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RMS Lusitania was a British ocean liner launched by the Cunard Line in 1906. She was the world's largest passenger ship until the completion of her sister Mauretania three months later and was awarded the Blue Riband appellation for the fastest Atlantic crossing in 1908.
[3]: 132–133 Shortly after departure three German-speaking men were found on board hiding in a steward's pantry. Detective Inspector William Pierpoint of the Liverpool police, who was travelling in the guise of a first-class passenger, interrogated them before locking them in the cells for further questioning when the ship reached Liverpool.
A ship of the Spanish Armada that was driven aground at Streedagh Strand, then in Cairbre, now County Sligo. La Lavia Spain: 1588 A ship of the Spanish Armada that was driven aground at Streedagh Strand, then in Cairbre, now County Sligo. Laurentic United Kingdom: 25 January 1917 An armed merchantman that struck two naval mines off Lough Swilly
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. Six ...
List of shipwrecks: 16 January 2010 Ship State Description Atlantic Mist United States The 185-foot (56.4 m) fishing vessel – a former PCE-842-class patrol craft – was scuttled as an artificial reef in 100 feet (30 m) of water in the North Atlantic Ocean at , approximately 26 nautical miles (48 km; 30 mi) southeast of Indian River Inlet, Delaware, and equidistant from Cape May, New Jersey ...
A father and daughter who were out on a fishing adventure discovered a previously unknown shipwreck with ties to the Great Peshtigo Fire. A Father and Daughter Went Fishing—and Accidentally ...
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Expedition to shipwreck in Tallinn Bay. The archaeology of shipwrecks is the field of archaeology specialized most commonly in the study and exploration of shipwrecks. [1] Its techniques combine those of archaeology with those of diving to become Underwater archaeology. However, shipwrecks are discovered on what have become terrestrial sites. [2]