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The wreck has been dated to the second Proto-Helladic period, 2700–2200 BC. [2] The remains of the shipwreck are located about 15–30 metres (50–100 ft) underwater off the coast of southern Greece near the island of Dokos (ancient name Aperopia) in the Aegean Sea. [3] Dokos is about 100 kilometres (60 mi) east of Sparta, Peloponnese. [4]
The Dokos shipwreck (c. 2250-2050 BC) was discovered near Hydra Island, Greece, in 1975 by Peter Throckmorton who found cargo from a sunken ship site at 20 meters depth. The cargo consisted of pottery of the Cycladic type. This is possibly the oldest wreck discovered to date. [8]
The list of shipwrecks before Anno Domini includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost before the year AD 1 of the Gregorian calendar. 20th century BC and earlier Dokos shipwreck – 2700–2200 BC.
Underwater archaeologists dug under 20 feet of sand and rock off the coast of Sicily and found a 2,500-year-old shipwreck. Researchers date the find to either the fifth or sixth century B.C.
The site of the wreck was initially found in 2011 by a pair of brothers after a fisherman's net got stuck at the bottom of the sea, the navy said. Ultimately, a deep-sea diver named Domingos ...
"No one's ever found a wooden shipwreck 3,000 metres down in one of the most remote places on earth underneath the ice," he said. ... But its three-masted timber sailing ship Endurance fell victim ...
A small freight ship that was swept away by the sea from the port of Gythio and left stranded on a sandy beach. Dokos shipwreck: Unknown c. 2200 BCE The oldest known underwater shipwreck discovery, dating to c. 2200 BCE. HMS Dulverton Royal Navy: 13 November 1943
Remains from 1856 Shipwreck Found Off the Coast of Massachusetts, Says Research Group. Ingrid Vasquez. September 11, 2024 at 9:25 PM.