It was off Colombia’s coast that the legendary Spanish galleon San José was discovered at a depth of 600 meters in 2015. Long ...

History presents the Whydah Gally's crew as swashbuckling sailors who looted a fortune before perishing in a storm. But before its days of piracy, the ship played a role in the transatlantic slave ...

Sunk in 1708 with a fortune in gold, silver, and emeralds, the San José galleon has been called the “Holy Grail of Shipwrecks.” Its treasure is worth billions—and its secrets even more.

The recovery of a 350-year-old shipwreck in the Bahamas has unveiled a captivating tale of the Maravillas, a Spanish treasure galleon lost in the treacherous waters. This scientific expedition, ...

Marine archaeologists are renewing their search for a Spanish treasure shipwreck, the Juncal. It is believed that the ship had a cargo of treasure, including precious metals and jewels, when it sank ...

When Marigalante sinks Puerto Vallarta, it’s more than a maritime mishap—it’s a missing piece of the skyline. The wooden galleon lost power in its bilge system on Friday and slipped under near ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The 1715 Treasure Fleet, one of Spain’s famed Plate Fleets, has sat shipwrecked off the coast of Florida for over 300 years. This summer, a certified ...

A reported wreck near the merger of interstates 14 and 35 in Belton is slowing traffic Tuesday morning. A white car with front-end damage was seen about 7:40 a.m. in the northbound lanes of I-35 near ...

Long-lost Spanish coins worth $1 million were discovered recently during an underwater excavation of a shipwreck. The shipwreck salvage company 1715 Fleet – Queens Jewels LLC deployed excavators near ...

Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship, Endurance, was crushed by Antarctic sea ice and sank in November 1915. Emblematic of the heroic age of Antarctic exploration, it is widely considered the strongest polar ...

It has been 110 years since Endurance, often described as the strongest wooden ship ever built, sank after becoming trapped in sea ice near Antarctica. But a reassessment of the evidence reveals that ...

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