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In 2002, Florida sank a 510-foot Navy ship off Key Largo; the USS Spiegel Grove became one of the world's largest purpose-built ship reefsIn 2002, the USS Spiegel Grove, a decommissioned Navy ship, was purposely sunk near Key Largo to form an artificial reef. This innovative a...
In 1986, Florida sank this 189-foot ship off the Florida Keys; decades later, its stripped superstructure is covered in sponges, corals and hydroidsThe Thunderbolt, a former military and research vessel, now serves as an artificial reef off Marathon in the Florida Keys. It was intention...
In March 1945, USS Trigger sank in the East China Sea; 81 years later, restoration work on USS Silversides uncovered a flood valve that appears to connect the surviving boat to its lost sisterHistoric submarine restoration has uncovered a remarkable World War II mystery. Workers found a flood valve stamped with the name USS Trigg...
In 1919, German crews sank their own fleet at Scapa Flow. 100 years later, its steel became prized by industry for being radioactive-freeIn 1919, German crews deliberately sank much of their surrendered fleet at Scapa Flow rather than allow the ships to be divided among the A...
At least 8,500 potentially polluting shipwrecks are rusting on the ocean floor with fuel still inside; leaks in Micronesia show the risk that one storm or earthquake could unleashSunken World War II warships are becoming a significant pollution threat globally. These vessels hold vast amounts of oil and are slowly co...
USS Juneau's final mission: After serving in Vietnam, the Gulf War and disaster relief, a Japanese torpedo sends this piece of history to the Pacific seabedThe USS Juneau, a veteran amphibious transport dock with a distinguished 40-year career, has been deliberately sunk in the Pacific Ocean du...
Largest POW grave site: In 1944, the Japanese hellship Hōfuku Maru sank with over 1,000 Allied POWs aboard; in 2026, forgotten military documents led to a discovery no one expected 80 years laterA Japanese prison transport ship, the Hōfuku Maru, sunk in 1944, has been found off the Philippines coast. This discovery brings to light t...
Sri Lanka says trying to "safeguard lives" on second Iranian shipSri Lanka is addressing a second Iranian ship in its waters. This follows a U.S. submarine strike that sank an Iranian warship, killing 87 ...
US submarine torpedoed Iranian warship in Indian Ocean: PentagonAn American submarine has sunk an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean. Sri Lankan authorities rescued 32 crew members. 148 sailors remain m...
Submarine attack on Iranian ship off Sri Lanka leaves at least 101 people missing, sources sayA catastrophic submarine assault has struck an Iranian vessel off the coast of Sri Lanka, resulting in the tragic disappearance of over 100...
Trump says 9 Iranian warships have been sunkTrump said on social media Sunday that the ships had been "destroyed" and sunk, "some of them relatively large and important."
Ukrainian navy says a third of Russian warships in the Black Sea have been destroyed or disabledUkraine's navy has dealt a significant blow to Russia, sinking or disabling a third of its warships in the Black Sea over the past two year...
Navy, Coast Guard rescue 14 crew members from sinking vessel, MV Coastal PrideMV Coastal Pride, a cement carrier sunk 24 nautical miles south of Daman (75 NM North of Mumbai) this morning, a Defence spokesperson said.
Navy chief Admiral R K Dhowan reviews search operation; no missing personnel foundA TRV, with 29 personnel onboard, sunk while on a "routine" mission to recover dummy torpedoes fired by the fleet's ships during a "routine...
Navy vessel sinks off Visakhapatnam coast, 1 dead, 4 missingNavy officials said the flooding happened when the vessel was on its way back after collecting the "dummy" torpedo that was used in the exe...
- Beyond MV Rak and MV Pavit: 42 ships grounded on West Coast since 2006
Statistics indicate that 42 ships were grounded or sunk along India's western coast including Mumbai and Gujarat, mostly during the monsoon...
- After latest ship hijack, India vows increased surveillance
Two days after the coast guard and navy personnel seized a pirate mother ship, Prantalay 11 off the Lakshadweep coast and apprehended 28 So...
- Tabar euphoria makes way for embarrassment
In the eye of a storm over sinking a vessel, confirmed by maritime officials as a Thai fishing trawler, India expressed condolences for the...
- Thai company says INS Tabar sank its vessel
Indian Navy is still crowing about how it sunk a Somali pirate 'mother ship' and families are celebrating the return of Indian sailors from...
- Six warships deployed to prevent infiltration
As part of preventing infiltration and smuggling, the Navy and Coastguard have deployed six warships in the Gulf of Mannar, Palk Strait and...