Brewer who sank 1,000 pints of beer suffers a major headache: Thieves steal booze that was ‘left to age’ inside a sunken ship on the seabed three miles off Argentina’s coast Three local breweries had stashed the limited-edition booze off Argentine coast It was attached to a former Soviet fishing vessel that had been scuttled … Read more
A huge cargo ship carrying 4,200 cars has been split open with an anchor chain, more than a year after it capsized and was left stranded on the Georgia coast. The 600ft South Korean ship Golden Ray is finally being demolished after months of setbacks, with the dismantling revealing the many cars stacked inside. It … Read more
Storm Francis has exposed parts of a petrified Welsh woodland that have been submerged for 4,500 years. The petrified trees, uncovered at Llanrhystud on the west coast of Wales, are thought belong to the Cantre’r Gwaelod forest – subject of the local legend of the mythical Sunken Kingdom of Wales. Eerie remains of the ancient forest … Read more
A ship believed to have been used by the Dutch Empire during the 17th century has been found at the bottom of the Baltic Sea. The vessel, known as a fluyt, was a three-masted ship with a hull designed to maximise cargo capacity and minimize crew numbers and also carried no guns. It was made with … Read more
Great-great-grandson of Titanic victim Benjamin Guggenheim sees staterooms 12,500ft down where his mining tycoon ancestor drowned after donning evening dress ‘to go down like a gentleman’ Benjamin Guggenheim, 46, was last seen sipping brandy on the sinking ship Ancestor Sindbad Rumney-Guggenheim viewed the wreck through a laptop Moment was filmed for National Geographic documentary Back … Read more
Storms and floods are causing almost 200 sunken wooden war vessels to move. The underwater skeletons of 185 wooden ships, referred to as ghost vessels, were deliberately sunk or have been left to decompose for hundreds of years. Over time, the wrecks, which include ships from the Revolutionary War and Civil War, have transformed an … Read more