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• Archaeological Potential for Shipwrecks
  From Directions Magazine The “AMAP2 - Characterising the Potential for Wrecks” project (AMAP2), commissioned in October 2009, is a collaborative project between SeaZone and the University of Southampton (UoS) which seeks to improve the management of the marine historic environment through the interoperability of reference and archaeological data for marine s […]
• Odyssey Marine 2009 financial results
  From Yahoo Finance For the full year 2009, Odyssey reported revenues of $4.3 million, compared to $4.1 million in 2008 while operating expenses decreased $6.4 million from $29.1 million in 2008 to $22.7 million in 2009.The company reported a net loss of $18.6 million for the full year 2009, compared to a net loss of $24.8 million in 2008. The net loss per sh […]
• What's in a name? Graveyard of the Atlantic
    By Catherine Kozak - The Virginian-Pilot Legend has it that Alexander Hamilton, the early American statesman, gave the Outer Banks its colorful moniker, one that over time came to romanticize what mariners once dreaded. According to author Ben Dixon MacNeill in "The Hatterasman," published in 1958, Hamilton "passed Cape Hatteras on a summer […]
• Searching for Zheng
    By Ishaan Tharoor - Times One of the more famous paintings of the medieval Ming Dynasty, which ruled China for three centuries, is that of a court attendant holding a rope around a giraffe. An inscription on the side says the animal dwelt near "the corners of the western sea, in the stagnant waters of a great morass." According to legend, the gi […]
• Our treasure ship
    By Paul Delplanque - Gazette Live.co.uk She is a treasure on our doorstep and one of which we should be justly proud. Today HMS Trincomalee is the centrepiece of the Historic Quay at Hartlepool but her journey there has without doubt been an eventful one. She caught fire three times, she very nearly sank at her moorings and then after all the hard work to […]
• Shiver Me Timbers: Old Wreck Exposed
    By Mark Alan Lovewell The remnants of a shipwreck turned up on South Beach near Wasque last weekend, following a series of winter storms that have pounded and eaten away the south-facing shoreline of the Vineyard in recent weeks.The large piece of what appears to be the hull of a ship was spotted about 100 yards east of the Norton Point Beach opening by S […]
• Theft in Mariners' museum
  From the United States attorney Chuck Rosenberg Lester F. Weber, age 46, and Lori E. Childs, age 49, both of Newport News, Virginia, were indicted by a federal grand in an indictment returned on February 13, 2008. Weber and Childs face charges of Conspiracy to Commit Mail and Wire Fraud, Mail Fraud, Wire Fraud, Making and Subscribing False Tax Returns and Th […]
• Diving the deep wrecks - Bayview
    By Michael Timm - Bayview Compass.com During the winter months, Bay View resident Jitka Hanakova works as a business analyst. But from April to October, she takes scuba divers to some of the deepest, least accessible shipwrecks on the Great Lakes.Hanakova started diving in 2000 and quickly fell in love with the sport. She found a good, local charter boat […]
• La factura del «Caso Odyssey» será millonaria
  C.D.Carrón / G. Pajares - La Razon.es La justicia fallará en breve, pero el Gobierno español ya ha presupuestado 1,6 millones de euros desde 2007 para pagar a la asesoría jurídica, encabezada por James Goold, y cuyo coste podría superar los cinco millonesEl «Caso Odyssey» parece encaminarse hacia un final, que previsiblemente podrá ser feliz, pero no han fa […]
• Ceramics that tell the Malaysian story
    By Yip Yoke Teng - The Star Online Ceramics, whether prehistoric or modern-day, tell a lot about an ethnic group as the items are widely used in daily life for various purposes.To highlight the significance of ceramics, the National Museum has grouped the most precious artefacts from its ceramic collection together in the Malaysia Ceramics Exhibition, whi […]
• Titanic artefacts surface in Melbourne exhibition
  By Simon Plant - Herald Sun Buried treasure recovered from the wreck of the world's most famous ship has surfaced at Melbourne Museum. But a bronze cherub ripped from the Titanic almost a century ago is just the tip of the iceberg.Titanic: The Artefact Exhibition, opening soon in the museum's Touring Hall, will present 280 authentic objects - from […]
• End of long hunt for Centaur
  By Tuck Thompson - CourierMail.com.au Australia's top political and military officials will lead the public in a national service of remembrance today for the 332 victims and survivors of the sinking of the AHS Centaur.Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, Premier Anna Bligh, Governor-General Quentin Bryce, Chief of Army Ken Gillespie and Chief of Navy Russell Cra […]
• BBC to make Atlantis movie
    By David Bentley - Coventry Telegraph.com A new British movie is to tell the story of the ancient cataclysm that's believed to be the basis for the Atlantis legend.The BBC has announced the TV film, to be called Atlantis and directed by Primeval's Tony Mitchell, will "tell the dramatic story of the greatest natural disaster to shake the anc […]
• New sculptures added to Cancun's underwater museum
    From news.com.au The Cancun and Isla Mujeres Underwater Art Museum is a step closer to becoming the world's largest underwater museum by adding three new sculptures. The sculptures - Dream Collector, Man on Fire and The Gardener of Hope – were carefully submerged to a variety of different depths throughout the national park.Created by British/Guyanes […]
• SS Mendi's stories told almost 100 years after sinking
    From BBC Many in the UK have never heard of SS Mendi, yet in South Africa's Easten Cape Province she is as famous as RMS Titanic.In February 1917, she was lost off the south coast of the Isle of Wight with, 600 troops on board. Sinking 9 miles (14.4 km) off St Catherine's point, it is a story that is still virtually unknown in the UK. Diver Mart […]
• Malouines, histoire d'un contentieux multiséculaire
    Par Catherine Gouëset - L'Express.fr Alors que la tension monte entre l'Argentine et la Grande-Bretagne après le lancement, par Londres, d'une campagne d'exploration pétrolière au large des Malouines, retour sur les grandes dates de l'archipel, situé à moins de 500 km de la côte argentine. XVIème siècle : l'archipel des Malou […]
• Faculty Senate awards Harrison research grants
  From David Replogle - Cavalier Daily The University awarded Harrison Undergraduate Research Awards to 35 students this year, studying topics as diverse as investigating shipwrecks off the Carolina coast to researching edible rain gardens.The awards provide grants to support independent study projects during the coming summer. Students receive up to $3,000 to […]
• USS Olympia seeks a new caretaker
    By Edward Colimore - Philly.com During the Spanish-American War, Navy Commodore George Dewey stood on the bridge of the ship and uttered the words that became famous: "You may fire when you are ready, Gridley."The vessel's mighty guns fired the first shots of the Battle of Manila Bay on May 1, 1898, announcing the United States as an intern […]
• Wreck finds are flown in
  From The Star Robin Hood Airport has handled its most historic cargo, which has lain at the bottom of the sea for two centuries.Rare artefacts from a British sailing ship that was wrecked and sunk in the Baltic in the early 19th century have been brought to the surface and are now on their way to a maritime exhibition in Whitby, from where they originally st […]