Tag: shipwrecks

A shipwreck that took place off the Madagascar coast this week has claimed the lives of 85 people, maritime officials mentioned.

The removal of debris coming from the Singapore-registered MV X-Press Pearl that sank in Lankan waters, is set to start early November.

X-Press Feeders, operators of the container ship ‘X-Press Pearl’, confirmed that the wreck is now wholly sitting on the seabed at a depth of 21 meters.

Responders continue preparations for the third cut of the wreck of RoRo vessel Golden Ray, about 18 months after it capsized in St. Simons Sound, Brunswick, Georgia, US.

Following the MS Estonia ferry sinking, one of the deadliest accidents in European waters, Sweden would give permission for an underwater examination of the shipwreck.

The average lifespan of a ship is 25-30 years. After this span, the ship may become too expensive to operate, but most importantly, to become unseaworthy putting human safety at risk. So, have you ever wondered what happens to a ship when it is too old to sail?

The most popular underwater shipwreck, "RMS Titanic" will be from now on protected under the international treaty between the United Kingdom and the United States. According to the U.K.’s Maritime Minister Nusrat Ghani, both sides passed legislation which allows them to grant or deny licenses to enter the hulls of the wreckage and remove artifacts found outside.

Archaeologists discovered two 500-year-old iron ship anchors on Mexico's Gulf Coast, claiming that they may have belonged to the fleet led by Spain's Hernán Cortés, who conquered the Aztec empire in the 16th century.

Vulcan's R/V petrel deep-sea team, dives into the ocean and researches the WWII Fletcher class destroyer at a record depth of 20,400 feet., meaning the deepest discovery of a shipwreck. To be more specific, the vessel lies at a depth of of 6,220 (3.9 miles) meters on the edge of the Emden Deep in the Philippine Sea.

Researchers discovered the wreck of the Imperial Japanese Navy carrier 'IJN Kaga' which sank at the Battle of Midway in June 1942. The wreck is located in the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument off the Midway Atoll.