The Endurance is one of the most famous shipwrecks(沉船) in the world. In 1914, Ernest Shackleton and 27 people left England in the Endurance. Shackleton hoped to become the first to cross Antarctica. However, in 1915, the ship got trapped(困住) in the ice over the Weddell Se a before...
Shipwrecking is truly a big loss of material possessions and human lives. A rough estimate by the United Nations shows at least 3 million shipwrecks are lying across ocean floors. There are over 5000 shipwrecks in the Great Lakes that have taken the lives of over 30,000 mariners. There is ...
RECORDED WORLD SHIPWRECKS Famous Shipwrecks Worksheets Complete List of Included Worksheets Frequently Asked Questions What is the most famous shipwreck of all time? Where did the shipwreck of the Titanic happen? What is the story behind the shipwreck of the RMS Lusitania? What is the significance ...
Akagi, a Japanese aircraft carrier that took part in the raid on Pearl Harbor, was sunk at the Battle of Midway. Now, explorers have captured its image on film.
The unfathomable losses of Sydney and Centaur left open wounds in the hearts and minds of countless relatives and friends, which would never totally heal until their wrecks were found and those who died within them were honoured. Backed with funding from the Australian Commonwealth and State ...
he was later revealed to be a pretender and was executed at the Tower of London. The only clue would come in 1674 when the skeletons of two children were found during renovations to the Tower. While these were never proven to be the bodies of the Princes in the Tower, the discovery fue...
Robert Duane Ballard (born June 30, 1942) is a retired United States Navy officer and a professor of oceanography at the University of Rhode Island who is most noted for his work in underwater archaeology: maritime archaeology and archaeology of shipwrecks. He is most known for the discoveries...
explain the abandonment, including alcohol fumes from the cargo and insurance fraud. The event is possibly confused with the sinking of a ship with a similar name, the Mari Celeste, off the coast of Bermuda on September 13, 1864, which is mentioned in the book Bermuda Shipwrecks by Dan ...
Modern Great Barrier Reef history includes a very specific examination of the area and a documentation of species that live on the reef. Studies of the reef have unveiled the sites of around 30 shipwrecks, suggesting that the reef was known to exist further back in history but was never docum...
Related Stories The 30 Coolest Shipwrecks in the World The Science of Recovering Shipwreck Treasures Lost For 77 Years The wreck of the Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier Akagi was discovered in 2019 by a team from Vulcan Inc. aboard the organization’s research vessel R/V Petrel du...