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Inside The Centuries-Old Treasure-Laden Ship Unearthed In The Namibian Desert [Video]
16 Jul 2024 by Maya-Rose Torrao / No Comments
The ship’s cargo included 2,000 pure gold coins and tens of thousands of pounds of copper ingots, almost all intact and sparkling beautifully in the Namibian sun.
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Polar Explorer Ernest Shackleton’s Lost Ship Finally Found On Ocean Floor
13 Jun 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Shackleton was on what would have been his fourth expedition to Antarctica when he died at age 47 aboard the Quest.
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Tragic Santorini Shipwreck Now A Ticking Environmental Time Bomb
19 Feb 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
17 years later the ship is still sitting in the ocean, leaking toxins, chemicals and heavy metals into the ocean all around the world-famous Greek island and its beautiful caldera.
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You’ve Probably Never Heard The Story Of ‘Africa’s Titanic’ [Video]
26 Sep 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
We’re approaching the 20th anniversary of the second-worst non-wartime maritime disaster in history, which claimed the lives of more than 1 800 people.
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You Can Now See The Titanic Wreck In Full 8K [Video]
06 Sep 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
No footage of this quality has ever been captured since the British passenger liner hit an iceberg on the night of April 15, 1912.
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Eerie Pictures From Deepest Ever Shipwreck Discovered
29 Jun 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
Explorers were excited to find the US vessel famed for a heroic final stand against the Japanese.
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18th-Century Gold Coins And Other Sunken Treasures Found In Colombian Sea [Video]
09 Jun 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
As the Colombian navy was monitoring the secret site recently, they chanced upon two new historical shipwrecks in the area with tons of treasures to be found.
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They Call This Guy ‘The Indiana Jones Of The Deep’
10 Mar 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
Finding Shackleton’s historic shipwreck is the highlight of Mensun Bound’s career, with successes that have earned him the nickname ‘the Indiana Jones of the Deep’.
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They Found Shackleton’s Lost Ship In Near-Perfect Condition [Video]
09 Mar 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
It is a very proud moment for the SA Agulhas II icebreaker ship that left Cape Town in early February for the Endurance22 expedition.
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First Major Problem For Epic Antarctic Expedition To Find Shackleton’s Lost Ship
23 Feb 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
On its way to find the lost treasure, the SA Agulhas II became trapped between pack ice “stretching out to the horizon” on Sunday.
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Real Time: Track The SA Agulhas II Icebreaker As It Hunts For Shackleton’s Sunken Treasure
07 Feb 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
You can track the South African icebreaker ship that departed Cape Town on Saturday as it heads out on its quest to locate Sir Ernest Shackleton’s sunken ship.
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Epic Antarctic Expedition To Find Lost Ship Leaving From Cape Town [Video]
02 Feb 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
107 years ago, renowned polar explorer, Sir Ernest Shackleton set out with his crew aboard the Endurance, a ship that is now somewhere at the bottom of the Weddell Sea in Antarctica.
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How Two SA Spearfishermen May Have Solved A 377-Year Mystery [Video]
25 Aug 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Santa Maria Madre de Deus was a Portuguese ship that disappeared without a trace in 1643, believed to have sunk off the Eastern Cape coast.
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Shipwreck Hunter Finds Famous WWII Submarine That Was Lost For 75 Years [Video]
13 Nov 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
An underwater explorer has found the wreck of the U.S.S. Grayback, dubbed one of the most successful submarines of World War II.
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What The Titanic Shipwreck Looks Like Now [Videos]
27 Aug 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
The RMS Titanic was visited by divers for the first time in 14 years, and they found the once-grand ship in a deteriorating state.
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They Found A Shipwreck Believed To Hold R1,7 TRILLION In Gold [Video]
19 Jul 2018 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A South Korean salvage team has hit the jackpot, finding a Russian warship sunk 113 years ago. There is quite a bounty on board.
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OK, So These Are The Oldest Things On The Planet
11 Dec 2017 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
I’m sure there is something pretty old banging around in your cupboard, but if you want to crack the ‘world’s oldest things’ list you have some way to go.
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Surprisingly Beautiful Photos Of Shipwrecks From Around The World
31 May 2017 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Back in the day it was a bit of a nightmare navigating past the Cape of Storms, although we’re not alone in having a number of beautiful shipwrecks along the coast.
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GoPro Adventurer Takes To Cape Town Shipwreck And Creates Giant Rope Swing [Video]
09 May 2017 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
Local GoPro adventurer Chris Rogers took to the BOS 400 shipwreck, where he and his friends attached a rope and swung into the cold Atlantic ocean.
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You Need To Check Out This Massive Emerald Salvaged From A World Famous Shipwreck [Images]
17 Mar 2017 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It was the year 1622 when a fleet of ships, heavily laden with copper, silver, gold, tobacco, gems, jewels and indigo, departed from Spanish ports in then New Granada and Havana.
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Colombia Discovered A Shipwreck With Treasure Worth Over R200 Billion
08 Dec 2015 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Here’s a story to tell all those kiddies who dream of one day finding treasure, Colombia unearthing a massive bounty on a famous sunken ship.
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No Ways: They Found This Shipwreck Whilst Searching For MH370
14 May 2015 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Whilst no buried treasure at the bottom of the ocean will ever compare to Ariel’s underwater cave of wonders, it’s still exciting when things are found that we didn’t know were there.
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They’ve Floated Costa Concordia – Check It Out
15 Jul 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The salvage operation for the shipwrecked Costa Concordia is underway as the cruise-liner finally floats for first time in two years.
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Incredible Images – Models Pose With Underwater Shipwrecks [Video]
06 Jun 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A group of models have hit a new low, literally, as Van Wong, an engineer-turned-photographer, has executed an incredible photoshoot among the shipwrecks and seaweed of the ocean floor.
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Cape Town Will Finally Get Rid Of The Blouberg Wreck
05 Sep 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The City of Cape Town has finally issued an official statement on how it once and for all plans to deal with the broken up Seli 1 wreck on Blouberg beach. But it’s not up to them – it’s now up to the National Treasury to issue the funding for the operation.
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Incredible New Aerial Photos Of Clifton Trawler Emerge – Shot From Helicopter
18 May 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Unbelievable. These were sent in by 2oceansviber, Martin G. Check these out!
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Wall Street Journal Covers “Clifton Trawler Pizza Delivery”
17 May 2012 by Seth Rotherham / 4 Comments
By now you should have heard about the pizzas we ordered from Butlers Pizza to be delivered to the stricken Eihatsu Maru ship on Clifton beach. Naturally it wasn’t a problem for them, as they’re Cape Town’s #1 pizza company. You can check the video HERE if you missed it. But more recently a picture […]
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Clifton Trawler: Day 4 Draws To A Close…
15 May 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
[pic source – Twitter – @alettagardner]
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WATCH: Clifton Shipwreck Salvage Operation LIVE Online RIGHT NOW!
14 May 2012 by Seth Rotherham / 1 Comment
It’s a great moment for the BEACH WATCH website, as they have the infrastructure that allows us to watch the stranded Japanese trawler LIVE on the net. We’re not 100% sure when the salvage operation will get underway – but you can keep an eye on things using the live Clifton beach webcam. You can […]
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