USS Yorktown WWII shipwreck expedition leads to more incredible discoveries
A shocking discovery made by researchers over the weekend was located in a mysterious military vehicle located three miles underwater on the WWI Yorktown, aboard the WWI shipwreck. NOAA Ocean Explorer I said Part of the Battle of Midway aircraft – a showdown between the US and Japanese navy in the Pacific in 1942 – […]
Near 70 Died in Migrant Shipwreck Off Spain
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) – Nearly 70 migrants were killed when their boat sank as they tried to reach Spain earlier this month, Mali's minister for overseas Malians said on Monday. Mossa Ag Atahel announced in a press release on Thursday that a migrant boat bound for Spain sank on December 19. The ministry said there […]
20 Illegal Boat Migrants Die in Shipwreck Off The Coast of Tunisia
TUNISIA, Tunisia (AP) – Tunisian authorities have recovered the bodies of 20 people believed to have drowned after a ship sank off the country's Mediterranean coast near a popular departure point for migrants trying to reach Europe by boat. Contained. The country's National Guard said in a statement Wednesday that coast guard personnel sent to […]
Sicilian archaeologists uncover strange artifacts near ancient shipwreck
Prehistoric tools and ancient anchors were recently discovered during an underwater excavation of a 2,500-year-old shipwreck off the coast of Sicily. Superintendent of the Sea (SopMare), the Sicilian government agency responsible for conservation ancient relics The discovery was announced on December 9th in seawater. The shipwreck dates back to the 5th or 6th century BC […]
11-year-old from Sierra Leone survives three days at sea after shipwreck
An 11-year-old girl from Sierra Leone was rescued overnight at sea for three days as the sole survivor of a shipwreck off the Italian island of Lampedusa, a rescue charity announced on Wednesday. Germany's Compass Collective said the ship's crew were en route to another emergency when they heard screams from the water and came […]
OceanGate CEO crashed submersible into shipwreck in 2016, threw controller at crew: ex-employee
David Lockridge, Ocean Gate's former director of operations who indicated the experimental submersible Titan was unsafe before its final, fatal voyage, spoke to U.S. Coast Guard investigators on Tuesday about an earlier mission that ended disastrously when it collided with CEO Stockton Rush. Lockridge, who was responsible for the safety of the entire crew and […]
1856 shipwreck Le Lyonnais discovered off Massachusetts coast, stunning divers
A team of dedicated researchers was recently astounded when they came face to face with a ship that had not been seen for 168 years. Discovery of the steamship Lyon The announcement was made recently by Atlantic Wreck Salvage (AWS), which owns and operates the vessel. D/V Tenaciousdiscovered the vessel off the coast of southeastern […]
Refugee NGOs attack EU shipwreck ‘double standard’ after Bayesian effort | Refugees
The massive amount of money and global attention poured into the Baysian superyacht tragedy suggests a double standard for shipwrecks in the Mediterranean, NGOs that work to help asylum seekers said, citing the barriers they regularly face when attempting to save lives in the same waters. Groups that spoke to the Guardian were quick to […]
Yacht maker says ‘indescribable’ crew errors led to Sicily shipwreck
The CEO of the manufacturing company responsible for building the yacht that sank off the coast of Sicily this week has blamed the ship’s sinking on a series of “unspeakable and unreasonable errors” by the crew. Reuters reported that Giovanni Costantino, CEO of Italian Sea Group, which includes Perini Navi, the Italian luxury yacht manufacturer […]
Divers Find Shipwreck Likely To Be WWI Vessel Lost With Over 500 Sailors: REPORT
Divers have discovered a shipwreck believed to be a World War I ship that sank with more than 500 sailors on board, the BBC reported on Friday. An underwater expedition off the coast of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, has discovered a vessel believed to be HMS Hawk, a Royal Navy warship sunk during World War I. The […]