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• A Brigantine Beneath Washington Street
  By David W. Dunlap -  The New York Times The 18th-century vessel unearthed two weeks ago in Lower Manhattan has begun to emerge from the mist of history.She was most likely a brigantine; the two-masted workhorse of the coastal trade, ranging perhaps from New England (where she might have picked up lumber needed by an ever-growing New York City) as far south […]
• Carausius was a pirate, a rebel and the first ruler of a unified Britain
  By Alan Clayson - The Independant One afternoon earlier this summer, in a Somerset meadow, David Crisp stumbled upon 52,000 Romano-British coins, the second-largest such hoard of its kind ever unearthed – and presently on exhibit in the British Museum. Almost 800 of these were minted during the reign of Carausius, which lasted from around AD286 until AD293, […]
• The S.S. World Trade Center Sets Sail
  By David W. Dunlap and Fred R. Conrad - The New York Times Whatever the antique vessel was, and whenever in the 18th century it arrived on the Lower Manhattan waterfront, one thing can be said almost certainly: Its journey in was easier than its journey out.The vessel was discovered by workers on July 13, about 20 to 30 feet below street level, during the e […]
• How the Arctic search team found HMS Investigator
  By Don Martin - National Post Dangling precariously over the side of a Zodiac while peering into the blue-green Arctic Ocean, the wreck of the ghost ship HMS Investigator suddenly looms large just eight metres below the surface. The pointed bow, the flat stern splintered long ago by a passing iceberg, and a section of railing draped across the middle are ea […]
• Zheng He: Symbol of China's 'peaceful rise'
  By Zoe Murphy - BBC News Next month, archaeologists will begin work off the coast of Kenya to identify a wreck believed to have belonged to the man some historians believe inspired the adventures of Sinbad the Sailor. Chinese archaeologists, who arrived in the African country this week, are hoping that the shipwreck could provide evidence of the first conta […]
• Canadians discover long-lost ship ‘fundamental’ to Arctic sovereignty
  By Don Martin - National Post The ship whose crew discovered Canada’s Northwest Passage has been found 155 years after it was abandoned and disappeared in this isolated Arctic bay, a historic find and one that may help bolster Canadian claims to Arctic sovereignty.The wreck of HMS Investigator was detected in shallow water within days of Parks Canada archeo […]
• Pistol used to steal coal for RMS Titanic appears for sale
  From Paul Fraser Collectibles In 1912, during a national coal strike, the Titanic's owners resorted to desperate measures. Sometimes it's the 'stories behind the stories' which provide the most interesting items of memorabilia.Such is the case with the story of the RMS Titanic which, after striking an iceberg four days into its voyage on […]
• New Titanic expedition will create 3D map of wreck
  By Steve Szkotak - Associated Press/Breitbart A team of scientists will launch an expedition to the Titanic next month to assess the deteriorating condition of the world's most famous shipwreck and create a detailed three-dimensional map that will "virtually raise the Titanic" for the public. The expedition to the site 2 1/2 miles beneath the […]
• Call for funds to house Guernsey's Roman wreck Asterix
  From BBC News Guernsey The director of Guernsey Museums has called on people outside the States to help preserve and exhibit the Gallo-Roman wreck Asterix in the island.Dr Jason Monaghan said Asterix is the most historically valuable Roman artefact in northern Europe.He said a public private partnership could be the way forward.Dr Monaghan said: "It […]
• Cape Breton a wreck-diver’s paradise
  By Chris Shannon - Cape Breton Post The coastal areas of Cape Breton Island have held secrets for hundreds of years as military powers looked to stabilize their colonies and migrants yearned to begin a new life in the New World only to chart a course that prematurely ended so many lives on the rocky Atlantic shore. Shipwreck charts are dotted with spots up […]
• African quest for sunken ship of Ming admiral
  By Xan Rice - Guardian.co.uk It's another chapter in the now familiar story of China's economic embrace of Africa. Except that this one begins nearly 600 years ago.A team of 11 Chinese archaeologists will arrive in Kenya tomorrow to begin the search for an ancient shipwreck and other evidence of commerce with China dating back to the early 15th ce […]
• Sonar scanners find ancient wrecks off Italian coast
  By Ella Ide - Washington Post A team of marine archaeologists using sonar scanners have discovered four ancient shipwrecks off the tiny Italian island of Zannone, with intact cargoes of wine and oil. The remains of the trading vessels, dating from the first century BC to the 5th-7th century AD, are up to 165 meters underwater, a depth that preserved them fr […]
• Titanic exhibition a rare treasure
  By Karen Rallo - South bend Tribune Want to get a personal glimpse into one of the most notorious maritime disasters ?Then take a trip down U.S. 31 to visit “Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition” Sept. 25 through January at the Indiana State Museum in Indianapolis.More than 5,400 artifacts have been recovered, following seven expeditions to the site of the Tita […]
• Diving ban imposed on Champagne Wreck
  From Yle.fi The provincial government of the Åland Islands has imposed a ban on diving in the area where a team of divers earlier this month found what could be the world's oldest drinkable champagne. The Finnish Coast Guard is patrolling the area to keep prevent any unauthorized dives of the 18th century wreck. The ban in a 30 square kilometre zone is […]
• That ‘New World’ feeling: Nina, Pinta replicas in Winona
  By Danielle Wick - La Crosse Tribune Columbus used the stars. They use GPS. Columbus’ crew slept on deck. They sleep below. Columbus and his men were on the sea for 50 days at time. They dock in a new port every few days.The Columbus Foundation’s crew on the Pinta and Nina may not suffer as their predecessors did, but their ships are the closest replicas cu […]
• Explorer, state, France ink deal on shipwreck
  By Steve Zucker - Charlevoix Courier With a few pen strokes Monday, Charlevoix resident Steve Libert moved one big step closer to finding out if a shipwreck he found at the bottom of Lake Michigan in 2001 is in fact the long lost French vessel the Griffon.Sitting in the Charlevoix City Council Chambers and in the presence of a few family members, and Charle […]
• Extreme archaeology: Divers plumb sacred Maya pools
  By University of Illinois - R&D Steering clear of crocodiles and navigating around massive submerged trees, a team of divers began mapping some of the 25 freshwater pools of Cara Blanca, Belize, which were important to the ancient Maya. In three weeks this May, the divers found fossilized animal remains, bits of pottery and – in the largest pool explore […]
• Undersea probe to seek out lost port city
  By Jaya Menon - The Times of India Encouraged by the zeal witnessed at the recent world classical Tamil conference, the DMK government has decided to fund an undersea expedition to excavate the remains of a 2,000-year-old town, Poompuhar or Kaveripoompattinam, submerged under the sea off the Nagapattinam coast in Tamil Nadu. The marine archaeology wing of t […]
• Searching for sea treasures
  By Nathan Bruttell - Today's News-Herald Pitch black, icy water, 230 feet below the surface and inside a 54-year-old collapsing ship.That combination would scare most people, but for Havasu resident Joel Silverstein, the dive down to the famous Andrea Doria shipwreck is as good as it gets.“You have to be able to work in the dark, you have to be able to […]