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Guiding Star – The clipper ship was lost with all hands, 481 passengers and 62 crew, during late February. The ship was last spotted on 12 February in the southern Atlantic Ocean and was heading into an area where large icebergs had been seen. At the time of her loss she was transporting immigrants from Great Britain to Australia. [6] 543 1873
Polish divers have found a 19th-century shipwreck off the coast of Sweden laden with bottles of champagne, a "very exclusive" cargo they say may have been destined for the tsar of Russia before ...
A team of divers discovered a 19th-century shipwreck off the coast of Sweden that was "loaded to the sides" with historical artifacts – including 100 bottles of champagne. The shipwreck was ...
A team of divers has discovered a 19th century stash of champagne and wine on a shipwreck at the bottom of the Baltic Sea.. During a recent dive off the coast of Sweden, the Polish diving group ...
A 19th-century shipwreck is filled with Champagne bottles and Sweden won't allow anyone a sip; Fossils suggest even smaller ‘hobbits’ roamed an Indonesian island 700,000 years ago; 911 operator calmly walks expectant mom through a surprise at-home delivery; Chicken parade prompts changes to proposed restrictions in Iowa's capital city
"On the night of June 6, 1853, the clipper ship Carrier Pigeon ran aground 500 feet off shore of the central California coast. The area is now called Pigeon Point in her honor. The Carrier Pigeon was a state-of-the art, 19th Century clipper ship. She was 175 feet long with a narrow, 34 foot beam and rated at about 845 tons burden.
Molasses Reef Wreck: Unknown Unknown Early 16th-century Spanish shipwreck, the earliest European shipwreck in the Americas to be scientifically excavated. Trouvadore Spain: March 1841 A Spanish slave ship that was wrecked off East Caicos. The crew were arrested upon reaching land, and the 168 Africans took up residence at Grand Turk Island.
Historically low water levels in the Mississippi River, a major shipping route, led to multiple discoveries.