The Australian National Maritime Museum (ANMM) and non-profit Silentworld Foundation have continued ongoing archaeological investigation of the wreck of the South Australian, with recent research from a combined team of experts published in the journal Historical Archaeology. The South Australian is South Australia’s oldest known European shipwreck. The English barque, wrecked in 1837 in Encounter Bay near modern-day Victor Harbor, ...
Sometimes in life, inexplicable events occur — miraculous events that defy logic, and even our senses. Here’s an ancient story of how one man survived a shipwreck with the help of a divine being. Embarking on a dangerous journey for profit In the early years of the Tang Dynasty, in the city of Heyin, there ...
The remains of a 12th-century vessel found in the deaths of the South China Sea reveal China’s maritime past. The shipwreck was kept hidden by the Chinese government for a long time. Finally, it was located in 1987, and the Chinese government resorted to a long and tedious excavation plan to preserve the ancient vessel. ...
Endurance, one of the world’s most famous shipwrecks, was discovered off the coast of Antarctica more than a century after it sank. Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance has been astonishingly intact in the Weddell Sea at a depth of 3,008 meters (9,869 feet), 6 kilometers (4 miles) from where it was wrecked by pack ice in ...
Those situations in life that you may at first think are misfortunes, when you take a moment and look a little deeper, you will see that God’s grace encompasses all things, all events, and all situations. Look a little closer and you will find the pearls and blessings in disguise. Following an accidental shipwreck, Jimmy ...
Cannons, hand grenades, and up to a thousand soldiers were on board the large Swedish warship when it exploded in the Baltic Sea 454 years ago. The ship, known as Mars, belonged to the Swedish navy and was one of Northern Europe’s largest and most feared naval vessels used in the Northern Seven Years’ War. ...
Centuries ago, a ship sank in the Java Sea off the coast of Indonesia. The wooden hull of the shipwreck disintegrated over time, leaving only a treasure trove of cargo. The ship had been carrying thousands of ceramics and luxury goods for trade, and they remained on the ocean floor until the 1980s when the ...
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