For almost 75 years, the stern of the destroyer USS Abner Read lay somewhere below the dark of the Bering Sea off the Aleutian island of Kiska, where it sank after being torn off by an explosion while conducting an anti-submarine patrol. Seventy-one U.S. Navy Sailors were lost in the aftermath of the blast, during a brutal and largely overlooked early campaign of World War … [Read more...]
Company Claims to Find Russian ‘Treasure Ship’ Amid Skepticism
By Josh Smith SEOUL, July 19 (Reuters) - A company claiming to have found the wreck of a Russian warship with $130 billion in gold "treasure" off the coast of South Korea has drawn skepticism from researchers and regulators in Seoul. Shinil Group, which lists a Singapore address on its website, said on Tuesday it had discovered the wreck of the Dmitrii Donsk, a Russian … [Read more...]
‘Lady Lex’ Found: Five Facts on the Discovery of the WW2 Warship USS Lexington
March 7 (Reuters) - The wreck of the USS Lexington, an American warship sunk in a Pacific naval battle during the Second World War, has been found by a team working for Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. The iconic aircraft carrier was discovered on March 4 in the Coral Sea, about 500 miles (800 km) from Australia's east coast, according to Allen's website. Here are five … [Read more...]
Canadian Government Introduces Law to Address Wrecked and Abandoned Vessels
The Canadian Government has introduced legislation that would add additional pressure on shipowners to proactively deal with wrecked, abandoned or hazardous vessels in Canadian waters. The bill, known as the Wrecked, Abandoned or Hazardous Vessels Act (Bill C-64), was introduced Monday on the one year anniversary of Canada’s $1.5 billion Oceans Protection … [Read more...]
Colombia Moves Toward Salvaging Treasure from Sunken Spanish Galleon
BOGOTA, July 5 (Reuters) - Colombia is making progress towards salvaging a Spanish galleon carrying jewels and coins that sank more than 300 years ago, President Juan Manuel Santos said on Wednesday after receiving a proposal from an investor to bring it to the surface. The ship named San Jose, thought by historians to be carrying one of the largest unsalvaged maritime … [Read more...]