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Jun 16, 2022 · Even advanced civilizations like ancient Greece faced peril, as in the case of a 2,400-year-old Greek vessel discovered in the Black Sea in 2018—billed as the oldest intact shipwreck ever...
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The Atlantic Ocean, not including Arctic and Antarctic regions. This is a partial list of shipwrecks which occurred in the Atlantic Ocean. The list includes ships that sank, foundered, grounded, or were otherwise lost.
On 23 October 1944, the first engagements of a gigantic naval battle began in Leyte Gulf, part of the Philippine Sea. It was the biggest in modern human history. Over the following three...
A hidden record. The oldest known boat was found by accident while a motorway was being built in The Netherlands – a wooden canoe crafted over 10,000 years ago. But there's circumstantial...
At around 20:00 on 22 October 1707, believing they were off the coast of Brittany and heading into the English Channel, the fleet ploughed on through the darkness and straight into the...
In some sea areas, most notably in Gulf of Bothnia and Gulf of Finland, salinity is very low, and centuries-old wrecks have been preserved in reasonable condition. However, bacteria found in fresh water cause the wood on ships to rot more quickly than in seawater unless it is deprived of oxygen. [8]
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Sep 25, 2021 · In 2007, the MS Sea Diamond cruise ship ran aground on a volcanic reef in the Aegean Sea. Less than a day later, the ship sunk into the caldera of the ancient, underwater Santorini caldera....