HMS Tiger wreck off Isle of Wight, ending 118‑year hunt and sparking debate over stronger protection for military shipwrecks. A team of divers and maritime historians from ProjectXplore announced the identification of HMS Tiger, a 400‑ton destroyer that...

A WWII wreck loaded with munitions still rests under the Channel, decades after a salvage blast that rattled towns and reshaped the seabed. The remains of the SS Kielce have lain silent on the floor of the English Channel since a 1946 collision sank...

arrives as the United Kingdom debates the Armed Forces Bill, which proposes extending legal protection to historic military wrecks. Under the draft legislation, sites older than 200 years would gain stronger safeguards, helping prevent accidental damage...

Divers recovered hundreds of gold coins from an English wreck; newly uncovered London legal records finally reveal the ship’s name, cargo and doomed voyage. Thirty years after a glint of gold first caught a diver’s eye on the sands of Devon’s...

Beneath the waves lies a largely unexplored archive of wartime debris, with estimates indicating roughly three million shipwrecks scattered across the globe. A fraction of these—about 15,000—originated from the First and Second World Wars, and many...

Divers still risk everything to explore the 70‑year‑old Andrea Doria wreck, salvaging artifacts the ocean hasn’t claimed. More than seven decades after the Italian ocean liner Andrea Doria slipped beneath the Atlantic, a new wave of divers is racing...

reveals the wreck’s unusually well-preserved masts. Credit: Jefflindsay.ca Chak noted that such preservation is rare; many wrecks he has examined show collapsed or damaged masts due to boat traffic, anchors, or divers. The depth likely shielded the...

shipwreck discovered in French territorial waters,” while acknowledging that the United States Navy has reported larger wrecks in its own jurisdiction. Deep‑Sea Sonar Pinpoints an Uncharted Wreck A sonar specialist first reported an “unusual very large...

Investigators are unravelling the mystery behind a massive Northern European shipwreck where the crew vanished, leaving their belongings and rats behind. Construction workers in Tallinn, Estonia, were clearing ground for a new office development on...

A Cold War nuclear submarine resting deep in the Norwegian Sea is still releasing radioactive material decades after it sank, but new research reveals a complex picture of intermittent leaks, rapid dilution, and limited environmental impact so far. In...

A daring deep‑sea salvage in the Barents Sea pierced a WWII war grave 800 ft down, retrieving Stalin’s long‑lost wartime cargo. On September 16, 1981, a gold bar was lifted from the wreck of HMS Edinburgh, a British cruiser that had rested on its side...

wreck was partially buried in protective sand, archaeologists were able to recover elements rarely seen in historical shipwrecks. Beyond the hull, the team identified the remains of a stern castle—a defensive and residential structure—and a significant...

the arbitration panel’s interpretation of the bilateral trade pact will set a precedent for future claims over historic shipwrecks. Heritage Claims and National Identity Spain has periodically expressed interest in the San José, given the vessel’s flag...

A lost Pan Am airliner resurfaced after 74 years, uncovering the wreck that inspired the safety feature still visible on every passenger today. A long‑lost Pan Am Clipper, the Endeavor, has been located on the Atlantic seafloor roughly 600 meters...

Wreck of Pan Am Flight 526A located 74 years after sinking off Puerto Rico, uncovering the disaster that transformed modern flight safety briefings. A decades‑old mystery beneath the Atlantic was finally solved when a joint effort by the Air/Sea...

Archaeologists uncover three 13th‑century shipwrecks and a mysterious reliquary in Menorca’s medieval ’Cove of Mysteries’, sparking fresh intrigue. Archaeologists have uncovered three medieval shipwrecks lying side‑by‑side in Menorca’s “Cove of...

cog. Image credit: Estonian Maritime Museum The Lootsi cog, as it has come to be known, is one of the largest medieval shipwrecks recovered in Europe in the past century. Engineers spent three months preparing and 13 hours transporting the ship, which...

remains devoid of human skeletal structure. This lack of remains is particularly striking when compared to much older shipwrecks where bones have historically been recovered. The difference lies in the specific, hostile chemistry of the ocean at extreme...

Nearly 400 Soviet gold bars sat on the Barents Sea floor for 40 years until a daring salvage mission retrieved almost all of them. Decades after a World War II cruiser sank beneath the icy waters of the Barents Sea, a multinational team succeeded in...

A World War II aircraft that vanished beneath the waves in 1943 has finally been located, solving a decades-old mystery while confirming the crew survived. An autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) has successfully mapped the remains of a British Fairey...