Shipwreck

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• SOURCE: Reuters
  3/20/19
  

  Video of the Week: DNA Reveals Diversity Amid the Crew of 16th Century Battleship

  An investigation of the DNA of the crew of King Henry VIII's battleship "Mary Rose," which sank in 1545. 

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• SOURCE: Time Magazine
  12-13-2018
  

  Scientists Think They've Solved the Century-Old Mystery of Why a Navy Warship Suddenly Sank Off New York

  The USS San Diego was sailing to New York on July 19, 1918, when an external explosion near the engine room shook the armored cruiser. Within minutes, the 500-foot warship began to capsize.

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• SOURCE: The Guardian
  10-22-18
  

  World's oldest intact shipwreck discovered in Black Sea

  Archaeologists say the 23-metre vessel has lain undisturbed for more than 2,400 years.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  9-19-18
  

  Wreckage May Be From Endeavour, Ship That Explored World and Charted Australia

  The discovery has stirred hope that the remains could be excavated in time for the planned celebrations in 2020 of the 250th anniversary of Captain Cook’s arrival in Australia.

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• SOURCE: Crosscut
  8-13-18
  

  Researchers uncover Northwest secrets in Spanish shipwreck

  But for quirks of colonial competition, the troubles with managing empire, and the shifting fortunes of international commerce, the Pacific Northwest could have been part of the Spanish Empire.

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  3-20-18
  

  The five Sullivan brothers, serving together, were killed in World War II. Their ship was just found.

  A team funded by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen recently discovered the wreckage of the USS Juneau 2.6 miles below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, near the Solomon Islands.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  2-19-18
  

  Was Pirate Black Sam Bellamy Found? DNA Test Could Tell

  Researchers are working to use DNA to identify whether a human bone recovered from a Cape Cod shipwreck belongs to the infamous pirate Samuel "Black Sam" Bellamy.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  10-5-17
  

  Bronze Arm Found in Famous Shipwreck Points to More Treasure Below

  Marine archaeologists announced new findings from their most recent excavation of the roughly 2,000-year-old Antikythera wreck.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  11-11-16
  

  ‘We Couldn’t Believe Our Eyes’: A Lost World of Shipwrecks Is Found

  Archaeologists have found more than 40 vessels in the Black Sea, some more than a millennium old, shedding light on early empires and trade routes.

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• SOURCE: Huffington Post
  9-11-14
  

  115-Year-Old Shipwreck Finally Located Along Lake Superior's 'Shipwreck Coast'

  In May 1899, a storm on Lake Superior caused a boat to sink so quickly that, as an eyewitness put it, the vessel "disappeared as suddenly as one could snuff out a candle."

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• SOURCE: Huffington Post
  7-30-14
  

  Shipwreck Found Under World Trade Center Traced Back To Colonial Era Philadelphia

  In July 2010 construction workers halted the backhoes when they uncovered something unexpected just south of where the Twin Towers once stood.