Explorers have found the deepest shipwreck ever identified, a US navy destroyer escort sunk during WWII. The USS Samuel B Roberts went down during the Battle Off Samar in the Philippine Sea in October 1944. It lies in 6,895m (22,621ft) of water.
THE DEEPEST KNOWN SHIPWRECKS WORLDWIDE. As it turns out, the deepest known shipwreck was found almost a year ago today, at 22,523 ft (6,865m) in the Philippine Sea. USS Samuel B. Roberts - also known as 'Sammy B' - was identified by the American explorer, Victor Vescovo, after decades of mystery.
In 1944, the USS Johnston sank after a battle against the world's largest battleship. More than 75 years later, her wreck was finally located, 6km (3.7 miles) below the waves.
Among them, the Dokos wreck is thought to be the oldest shipwreck found to date. It dates before c. 2200 BCE, judging by the pottery cargo it carried. It was discovered by Peter in 1975 at a depth of fifteen to thirty meters near the Greek island of Dokos.
The sinking of Titanic is today one of the most well-known maritime disasters in the world. This is thanks in part to James Cameron's Oscar-winning 1997 film of the same name, but also because the event was – and remains to this day – one of the deadliest peacetime sinkings in history.
Sultana was a commercial side-wheel steamboat which exploded and sank on the Mississippi River on April 27, 1865, killing 1,167 people in what remains the worst maritime disaster in United States history.
On April 27, 1865, the deadliest maritime disaster in U.S. history occurred when the side-wheel steamship SS Sultana exploded on the Mississippi River just north of Memphis, Tennessee.
A Greek merchant ship discovered more than a mile under the surface of the Black Sea has been radiocarbon dated to 2,400 years ago, making it the world's oldest known intact shipwreck.
Key West, Florida - The Tile Wreck, and The USS Alligator
Named for the cargo it was carrying when it sank in Key West, the Tile Wreck is in extremely shallow water, resting only 5-15 feet below the surface so you can reach down and touch it. Not too far away lies a navy ship known as the USS Alligator. From the 1820s.
But most of them aren't as renowned, as large, or as deeply buried as the Titanic. There's an estimated three million shipwrecks scattered across the ocean floor, from sunken World War II destroyers to colonial Spanish galleons to small abandoned dinghies.
The USS Nevada was the only battleship to get underway the morning of December 7, 1941, making her “the only bright spot in an otherwise dismal and depressing morning".
Arthur John Priest (31 August 1887 – 11 February 1937) was an English fireman and stoker who was notable for surviving four ship sinkings, including the RMS Titanic, HMS Alcantara, HMHS Britannic and the SS Donegal. Due to these incidents, Priest gained the moniker "the unsinkable stoker".
The wreck has been dated to the second Proto-Helladic period, 2700–2200 BC. 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.
Michigan. The Great Lakes have been dubbed the 'Shipwreck Capital of the World' by many. But that's because under the area's 95,000 square miles of water lie nearly 5,000 shipwrecks.
There are over 6,000 shipwrecks in the Great Lakes, which have claimed an estimated 30,000 lives. About 550 ships rest at the bottom of Lake Superior alone, “most of which are undiscovered,” says the museum website.
Sand tiger sharks grow to about 10.4 feet and researchers have long known they gravitate to shipwrecks as a place to feed on reef fish, including jacks and barracuda. However, it has lately been noted sharks actually prefer shipwrecks over natural reefs, according to Dr.
The San José Called the “holy grail of shipwrecks,” the Spanish galleon San José was carrying a treasure of silver, gold, and emeralds worth billions of dollars today. The galleon sunk after a battle with British ships off the coast of Cartagena, Colombia, in 1708.
While the Titanic is the most famous maritime disaster, it's not the deadliest. The Wilhelm Gustloff is the deadliest in history, killing 9,000 people when it sank in 1945. Similar to the Titanic, the Joola, the SS Kiangya, and the MV Doña Paz were carrying civilians when they were sunk.
Our oceans contain around 20 million tons of dissolved gold. However, this means there is only about one gram of gold for every 110 million tons of ocean water. Many gold deposits exist deep within the sea floor, and some deposits can often be trapped underneath rock as far down as 35,000 feet.
According to an analysis by Unesco, there are over three million resting undiscovered in the world's oceans. These elusive relics are unlikely to be evenly distributed.