On December 31, 1862, the USS Monitor—the U.S. Navy’s first ironclad warship—sailed into a storm and sank off the coast of North Carolina. Now, more than 160 years later, experts have produced the ...

Some estimates put the total number of shipwrecks in the Great Lakes as high as 10,000, but Jensen thinks a more conservative number is between 4,000 or 5,000. In Wisconsin, where maritime ...

Cold Great Lakes waters have preserved thousands of shipwrecks. See haunting underwater photos revealing the eerie wrecks ...

A weathered anti-aircraft cannon, military motorbikes and armoured personnel carriers covered in sediment, and, in between, colourful fish greet us at this wreck. It's the remains of the SS ...

A 500-year-old sunken royal warship has recently unveiled surprising secrets, casting a fresh light on the history of naval warfare and maritime technology of the era. Historical Background of the ...

SHEBOYGAN – Kohler-Andrae State Park is set to host a pair of events Oct. 18 exploring the history of shipwrecks in Lake Michigan. From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., visitors can drop by the Sanderling Nature ...

The Western Reserve, an all-steel freighter that sank in 1892, has been found in Lake Superior. The 300-foot freighter has become known for the tragic series of events that unfolded after it sank. The ...

The earliest watercraft : from rafts to Viking ships / Margaret E. Leshikar -- The voyages of Columbus : the search for his ships / Roger C. Smith -- Shipwrecks of the explorers / Donald H. Keith -- ...

Shipwreck hunting is a passion, a disease—once you start, you cannot quit,” says the shipwreck hunter Paul Ehorn. The 80-year-old recently announced the discovery of the Lac La Belle, a 217ft ...

Archaeologists disovered a historic shipwreck on Canada’s remote Sable Island, a site known as the “Graveyard of the Atlantic ...

(CNN) — Colombia has recovered gold and bronze coins, a porcelain cup and a cannon from a sunken Spanish warship dubbed the “holy grail of shipwrecks.” (CNN) — Colombia has recovered gold and bronze ...