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This image is a screen grab of the video supplied titled NewsX-shipwreck-01.mp4: Footage shows cargo sailing ship on the bottom of Lake Constance, Germany, undated. Futtage shared by State Office for Monument Preservation, Stuttgart District on Tuesday, Aug 12, 2025.

31 Shipwrecks Discovered In Underwater Survey Of German Lake

Post author:Michael Leidig
Post published:August 27, 2025

This is the moment a remote-operated camera glides over the lakebed to reveal a 19th-century cargo sailing ship lying almost completely intact on the bottom of Lake Constance. The rare…

Photo shows Santis in front of Rorschach around 1910. The recovery of the ship that has been in depth of around 210 meters since 1933, begins this week. (Newsflash)

Diver Nearly Drowns While Working On Project To Raise Lost ‘Titanic of the Alps’ Shipwreck From 1933

Post author:Joseph Golder
Post published:May 23, 2024

A diver nearly drowned while working on a project to raise a vessel known as the 'Titanic of the Alps' after it was sunk on Lake Constance in 1933 when…

Photo shows some of the relics discovered in two ancient shipwrecks found at a depth of over 1,000 meters in the South China Sea southeast of Sanya, Hainan, China, undated. Nearly 580 pieces of porcelain, pottery, and logs were extracted. (State Administration of Cultural Heritage/AsiaWire)

Hundreds Of Pieces Of Priceless Ming Dynasty Porcelain Discovered In Ancient Chinese Shipwreck

Post author:Simona Kitanovska
Post published:October 25, 2023

Archaeologists in China have unearthed hundreds of priceless Ming Dynasty porcelain dating back hundreds of years and other priceless relics from an ancient shipwreck site at the bottom of the…

Image shows the underwater excavation work, undated photo. Swiss and Greek archaeologists recently completed the third season of excavations on the wreck of Antikythera, Greece. (GoPro Cam, ESAG-UNIGE/Newsflash)

Shipwreck That Had World’s Oldest Computer Featured In New Indiana Jones Film Has 2nd Mystery Wreck Nearby

Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
Post published:August 12, 2023

Historians examining the Roman shipwreck where the Dial of Destiny from the new Indiana Jones film was found deep underwater and surrounded by skeletons have found a second ship nearby.…

Picture shows the ten meter long wooden boat at the bottom of Lake Mjosa, Norway. Scientists suspect it has been there since the Middle Ages, it was dicovered during a two-week investigation using Hugin, an autonomous submarine mapping explosives and ammunition waste, in November, 2022. (FFI, NTNU/Newsflash)

Medieval Shipwreck Found At Bottom Of Lake

Post author:Joseph Golder
Post published:December 6, 2022

A shipwreck thought to date back hundreds of years to medieval times has been found perfectly preserved at the bottom of a lake. An unmanned sub equipped with cameras discovered…

Picture shows the ancient ship mock-up, undated. Remains from a shipwreck have been salvaged after over 150 years. (State Administration of Cultural Heritage/AsiaWire)

Amazed Archaeologists Find Perfectly Preserved Pots In 150-Year-Old Shipwreck

Post author:Simona Kitanovska
Post published:December 2, 2022

Archaeologists in China have discovered an astonishing haul of historic treasures after salvaging a 150-year-old shipwreck from the bottom of the Yangtze river. The 125-foot-long wooden vessel, known as the…

Lead author Ignacio Mundo measures one of the ships ribs in preparation for sampling, in an undated photo. The rings revealed the wreckage off the coast of Argentina that is the remains of the Dolphin, an American whaling ship lost in 1859 some 10,000 miles from home. (Mnica Grosso,SWNS/Newsflash)

Long-Lost American Shipwreck Identified By Analyzing Timbers

Post author:Simona Kitanovska
Post published:September 2, 2022

A shipwreck has been finally identified as a whaler lost more than 160 years ago after scientists analysed TREE RINGS in the rotting timber. The rings revealed the wreckage off…

Shipworms found in the center of the timber that was salvaged from the wreck site off Rhode Island, which was discovered in February, 2022. The ship was used for one of the world's first scientific voyages before it sank in 1778. (Reuben Shipway,University of Plymouth,SWNS/Newsflash)

A Shipwreck Of Captain James Cook’s HMS Endeavour Which Sank In 1778 Is Being Eaten By Worms

Post author:Simona Kitanovska
Post published:August 20, 2022

A shipwreck of Captain James Cook’s HMS Endeavour which sank in 1778 is being eaten by crustaceans, experts have found. The ship's timber frame, located off the coast of Rhode…

Cosmos Display at the front of the Antikythera Mechanism (two versions), showing the positions of the Sun, Moon and five planets as well as the phase of the Moon and the nodes of the Moon. (2020 Tony Freeth/Newsflash)

2,000 Year Old Device Found On Seabed Could Have Been Designed By Archimedes Says Brit UCL Expert

Post author:Martin Barillas
Post published:April 28, 2022

A mysterious mechanical device made more than 2,000 years ago to track the movements of heavenly bodies that was so complex it was believed to have been a fake was…

Artists impression of the 1629 Batavia ship with a white line indicating the preserved section of the port-side transom raised from the shipwreck site. (Ross Shardlow/Newsflash)

Shipwreck That Led To First European Settlers In Australia Reveals Seafaring Domination Secrets

Post author:Peter Barker
Post published:November 7, 2021

A study into the timber used to build the Batavia ship that ended up sinking off the coast of West Australia in the 17th century resulting in the first official…