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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 later- Today in History: On This Day, June 20, Queen Victoria ascends, Morse patents telegraph, Jaws premieres and shipwreck revealed
- Musket balls and a burnt hull: First shipwrecks linked to Pirates of the Caribbean discovered in Nassau Harbor, The Bahamas
- In 1972, a diver off Italy noticed a human arm rising from the sand, which uncovered ancient Greek warriors lost beneath the sea for centuriesIn an underwater adventure in 1972, a diver stumbled upon the exquisite Riace Bronzes off the coast of Riace Marina. These stunning Greek s...03 Jun, 2026, 04.42 PM IST
- In 1900, sponge divers hiding from a storm found a machine underwater that changed what we know about ancient GreeceA routine sponge diving trip near Antikythera in 1900 led to the discovery of an ancient shipwreck. Among its treasures were corroded bronz...25 May, 2026, 04.34 PM IST
- What a Turkish diver found underwater in 1982 became one of the most important shipwreck discoveries in Mediterranean archaeologyA Turkish sponge diver's discovery of "metal biscuits with ears" in 1982 led to the unearthing of the Uluburun wreck, a remarkably intact L...13 May, 2026, 04.28 PM IST
- Construction workers uncovered six centuries old shipwrecks buried beneath the same siteAn ordinary infrastructure project in Sweden has unearthed an extraordinary past. Six shipwrecks, dating from the Middle Ages to the 17th c...08 May, 2026, 04.18 PM IST
- Scientists Studied an Ancient Roman Shipwreck and Found a 2,200-Year-Old Portal to the PastA Roman shipwreck, Ilovik-Parzine 1, discovered off Croatia, has revealed ancient waterproofing techniques through a new study. Analysis of...29 Apr, 2026, 05.49 PM IST
- Buried in Sicily’s Shallow Waters: How a 2,500-Year-Old Greek Shipwreck Is Revealing the Secrets of Mediterranean TradeIn 2025, archaeologists discovered a remarkably preserved ancient Greek merchant vessel off the coast of Sicily, dating back to the 6th or ...14 Mar, 2026, 03.04 PM IST
- Hundreds of Ancient Ceramics Survived 2,000 Years Underwater and Here’s WhyDivers off Turkey's Antalya coast found a 2,000-year-old shipwreck. The vessel carried hundreds of ceramic plates, bowls, and trays, remark...07 Mar, 2026, 03.45 PM IST
- Mystery in the Mediterranean Explained: Who Sank the 16th-Century Camarat 4 2,567 Meters Below?French naval researchers discovered Camarat 4, a 16th-century merchant shipwreck, in March 2025. This is the deepest shipwreck found in Fre...03 Mar, 2026, 04.06 PM IST
- Luxury steamship that sank, resurfaced — then sank again found after 150 yearsAfter a 150-year absence, the luxury steamer Lac La Belle has been discovered in Lake Michigan. Veteran explorer Paul Ehorn and his team lo...17 Feb, 2026, 07.07 PM IST
- Mystery of ship lost 300 years back with £16 billion worth treasure solvedResearchers have definitively identified the wreck of the San José, a Spanish galleon laden with treasure estimated at £16 billion, which s...11 Jun, 2025, 10.30 AM IST
- Mystery of The Western Reserve: How a 132-year-old ghost ship was finally found beneath the ‘shipwreck coast’?The shipwreck of The Western Reserve, which disappeared in Lake Superior 132 years ago, has been found using advanced sonar technology. The...12 Mar, 2025, 07.39 PM IST
- Scientists discover 40 mysterious craters beneath Lake Michigan. Here's what we know so farScientists found large craters in Lake Michigan using sonar technology. The discovery was made during a mission to map the lakebed. Researc...02 Oct, 2024, 01.37 PM IST
- Ship sank in 1940 found in the icy depths of Lake Superior. Know what happened and how captain went down with ArlingtonThe Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society has said in a release that at about 4:30 a.m. on May 1, 1940, the Arlington started to sink an...14 Feb, 2024, 08.03 PM IST
- Colombia to recover San Jose’s ‘Holy Grail of Shipwrecks’ with treasure worth $20 billion; Who will claim it all?First uncovered in 2015 reportedly by Colombian navy divers, the San Jose rests nearly 3,100 feet underwater.08 Nov, 2023, 09.47 AM IST
- Fatal attraction: Paul-Henri Nargeolet, a submariner who feared the Titan sub, but couldn’t resist the TitanicThe presence of Paul-Henri Nargeolet, a renowned French submariner, on the ill-fated Titan submarine that repeatedly dove into the Titanic,...17 Sep, 2023, 10.57 AM IST
- 1,200-year-old shipwreck found off coast of Israel. See why is it specialRecently, archaeologists discovered a 1,200-year-old shipwreck off the coast of Israel. A report describes it as a merchant ship, indicatin...26 Sep, 2022, 01.51 AM IST
- Veuve Clicquot buries champagne in Baltic Sea for 50 yearsThe deliberately submerged Veuve Clicquot bottles lie 40m below the surface, where they'll be monitored and occasionally retrieved for tast...17 Sep, 2014, 10.34 AM IST
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