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Eighty years ago a Kiwi soldier by the name of Wincote helped rescue former US President John F. Kennedy and his desperate, shipwrecked crew off a remote island in the Solomons during World War...
The Tongan castaways were a group of six Tongan teenage boys who shipwrecked on the uninhabited island of ʻAta in 1965 and lived there for 15 months until their rescue. The boys ran away from their boarding school on the island of Tongatapu, stealing a boat in their escape.
Aug 22, 2023 · Man rescued from uninhabited Bahamian island after three days shipwrecked. The marooned man fired flares from the destroyed sailboat, helping the coast guard find him
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A crabbing vessel that sank off Saint Paul Island. Borneo United States: 1819 American maritime fur trade ship wrecked at Prince of Wales Island near the Kaigani Haida village of Klinkwan (modern day Hydaburg). The crew left in boats and was picked up by Volunteer.
Aug 10, 2021 · As it crawled up the Atlantic coast, it took dead aim at Cape Hatteras. It struck Hatteras Island on August 16. When it was over two days later, seven vessels were lost as total wrecks on the beach; six more disappeared in the tumultuous seas without a trace. This story focuses on only two of those unfortunate vessels.
Oct 3. Great Lakes mapping effort could reveal hundreds of shipwrecks. The Great Lakes mapping effort will pinpoint hundreds of shipwrecks, illuminate topographical features and identify...
May 14, 2019 · Shipwrecks are the stuff of epic tales and imagination. Some sank in battle, some in transit. They were war machines, whalers and luxury cruise liners. Their doomed crew and passengers became legends. Rich and poor, from Gilded Age millionaires luxuriating at sea to sailors and deckhands in service to their country.
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