A new book by author Julian Sancton explores the lengthy quest to find the Spanish galleon—and the political firestorm that ...

A 19th-century shipwreck emerged from the sands at Island Beach State Park in New Jersey, revealing the wooden remains of the Lawrence N. McKenzie. Officials urge restraint.

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Remnants of a 136-year-old shipwreck have washed up at Island Beach State Park. The pieces of the ancient ship made their way to the sand after weeks of beach erosion caused by rough surf and ...

Namely, a part of a 143-year-old wooden sea vessel. Last week, Island Beach State Park posted photographs on social media ...

After a 30-year search, Cuban American archaeologist and filmmaker Roger Dooley discovered the Holy Grail of Shipwrecks, with a treasure worth billions.

Our oceans and seas have claimed countless vessels since the earliest days of seafaring. Most shipwrecks have been long-forgotten, perhaps never having received much notice to begin with, but other ...

Archaeologists say the 2,400-year-old ship is so well preserved that even the mast and rowers' benches have survived for millennia.

Canadian divers discovered a 200-year-old shipwreck in Lake Ontario. The early 19th-century British vessel was found 100 meters deep with its masts intact. The team was searching for another wreck, ...

Maritime archaeologists from Denmark's Viking Ship Museum have unearthed an extraordinary find beneath the waters near Copenhagen - the largest medieval cog ever discovered. The 600-year-old vessel ...

For example, the World War II tanker E.M. Clark sank on a relatively flat, sandy seabed in 1942 when it was torpedoed by a ...