Ernest Shackleton's Last Ship Found on the Ocean Floor Near Canada's East Coast

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The last ship of Sir Ernest Shackleton was found at the bottom of the Labrador Sea this week, sitting upright and intact at a depth of 1,280 feet (390 meters). The ship called Quest sank in 1962, 40 years after the famous explorer’s death.

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Researchers discovered a 137-year-old shipwreck in the depths of Lake Michigan using sonar imagining

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A scan of the Milwaukee shipwreck
Researchers first spotted the shipwreck using scanning sonar.

The Michigan Shipwreck Research Association

Expedition to 300-year-old shipwreck that could hold Spanish treasure of gold and emeralds worth $20 billion

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A shipwreck
The San Jose galleon was believed to have been carrying billions worth of treasure when it was sunk in 1708.

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British divers retrieved an 80-pound brass bell from the only American destroyer sunk in World War I more than 100 years after the ship was torpedoed

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The Jacob Jones sank off the coast of Britain in December 1917 after being torpedoed by a German submarine.
The Jacob Jones sank off the coast of Britain in December 1917 after being torpedoed by a German submarine.

Naval History and Heritage Command

Human remains found on beach in Canada are possibly connected to a 19th-century shipwreck, report says

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Canada, Prince Edward Island, Sandstone cairns on Cavendish Beach - stock photo.
Prince Edward Island, Canada.

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A fisherman found a 152-year-old shipwreck with his kid, thought it was nothing special, and kept fishing

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Tim Wollak and his 5-year-old daughter Henley.

Tim Wollak

2 filmmakers with an underwater drone accidentally found a 128-year-old shipwreck at the bottom of Lake Huron

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Filmmakers Yvonne Drebert and Zach Melnick discovered the wreck of the "Africa" in Lake Huron.

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New discoveries suggest Rhode Island shipwreck is Captain Cook's long-lost vessel after battle over ship's identity

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A replica of the Endeavour sits in the water
In this file photo, the Endeavour, a replica of Captain James Cook's ship of discovery, lies at anchor in Botany Bay in Sydney, Australia.

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The history of the San José galleon, the 300-year-old sunken ship behind a $10 billion legal battle, known as the 'Holy Grail of Shipwrecks'

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A shipwreck
The San Jose galleon was believed to have been carrying billions worth of treasure when it was sunk in 1708.

ARMADA DE COLOMBIA

A discovery of more than 30,000 ancient Roman coins may point the way to a hidden shipwreck

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image of divers underwater looking at sandy seabed
Divers unearth the coins from the seabed off the coast of Sardinia, Italy.

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