#shipwrecks — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #shipwrecks, aggregated by home.social.
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Courthouse News: Federal court halts sale of Titanic artifacts for now. “A Virginia-based federal judge halted the custodian of thousands of Titanic artifacts from auctioning off over 360 items Monday, ruling the sale breaches the conditions of their salvor-in-possession status.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/26/courthouse-news-federal-court-halts-sale-of-titanic-artifacts-for-now/ -
The Vietnam Binh Chau (Chau Tan) Late Tang Wreck
https://www.koh-antique.com/client/tangwreck/tangwreck.html
Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49355451
#HackerNews #Vietnam #Binh #Chau #Tang #Wreck #archaeology #maritime #history #shipwrecks #antiquities
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NYUPS (our underwater photo group) theme last month was shipwrecks, tonight we focus on juvenile marine life — always a good mix.
Missed last month? Here's what I presented:
https://scubahanknyc.com/2026/07/11/sunken-sanctuaries-diving-shipwrecks-and-marine-life/ -
Transforming the Prudence Ferry: Inside the Volunteer Effort to Build Long Island’s Newest Wreck Dive
In Long Island City's Anable Basin, the retired Prudence Ferry is being prepared for a very different kind of final voyage. Once cleaned and approved, it will be towed offshore and sunk at New York's Sixteen Fathom Reef.https://scubahanknyc.com/2026/08/17/prudence-ferry-artificial-reef/
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Bottoms up: vast Roman shipwreck filled with ancient wine amphoras discovered near Sicily – The Art Newspaper
A sensational discovery of…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #ItalianWine #MediterraneanWine #Antiquities&Archaeology #Archaeology #discoveries #heritage #Italianwine #italy #Museums&Heritage #Shipwrecks #underwater #UnderwaterArchaeology #Wine
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2766161/bottoms-up-vast-roman-shipwreck-filled-with-ancient-wine-amphoras-discovered-near-sicily-the-art-newspaper/ -
Bottoms up: vast Roman shipwreck filled with ancient wine amphoras discovered near Sicily – The Art Newspaper https://www.diningandcooking.com/2766161/bottoms-up-vast-roman-shipwreck-filled-with-ancient-wine-amphoras-discovered-near-sicily-the-art-newspaper/ #Antiquities&Archaeology #Archaeology #discoveries #heritage #ItalianWine #italy #Museums&Heritage #Shipwrecks #underwater #UnderwaterArchaeology #Wine
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Vrak - museum of wrecks, Stockholm. My first visit here. I really liked it. Exhibitions on an assortment of wrecks and also quite a lot of information about ongoing projects in marine archaeology as teasers for the future. Picture from exhibition about the ship (now wreck) Resande Man.
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The Art Itself is Nature — Shakespeare / Art is but Nature Better Understood — Pope (1841) by Charles Ellms, from The Tragedy of the Seas; or, Sorrow on the Ocean, Lake, and River, from Shipwreck, Plague, Fire and Famine.
Source: Library of Congress / Internet Archive
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/500e3ec6-2630-4c8f-9aaf-701281976408
#ships #water #nature #accidents #propellers #disaster #sea #oceans #shipwrecks #art #publicdomain
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Sunken Sanctuaries: Diving Shipwrecks and Marine Life
The New York Underwater Photographic Society invited members to share shipwreck-themed images, highlighting wrecks as historical sites and artificial reefs. Filming in various locations, the compilation showcases how wrecks serve different purposes, from homes for octopuses and sanctuary for fish to hunting grounds for sharks, teeming with diverse marine life.https://scubahanknyc.com/2026/07/11/sunken-sanctuaries-diving-shipwrecks-and-marine-life/
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Rough Draft Atlanta: Legal battle resurfaces over Titanic artifacts. “A legal battle is resurfacing over items salvaged from the Titanic. Recently unsealed court documents reveal a back-and-forth between the U.S. government and a Metro Atlanta company over artifacts recovered from the famous shipwreck.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/06/25/rough-draft-atlanta-legal-battle-resurfaces-over-titanic-artifacts/ -
“The Tower of Remembrance”: HMS Hampshire
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://theorkneynews.scot/2026/06/05/the-tower-of-remembrance-hms-hampshire/
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You know how much we love us some undersea cables, and this week, it's cable drama! Did the Taiwanese cable get sliced due to a shifting shipwreck? Or was it something more nefarious? And what are the long-term implications for cable safety? Join the discussion this week on episode 353 #TheCloudPod #Shipwrecks #UnderseaCables
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The doomed ship went down just 17 miles from safety. What went wrong?
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Spanish archaeologists discover trove of ancient shipwrecks in Bay of Gibraltar
#HackerNews #Spanish #archaeology #shipwrecks #Gibraltar #ancient #history #discoveries
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HMS Pheasant, 1st March 1917, Rora Head, Hoy, Orkney
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The Temasek Shipwreck and its Astounding Cargo of Porcelain
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Side-scan sonar of the remains of a sunken wooden barge on the bottom of a St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, waterway. #archaeology #shipwrecks #maritime
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The arrival of the Englishmen in Virginia (1590) by Johann Theodor de Bry, from Briefe and True Report.
Source: Harvard University
Available to buy as a print.
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/3b6b815a-daac-402a-accd-de396e1ba3a5
#native-american #maps #exploration #ships #romans #islands #british-america #native-americans #sea-monsters #colonial-america #colonialism #shipwrecks #art #publicdomain
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'WEST TARBERT WRECK'
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A half-submerged fishing boat near West Tarbert, Argyll, tells a quiet story of time and the sea 🏴
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https://davebowmanphotography.com/featured/west-tarbert-wreck-dave-bowman.html
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#photography #monochromephotos #shipwrecks #MaritimeHistory #ScotlandCoast #SeaStories #wallart #BuyIntoArt #GiftThemArt #ArtMatters #AYearofArt #artistonmastodon
#AYearForArt
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The Death of Captain Thomas, and Escape of Wyer and Cammett (1841) by Charles Ellms, from The Tragedy of the Seas; or, Sorrow on the Ocean, Lake, and River, from Shipwreck, Plague, Fire and Famine.
Source: Library of Congress / Internet Archive
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/dc190f5f-b29e-40c5-8ecf-c9e1fa68fbf3
#water #sails #accidents #disaster #sea #foliage #oceans #swords #shipwrecks #art #publicdomain
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Tabular Iceberg (1890), from Twenty Years Before the Mast
.Source: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign / Internet Archive
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/bc7cc68b-9025-4d32-add7-7111bd800993
#ships #icebergs #sailing #sea #oceans #shipwrecks #art #publicdomain
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Divernet: War Log maps out 1,000+ Baltic shipwrecks. “A new open-access database called the War Log has been released, recording the many forgotten but often well-preserved historic Swedish warships that sank in storms and battles or were scuttled in the Baltic Sea.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/12/06/divernet-war-log-maps-out-1000-baltic-shipwrecks/
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The Burning of the Steamer Royal Tar, on Board of Which was a Valuable Menagerie of Wild Beasts (1841) by Charles Ellms, from The Tragedy of the Seas; or, Sorrow on the Ocean, Lake, and River, from Shipwreck, Plague, Fire and Famine.
Source: Library of Congress / Internet Archive
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/3eba831a-eac6-4105-8afc-8fc1396df92f
#animals #fire #water #waves #accidents #disaster #sea #oceans #shipwrecks #art #publicdomain
