he descended beyond the depths for which he was qualified, an inquest heard.
Father-of-four Neil Rodgers, 40, became separated from two other more experienced divers when he got into...
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independent.co.uk —
Champagne experts have discovered what are believed to be the oldest existing bottles of Heidsieck champagne, salvaged from a shipwreck near the Finnish province of Aaland, local authorities said Monday.
Divers stumbled across a cargo of around 150...
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bbc.co.uk —
Two shipwrecked barges involved in a river disaster in Gloucestershire 50 years ago have been refused protection by English Heritage. Five crew members died when the two vessels struck the Severn Rail Bridge, near Sharpness, in dense fog in 1960. A...
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usatoday.com —
"Great Lakes explorer Frederick Shannon retired from diving about five years ago because of declining health. The 64-year-old former police officer, who lives near Flint, Mich., is best known for his explorations of the wreckage of the sunken freighter...
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arevpam.org —
Underwater archeology and maritime history in Med. Our team of archeologist and commercial divers are doing shipwreck research, communication, presentation.
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cnn.com —
The hull of a ship likely made in the 1700s was discovered at the World Trade Center site Tuesday. Archaeologists say that it probably was sunk there in the effort to add land to Manhattan in the early 19th century. Molly McDonald, an archaeologist with...
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kmtr.com —
The ship "Helen E” has made a brief appearance on the southern Oregon coast. Locals may remember the World War II U.S. Navy submarine Chaser. It was grounded on the beach in 1951, but low tides and recent storms off the North Spit in Coos Bay pulled...
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abc.net.au —
The crew on board Seahorse Spirit found the Centaur 30 nautical miles off the southern tip of Moreton Island in south-east Queensland at the weekend. The Centaur was sunk by the Japanese in 1943, killing 268 people. The search ship arrived back in...
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