Map created byRean Monfils The map above shows many (but not all of) of the ships sunk during World War 2. The map was created by Rean Monfils and combines the Geographic Information System (GIS) database of Asian Pacific shipwrecks with the Atlantic, Mediterranean and Indian Ocean (AMIO) ...
after the great losses at the Battle of Midway, the Fuso-class was considered candidates to be converted as battleship-carrier hybrids, with construction scheduled to start in Jun 1943, but the plan was eventually abandoned. Between Sep 1942 and Mar 1943, she was under the command of Captain...
From Spain to Greece, the Mediterranean Sea in Southern Europe is a long-time favourite in the summer for European divers. However, experienced divers know the cold waters of Northern Europe can be dived all year-long with a drysuit to explore historic shipwrecks or surprising cold-water marine...
World War II shipwrecks off North Carolina and Civil War shipwrecks in Virginia are being analyzed with sonar technologyCBS News
The island of Tel'Abim[1] is the home of the popular Tel'Abim Banana. It could be seen on previous world maps as a large, inaccessible island zone southwest of the Maelstrom and far off the eastern coast of Kalimdor. Not much is known about the i
Researchers have discovered 10 shipwrecks, including one estimated to be more than 5,000 years old, off the coast of Greece, along with scattered ancient artifacts from around the globe. Using Homer's "Iliad" as a guide, an underwater archaeological team made the discoveries during a four-...
Play Hungry Shark World and gobble up everything that can fit inside your jaws while you explore the seven seas.
Photo of Curtiss seaplane courtesy of Tony O'Mahony at www.corkshipwrecks.com. Other photos in banner and on some of the event pages courtesy Mr. Charlie Woolley, author of "Over the Front" and other wonderful books about our first combat pilots. ...
The ocean floor is littered with millions of shipwrecks, but we only know the locations of a small fraction, and we've explored only a small fraction of those. Will the treasures of these sunken ships ever be hauled up from the deep?
Since the scuba diving industry was born, people have been fascinated by shipwrecks. Whether it was finding new wrecks, salvaging old ones or treasure hunting, many of the most important advances in scuba diving were motivated by wreck diving. Today, there is a wreck for every ability level,...