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SS Khedive Ismail, here pictured under her previous name of Aconcagua. Her sinking by the Japanese submarine I 27 on 12 February 1944 was the third largest disaster involving a British troopship in World War II.

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2023/03/17
11:24 UTC
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Thomas W. Lawson, a ship of many records. Largest pure sailing ship (without auxiliary engine) and only seven-masted schooner ever built; the only seven-masted sailing ship built in modern times; her sinking off the Isles of Scilly caused the first large shipwreck-related oil spill in history.

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2023/03/10
11:08 UTC
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170-Year-Old American Whisky Salvaged from Great Lakes Shipwreck Could Be Worth Millions

The Westmoreland sank in 1854 on its way to deliver whisky and provisions to a U.S. Army garrison on Lake Michigan. It had 288 barrels of corn whisky aboard and about $100,00 in gold coins, which now would be worth about $20 million. The whiskey alone could be worth as much as $800 million. They found the wreck in 2010, but now it's a matter of getting approval to look in the cargo hold and bring artifacts up.

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2023/03/09
22:52 UTC
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The old steam boat of Old Steam Boat Beach, Hanover, Jamaica – 2023-02-19 [OC]

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2023/03/09
17:04 UTC
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SS Ceramic, originally built for White Star Line's Australian service. She was sunk by a U-Boat in the North Atlantic on 7 December 1942, leaving only one survivor out of 655 passengers, crew and troops aboard.

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2023/03/08
10:07 UTC
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The wreck of the Italian submarine Jalea, sunk by a mine in 1915, being scrapped in 1954 after being raised from the sea floor

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2023/03/04
12:44 UTC
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Documentary about the sinking of the semi-submersible oil rig Ocean Ranger in 1982

Newfoundland's Worst Offshore Disaster - Sinking of The Ocean Ranger 15 Feb 1982 - YouTube

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2023/03/03
00:13 UTC
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Are there any shipwrecks where the funnels are still intact?

Was thinking about how cool the Titanic wreck would be if the funnels had stayed intact - got me thinking, has it happened?

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2023/03/01
06:28 UTC
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The 4-masted British bark Invertrossachs caught fire in her maiden voyage while carrying cases of oil. 26 crew survived. Capt and 8 others were never seen again.

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2023/02/28
21:59 UTC
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