Bubbles rise through the murky green water as divers tenderly explore a rare 15th-century shipwreck off Stockholm’s coast, believed to be the oldest warship found off Sweden. “It’s a very big ship, it was around 40-45 meters when it sailed probably,” project leader and marine archaeologist Hakan Altrock from Sweden’s Museum of Wrecks said, overseeing…
Sheerness, England — A delicate operation aimed at preventing an 82-year-old U.S. shipwreck packed with tons of World War II explosives from unleashing a potentially catastrophic tidal wave on London has been completed. But while the most imminent danger has been addressed, the explosives remain inside the rusting wreck of the SS Richard Montgomery on…
Archaeologists have discovered the world’s oldest shipwreck off the coast of Turkey, dating it to between 4,400 and 4,700 years old. The structure of the ship has not survived the nearly five millennia underwater, but its contents of clay jars have been preserved surprisingly well, with some still containing traces of what they transported over…
At least 139 people, including children, have died after a boat carrying more than 300 migrants capsized off the coast of Djibouti in east Africa, the International Organization for Migration said Sunday. “This is a devastating loss of life. Our thoughts are with the survivors and the families who have lost loved ones or remain…
A maritime expert planned to visit a Nantucket beach Monday to inspect weathered wooden beams exposed by the weekend’s powerful nor’easter, possibly the remnants of a 19th-century shipwreck buried beneath the island’s southern shore. The Egan Maritime Institute said its exhibits and collections manager would survey the site and send a report to state underwater…
Shipwrecks have long fascinated oceanographer Robert Ballard, who became renowned for locating the wreck of the RMS Titanic in 1985. He talks with correspondent Lee Cowan about how that discovery 12,000 feet beneath the Atlantic changed him, and about the efforts of his research vessel Nautilus to map the ocean floor. Cowan also talks with…
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A 17th-century Italian painting looted by Nazis from a prominent Jewish Dutch art collector must be returned to the rightful owner’s heir, a judge in Argentina ruled on Friday. Judge Santiago Inchausti approved a deal in which the daughter of a fugitive Nazi official agreed to give up her claim to the painting rather than…
A long-lost naval ship that sank more than a century ago off England has been located by divers exploring the waters off the Isle of Wight, military officials and an exploration team confirmed this week. In 1908, the 400-ton HMS Tiger, a torpedo boat destroyer, collided with the 10,000-ton cruiser HMS Berwick during the night,…
Italian divers have discovered the 2,100-year-old wreck of a Roman ship off Sicily, piled high with hundreds of well-preserved ancient clay jars, known as amphorae, which were likely used to transport wine. The wreck, dubbed by Italy’s Culture Minister Alessandro Giuli as “one of the most important underwater archaeological discoveries of recent years”, was found…
