Japan’s first super aircraft carrier, the IJN Shinano, began as a battleship and was converted in response to devastating carrier losses at Midway. However, on her maiden voyage in November 1944, she ...

The final resting place of a First World War ship that has been lost since 1917 has been discovered using new technology. HMS ...

sites where the wrecks of US military ships lie. Both ships were found lying about 18,000 feet (5,490 metres) under water within the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument - the largest marine ...

In 1982, a discovery made by a sponge diver prompted archaeologists to complete 22,000 dives to excavate the area of the Uluburun shipwreck ... Much of the jewelry found at the site were Egyptian ...

A Greek merchant ship dating back more than 2,400 years has been found lying on its side off the Bulgarian coast. The 23m (75ft) wreck, found in the Black Sea by an Anglo-Bulgarian team ...

This story appears in the October 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine. History rarely unfolds like a fable. But consider this: A 16th-century Portuguese trading vessel, carrying a fortune ...

The remains of John Paul Jones' ship, the Bonhomme Richard, have been found just off the British coast, and are supposedly visible from a cliff and walkable at certain tides By Tom Ricks Posted on ...

A wreck has been found off the Aberdeenshire coast that is believed to be a lost Royal Navy warship, sunk by a torpedo during World War One. HMS Hawke was discovered by a team of divers about 70 ...

Since it was not identified, the trio initially named the wreck B2633 – the name denoting its depth as measured in local dialect. Based on the historical accounts and the size of the ship, the trio ...

Four bodies have been found near the wreckage of the Royal Navy Lynx helicopter that crashed in the sea off the Cornish coast, the Navy has confirmed. Commander Mark Sheehan, commander of the Lynx ...

Authorities found a suspected hit-and-run 18-wheeler abandoned late Friday after a wreck that killed two motorcyclists and hospitalized three others on a North Carolina road. The big rig was found ...

Ocean explorers found USS Stewart 3,500 feet below the water’s surface within the Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary on August 1, according to a news release from the search team including ...