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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...
1 0 shipwreckworld Sep 26, 2011 in Shipwreck News
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...
1 0 shipwreckworld Dec 29, 2009 in Shipwreck News

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Legend of the Lake - New Discovery Edition Book

The recent discovery of the wreck of the British warship Ontario, “the Holy Grail” of Great Lakes shipwrecks, solves several mysteries that have puzzled historians since the ship sank more than two centuries ago. Now, for the first time, the whole tragic story of the Ontario can finally be told. Buy Now!