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Spanish reports however point to a battle. The ship had been heading back from the New World to the court of King Philip V of Spain, laden with treasures such as chests of emeralds and some 200 ...
The ship began to leak fuel oil in the following weeks, and broke apart in mid August. Although much of the oil on board Wakashio was pumped out before she broke in half, an estimated 1,000 tonnes of oil spilled into the ocean in what was called by some scientists the worst environmental disaster ever in Mauritius .
MV Arvin was a Ukrainian bulk cargo ship that ran aground in the south of France in 1999, then in 2021 broke in two and sank in heavy seas off the coast of Bartin, Turkey. A video of the ship breaking apart was posted on YouTube. [2] Six of the 12 crew aboard survived the sinking, with three dead recovered and three of the six missing but ...
The Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary is a United States National Marine Sanctuary on Lake Michigan off the coast of the U.S. state of Wisconsin.It protects 38 known historically significant shipwrecks ranging from the 19th-century wooden schooners to 20th-century steel-hulled steamers, as well as an estimated 60 undiscovered shipwrecks.
The ship was named Le Joola after the Jola people of southern Senegal. Constructed in Germany and delivered in 1990, it was 79 m (259 ft 2 in) long and 12 m (39 ft 4 in) wide, weighed 1,400 tons, [2] had two motors, and was equipped with some of the latest safety equipment available at the time of the disaster.
The team reported that it had found evidence of damage to the ship inflicted by a Japanese battleship shell, including Samuel B. Roberts ' s fallen mast. [11] The wreck of Samuel B. Roberts lies at a depth of 6,895 meters (22,621 ft; 4.284 mi), making her the deepest known shipwreck [12] and the deepest shipwreck ever identified by a crewed ...
At the time of its designation in 2021, the sanctuary included 36 known shipwrecks [3] [5] [6] [4] [7] dating from the 1830s to 1930, [5] [7] including Wisconsin's two oldest known shipwrecks in terms of vessel construction date, [4] [6] the schooners Gallinipper, which was constructed in 1833 and sank in 1851, and Home, which was built in 1843 ...
Tunisia's coast guard retrieved the bodies of nine people who died after their boat sank on Thursday, marking the latest disaster for migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Europe. The ...