Officials recently unveiled the deepest-recorded shipwreck in French waters, complete with a remarkably well-preserved cargo dating back 500 years. The findings were announced by the French Department ...

NPR's Juana Summers talks with maritime archaeologist Tamara Thomsen about the record number of shipwreck discoveries in the Great Lakes in recent years, including two just in the last several months.

German researchers recently announced the discovery of 31 shipwrecks, including a possible steamship that was destroyed in a World War II air raid. The shipwrecks were found in Germany's Lake ...

The merchant ship carried jugs, metal bars, and featured multiple cannons. A shipwreck accidentally discovered off France’s southeastern coast near Saint-Tropez appears to be a striking well-preserved ...

In 1707, a catastrophic shipwreck occurred in the isles of Scilly, off the southwest coast of England. Between 1400 and 2,000 sailors lost their lives. Navigational errors—caused by inaccurate ...