By Emma Pinedo MADRID, May 10 (Reuters) – Members of three South American indigenous communities have asked Spain and UNESCO to declare a Spanish galleon that sank 300 years ago with a…
https://gcaptain.com/indigenous-groups-claim-stake-in-sunken-spanish-ship-cargo-off-colombia/
By Emma Pinedo MADRID, May 10 (Reuters) – Members of three South American indigenous communities have asked Spain and UNESCO to declare a Spanish galleon that sank 300 years ago with a…
https://gcaptain.com/indigenous-groups-claim-stake-in-sunken-spanish-ship-cargo-off-colombia/
Beneath the waves off the coast of Wenzhou lie stories of centuries past, now resurfacing through the discovery of three intriguing shipwrecks. These submerged vessels, spanning from the Southern Song Dynasty to the early 20th century, offer a captivating glimpse into the maritime history of the region. The chinadaily news source.
https://mfame.guru/wenzhous-sunken-treasures-rewrite-maritime-history/
ROME, (Reuters) – The wreck of an ancient Roman cargo ship from more than 2,000 years ago has been found off the coast near Rome, the arts squad of Italy’s Carabinieri police said on Friday….
https://gcaptain.com/wreck-of-an-ancient-roman-cargo-ship-found-off-romes-coast/
Finding a shipwreck has been the stuff of fantasy for as long as people have sought opportunities beyond the horizon, says an article published on 247wallst.
Maritime archeologistThere is no shortage of wrecked vessels to find; it’s estimated that there are more than three million undiscovered shipwrecks around the world.
While explorers such as Jacques Cousteau have long stirred imaginations with underwater probes of doomed vessels, interest in shipwrecks soared...
MADRID, (Reuters) – A group of Spanish archaeologists have made detailed diagrams of a 2,500-year-old Phoenician shipwreck to help work out how best to recover it from the sea before a storm…
https://gcaptain.com/spanish-archaeologists-plan-rescue-of-2500-year-old-phoenician-shipwreck/
In September 2022, superyacht 007 capsized in Kolones Bay, Kythnos, Greece and Tsavliris Salvage and Environmental Pollution Engineering (EPE) assisted with the antipollution services and helped the yacht’s master remove valuable items. In February 2023, Tsavliris and EPE were awarded the wreck removal tender and began salvage work on 1 March 2023 with a salvage and antipollution team and divers. Two floating cranes with lifting capacities of 110 and 120 tonnes were...
https://mfame.guru/salvage-heroes-clearing-wrecks-and-refloating-grounded-ships/
Archaeologists say they have uncovered a “unique” cache of well-preserved spices, from strands of saffron to peppercorns and ginger, on the wreck of a royal ship that sank off Sweden’s Baltic coast more than 500 years ago.
Old RelicThe wreck of the Gribshund, owned by King Hans of Denmark and Norway, has lain off the coast off Ronneby since 1495 when it is thought to have caught fire and sank as the monarch attended a political meeting ashore in Sweden. Rediscovered by...
https://mfame.guru/baltic-shipwreck-reveals-500-year-old-well-preserved-spices/
The US Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC) has confirmed the identity of a submarine wreck located off the coast of Hokkaido, Japan, as that of the Gato-class USS Albacore (SS 218), lost at sea on 7 November 1944 with her crew of 60 men, reports Dive Magazine.
USS AlbacoreThe second vessel of her name, Albacore, was one of the US Navy’s most successful combat submarines during the Second World War. Built by the Electric Boat Company in Groton, Connecticut,...
https://mfame.guru/wreck-of-wwii-submarine-discovered-off-japan/
The wreckage of three ships that sank on a Cornish beach has been uncovered as a result of winter storms and exceptionally low tides, as reported by ITV.
Crew members savedAt Carbis Bay in January 2021, the iron steamships Cintra, Vulture, and Bessie were also exposed, but to a lesser degree.
On the beach between St. Ives and Hayle, the ragged remains of the steam collier Bessie are a common sight, but residents claim they have never seen so much of the wreck.
In a fierce...
https://mfame.guru/following-storms-in-cornwall-low-tide-in-carbis-bay-shows-three-shipwrecks/