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  1. 6 days ago · The Margaret A. Muir schooner sank during a storm in 1893. Shipwreck hunters found it near the mouth of a popular Wisconsin harbor. By Sara Ruberg Early on Sept. 30, 1893, the Margaret A. Muir ...

  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › ShipwreckShipwreck - Wikipedia

    There were approximately three million shipwrecks worldwide as of January 1999, according to Angela Croome, a science writer and author who specialized in the history of underwater archaeology [1] (an estimate rapidly endorsed by UNESCO [2] [3] and other organizations [4] ).

  3. 2 days ago · 6 of the biggest shipwreck treasures ever found. These historic wrecks offer more than just gold and jewels. From the coast of Namibia to the South China Sea, these ships held riches hidden from ...

  4. The Endurance, the lost vessel of Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, was found at the weekend at the bottom of the Weddell Sea. The ship was crushed by sea-ice and sank in 1915, forcing...

  5. Mar 20, 2024 · Centuries after the Spanish galleon ship San José sunk in Colombian waters and nearly a decade after it was initially discovered, the estimated $17 billion shipwreck is set to be recovered as soon as April, according to officials.

  6. Jul 25, 2024 · The November 1975 shipwreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald is probably the most famous one of the Great Lakes, thanks to Gordon Lightfoot’s hit ballad. But a new discovery is putting another ship ...

  7. 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...

  8. Mar 15, 2022 · Why More and More Shipwrecks Are Being Discovered. Tens of thousands of shipwrecks lie lost and forgotten on the sea floor—but efforts to locate and explore them have seen great advances. By ...

  9. Jun 16, 2022 · Shipwrecks spark the imagination, prompting dreams of untold riches and swashbuckling adventure. More vessels lie at the bottom of the sea than you might think; the National Oceanic and...

  10. May 14, 2019 · Shipwrecks: The stuff of legends. How are shipwrecks discovered? Locating a shipwreck is part art, part science. Safeguarding shipwrecks and other archaeological sites. NOAA Sanctuaries and shipwrecks. Where have sunken ships been found so far? The most famous of all wrecks: The Titanic. Exploring the Titanic wrecksite, a trove of artifacts.

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