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shipwreck stories: 20 news summaries

 900 Pulled From 
 Sinking Filipino 
 Ferry, 60 Missing 

Five dead, 63 missing after fiasco in Philippines

Sep 6, 09 11:10 AM CDT
(AP) - A ferry carrying nearly 1,000 passengers sank in the southern Philippines early this morning, leaving at least five dead and more than 60 missing. The Superferry 9 began to list before dawn about 9 miles off Zamboanga del Norte province, rousing terrified passengers from their sleep and throwing some... More »

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shipwreck • Philippines • rescue • missing boater • navy • ferry

 Sunken Gold Ship Found, 
 Now Where's the Loot? 

Trawler was abanoned and sank off Argentina in mysterious circumstances

Jun 20, 09 7:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - The wreck of a trawler carrying $18 million in gold and silver that sank in January has been found off the coast of Argentina, the BBC reports. The big question: Does it still have the loot aboard? Rescuers hired by the main insurer, Lloyd's of London, plan to send down... More »

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shipwreck • Argentina • shipping • gold

(Newser) - The last Titanic survivor has died at age 97, with no memory of the disaster but pleased by the attention it brought her, the BBC reports. Millvina Dean was 9 weeks old when the ship sank in 1912 and claimed her father's life, but spared her mother and brother. The... More »

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James Cameron • Leonardo DiCaprio • shipwreck • Titanic • survivors • Kate Winslet

 Surveyors Find Sunken  
 WWI Battleship  

Danton in top condition deep under Mediterranean

Feb 19, 09 11:02 AM CST
(Newser) - A French battleship famously sunk by Germans in World War I has been found in “extraordinary” condition on the Mediterranean Sea floor, the BBC reports. A geosciences firm came upon the Danton while surveying the waters between Italy and Algeria for a planned gas pipeline, set to be diverted... More »

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France • shipwreck • history • Mediterranean Sea • World War I • navy • gas pipelines

US, France Scuffle Over 1679 Shipwreck in Great Lakes

Vessel was likely on Louis XIV's orders

Feb 16, 09 7:42 AM CST
(Newser) - The state of Michigan, French officials, and an American diver are battling over a wreck discovered at the bottom of Lake Michigan that's believed to be a French ship laden with furs and muskets on a mission for King Louis XIV. The Griffin, launched by famous French explorer La Salle... More »

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France • shipwreck • ship • Michigan • Lake Michigan • Louis XIV • explorer

(Newser) - A California man who used Google Earth to locate a 19th century Spanish treasure ship is suing for the right to excavate on private land, ABC News reports. Nathan Smith drove to Refugio, Texas, after spotting evidence—what it was isn’t clear—from a satellite photo. The case of... More »

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Google • Texas • Spain • Google Earth • federal courts • shipwreck • treasure • satellite images • excavation • salvage

Shipwreck Found Off UK
May Hold $1B in Treasure

Florida firm finds HMS Victory, lost in 1744

Feb 2, 09 4:36 PM CST
(Newser) - A shipwreck that could contain treasure worth over $1 billion has been found in the English Channel, Reuters reports. Florida’s Odyssey Marine Exploration discovered the wreck of the HMS Victory, an English flagship that was lost in a storm in 1744 with all 900 crew—and a stash of... More »

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shipwreck • ship • treasure • history • Britain • gold coins • Odyssey Marine Exploration • HMS Victory

 US Scavengers Spot 
 Legendary Warship 

Tons of gold coins could be on board sunken British warship

Feb 1, 09 6:30 PM CST
(Newser) - A US company has found a prized, 18th century British warship that may be worth millions, the BBC reports. Florida-based Odyssey Marine Exploration says it has spotted the HMS Victory, a man-o-war that sank in the English Channel in 1744 and has been sought by scavengers ever since. "Very... More »

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shipwreck • English Channel • treasure • Britain • warship • discovery • Odyssey Marine Exploration

Fishermen Rescued After
25 Days in a Floating Cooler

Men say rainwater and fish kept them alive

Jan 21, 09 6:15 AM CST
(Newser) - Aussie authorities are probing the story of a pair of Burmese fishermen found floating in an industrial-sized cooler, the Independent reports. The men were rescued after a customs aircraft spotting them waving frantically. They told officials they had been adrift for 25 days after their fishing boat sunk in heavy... More »

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Australia • shipwreck • ocean • Burma • survivors • fishermen

 Indonesia Ferry 
 Sinks; Hundreds 
 Feared Dead 

Reports of survivor numbers conflict

Jan 11, 09 3:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Hundreds are presumed dead after a passenger ferry sank off the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, the Times of London reports. The 700-ton Borneo-bound ship was carrying about 260 people when it capsized today under a massive wave brought on by the local rainy season. Rescue efforts are under way, hampered... More »

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Indonesia • shipwreck • death • drowning • ferry • Borneo

 Argentine Diggers Find 
 18th-Century Galleon 

300-year-old Spanish wreck found by team building Buenos Aires apartment block

Dec 31, 08 10:16 AM CST
(Newser) - Workers digging the foundations for a riverside apartment complex in Buenos Aires stumbled across the buried wreck of an 18th-century Spanish galleon, Reuters reports. Experts believe the ship is at least 300 years old and was likely driven ashore by a storm and then buried in mud. Archaeologists are combing... More »

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shipwreck • ship • Argentina • excavation • Buenos Aires

 QE2 Runs Aground on Last Trip 

Legendary liner, headed to become floating Dubai hotel, hits sandbar off UK

Nov 11, 08 2:04 PM CST
(Newser) - The Queen Elizabeth 2, one of the most famous cruise ships in the world, endured an inglorious UK homecoming today, running aground as it approached its home port of Southampton for the last time. Five tugboats had to haul the 70,000-ton liner off the sandbank; it still docked in... More »

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shipwreck • Dubai • QE2 • cruise ships • cruise lines

Ike Uncovers Mystery Shipwreck

Wooden wreck on Alabama beach could be remains of Confederate schooner

Sep 20, 08 5:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - The waves of Hurricane Ike uncovered a wooden shipwreck on an Alabama beach that experts think could be a Civil War schooner, the Mobile Press-Register reports. The wreck's length matches that of the Monticello, which ran aground in the area in 1862 while trying to sneak past the US Navy... More »

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shipwreck • ship • Alabama • Civil War • Confederacy • Mobile, Alabama • Hurricane Ike

 1780 British Warship Found 

Extraordinarily well-preserved Revolutionary War sloop located in Lake Ontario

Jun 14, 08 6:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two intrepid explorers using sonar and a remote-controlled submersible have discovered what may be the oldest shipwreck in the Great Lakes, the AP reports. HMS Ontario, a British warship carrying as many as 130, sank in a storm in Lake Ontario in 1780. Since 1781, when six sailors’ bodies... More »

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archaeology • shipwreck • storm • Lake Ontario • Britain • Revolutionary War • discovery • HMS Ontario

 Sunken Treasure
  Found off Africa 

16th century wreck packed with coins, artifacts

May 2, 08 7:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Geologists have discovered a 16th-century Spanish ship with a cache of gold coins and priceless artifacts off the coast of Namibia. The stunning find was made last month by a crew seeking sites for coastal diamond mining operations, the South Africa Times reports. Work has been halted and the site... More »

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shipwreck • treasure • gold coins • bronze cannon • Namibia • Windhoek

 WWII Ship Found After 66 Years 

Legendary HMAS Sydney sank in battle with German raider

Mar 17, 08 11:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - A legendary Australian war ship sunk in the Indian Ocean by a German raider during World War II has been found nearly intact after 66 years, the Australian PM confirmed today. The HMAS Sydney sank after a 30-minute battle with the Kormoran in Australia's greatest tragedy at sea. The wreckage... More »

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Australia • Germany • shipwreck • sailor • Indian Ocean • history • World War II • Kevin Rudd • sonar • discovery

Pirate Ahoy! Capt. Kidd's Ship Found in Caribbean

Found in just 10 feet
of water off coast of Dominican island

Dec 14, 07 4:20 AM CST
(Newser) - An American underwater archaeology team has found what's believed to be the remains of a ship piloted by notorious buccaneer Captain William Kidd. Indiana University researchers discovered cannons and anchors off a tiny Caribbean island in just ten feet of water, which they believe belong to the Quedagh Merchant, a... More »

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archaeology • shipwreck • Caribbean • Dominican Republic • William Kidd • discovery

Last Survivors Land in Chile

Passengers share harrowing tales

Nov 25, 07 6:04 PM CST
(Newser) - A military plane flew the last 77 survivors of a sunken tour ship to Chile today, BBC reports. Some evacuees had already gone to the capital, Santagios, to return to their home countries. Others gave detailed, personal accounts of the shipwreck, revealing their fears of freezing to death and their... More »

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shipwreck • Chile • Antarctica • adventure • cruise ships

UPDATED

First Survivors Land in Chile

Airlift begins to bring them from island to Chilean mainland

Nov 24, 07 3:52 PM CST
(Newser) - An air force plane transported about half of the survivors from yesterday's Antarctic shipwreck to Chile today, BBC reports. The others—79 of the Explorer's 156 passengers—may spend a second night on a remote island due to bad weather. A Chilean air force spokesman said the survivors did "... More »

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shipwreck • Chile • Antarctica • cruise ships

First Computer May Be 2100 Years Old

Scholars may have finally figured out
what the Antikythera Mechanism is

May 20, 07 9:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - An unknown scientist in the first century B.C. may have invented the world’s first computer. Discovered by Greek divers in 1900 on the bottom of the Aegean Sea near the island of Antikythera, the so called Antikythera Mechanism lay in the National Museum in Athens mistaken for an... More »

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technology • Antikythera • shipwreck • archeology • Derek de Solla Price • Greece • Aegean Sea • computer

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