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SUNK: April 15, 1912 — North Atlantic, 3,800m deep. CASUALTIES: 1,517 of 2,224 passengers and crew. The "unsinkable" ship struck an iceberg at 11:40 PM on…
Open this tour on the live map →SUNK: April 15, 1912 — North Atlantic, 3,800m deep. CASUALTIES: 1,517 of 2,224 passengers and crew. The "unsinkable" ship struck an iceberg at 11:40 PM on her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York. She sank in 2 hours and 40 minutes. Only 710 survived — mostly women and children from first class. The wreck was discovered in 1985 by…
SUNK: May 27, 1941 — North Atlantic, 4,791m deep. SIZE: 251m long, 50,000 tons — the largest battleship ever built by Germany. Bismarck sank HMS Hood (pride of the Royal Navy) on May 24, 1941 — Hood exploded and sank in 3 minutes, killing 1,415 of 1,418 crew. The entire Royal Navy then hunted Bismarck. After a torpedo crippled her…
SUNK: ~60 BC — off the Greek island of Antikythera. DISCOVERY: 1901 by sponge divers. This Roman-era shipwreck contained the Antikythera Mechanism — the world's oldest known analog computer. The bronze device used 37 interlocking gears to predict eclipses, track the Olympic Games calendar, and model planetary movements. It was 1,500…
SUNK: June 8, 1708 — off Cartagena, Colombia (600m deep). TREASURE: Estimated $17-20 BILLION in gold, silver, and emeralds. The Spanish galleon San José was sunk by the British warship HMS Expedition during the War of the Spanish Succession. 600 crew died. The wreck was found in 2015 by the Colombian Navy using sonar. It is the most…
DISCOVERED: 2004 — during construction of the Marmaray tunnel in Istanbul. COUNT: 37 Byzantine shipwrecks dating from the 5th to 11th century AD. The largest maritime archaeological find in history. The ships were preserved in mud at the ancient Harbour of Theodosius — buried under 5 meters of sediment for over 1,000 years. One ship…
SUNK: September 6, 1622 — Florida Keys, USA. TREASURE: $450 million recovered (and counting). The Spanish treasure galleon sank in a hurricane with 265 people aboard. Treasure hunter Mel Fisher searched for 16 years before finding the "mother lode" in 1985. The haul: 40 tons of gold and silver, 114,000 Spanish silver coins, Colombian…
SUNK: ~800 AD — Abu Qir Bay, Egypt, 10m underwater. SIZE: An entire city — temples, harbors, ships, statues. Thonis-Heracleion was Egypt's greatest port for 800 years before Alexandria was built. It sank beneath the Mediterranean due to earthquakes and rising sea levels. Discovered in 2000 by Franck Goddio, the city was found 6.5km off…
SUNK: October 6, 1941 — Red Sea, Egypt (30m deep). CAUSE: German Heinkel He 111 bombers. The British cargo ship was carrying supplies for the North Africa campaign: motorbikes (BSA & Norton), trucks, rifles, ammunition, boots, and two railway locomotives. Jacques Cousteau discovered the wreck in 1955. Today it is the world's most popular…
SUNK: June 10, 1718 — Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina, USA. CAPTAIN: Edward Teach — "Blackbeard." The most famous pirate ship in history. Originally a French slave ship (La Concorde), Blackbeard captured it in 1717 and added 40 cannons. He deliberately grounded Queen Anne's Revenge to maroon most of his crew and keep the treasure for…
THE OCEAN FLOOR IS HUMANITY'S LARGEST MUSEUM. KEY FACTS: • Estimated shipwrecks worldwide: 3 million+ • Explored: Less than 1% • Most valuable: San José ($17-20 billion) • Most visited dive: SS Thistlegorm (50,000 divers/year) • Most famous: RMS Titanic (3,800m deep) • Oldest technology found: Antikythera Mechanism (~60 BC) • Largest…
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