The Russian Ministry of Defence has confirmed that an expedition has been launched to attempt to locate a Soviet Navy submarine that was lost off the northern coast of Japan in the closing weeks of World War II. Russian Navy hydrographic ships will begin combing the waters of La Perouse Strait...
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Wreck of US Navy submarine found on seabed off Luzon, Philippines
The US Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC) has confirmed the wreck site of the World War II submarine USS Harder in the waters off Luzon island in the Philippines. Using data collected and provided by Tim Taylor, CEO of Tiburon Subsea and the Lost 52 Project, NHHC’s Underwater Archaeology...
Survey completed on 160-year-old shipwreck in Waterloo Bay, Australia
The remains of a shipwreck off Wilson’s Promontory in Victoria, Australia, have been revealed following a recently completed marine archaeological survey. Maritime archaeologists filmed the vessel identified by the name Cheviot in Waterloo Bay as part of a land and sea archaeological survey of by...
Massive shipwreck discovered on seabed off Western Australia
Researchers in Australia have discovered a massive shipwreck estimated to be approximately 64 metres long lying at the bottom of the Indian Ocean off the coast of Western Australia. A small autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) developed by Sydney-based maritime technology company Advanced Navigation...
BOOK REVIEW | Dead Man’s Chest & Citizen Science in Maritime Archaeology
These two specialised but nevertheless very interesting books should be read successively, as their subjects, but not their foci, are closely related and their ideas are closely linked. Maritime archaeology really only came of age after the Second World War, but it has since become a very popular...
Survey completed on wrecks of 30 ships lost in 1940 Dunkirk evacuation
The Department of Underwater and Submarine Archaeological Research (Département des recherches archéologiques subaquatiques et sous-marines; DRASSM) of the French Ministry of Culture has surveyed 30 wrecks sunk during the rescue of 338,000 Allied soldiers from Dunkirk early in the Second World War. The survey, which was done in partnership with preservation group Historic England, shows […]
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Research and Training Vessel News Roundup | June 28 – Russian refit and newbuild, Indian Navy survey ship and Chinese archaeological vessel
A Russian science vessel completes undergoing a service life extension as a new inland survey boat is launched for the first time. Construction is underway on an Indian N ..
33 injured after research ship topples while in drydock in Edinburgh, Scotland
Authorities in Scotland have confirmed that 33 people suffered varying degrees of injury after a foreign-owned research vessel toppled over while in drydock in the capita ..
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US Navy submarine lost in World War II found off Hokkaido, Japan
The US Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC) has confirmed the identity of a wreck site off the coast of Hokkaido, Japan, as that of USS Albacore, a US Navy Gato-clas ..
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BOOK REVIEW | Misadventures in Nature’s Paradise: Australia’s Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Christmas Island During the Dutch Era
Maritime history is continually being refined and revised as new discoveries are made and conventional wisdom and self-perpetuating myths are found to be wrong. This book ..