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Europe 3 months ago

Hope fades for Indonesian fishermen shipwrecked off Portugal

The vessel carrying five people sank on Sunday morning "in a rocky area of Insua Island" in the northern municipality of Caminha, Portugal's National Maritime Authority said in a statement.

Archipelago 8 months ago

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Rescuers to recover wreckage of sunken ferry near Bali

The plan to recover the KNP Tunu Pratama Jaya ferry that sank in the Bali Strait was announced after joint search and rescue team confirmed the location of the wreck of the sunken vessel over the weekend.

Asia & Pacific 2 years ago

WWII wreck on which nearly 1,000 Australians died found

Deep-sea explorers said Saturday they had located the wreck of a World War II Japanese transport ship, the Montevideo Maru, which was torpedoed off the Philippines killing nearly 1,000 Australians aboard.

People 4 years ago

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A fisherman's life on the high seas: harsh, risky and badly paid

"You make a lot of sacrifices and they don't pay you what they should," shrugs Jeronimo Martinez, a fisherman from Marin, home port of the shipwrecked Spanish trawler.

Art & Culture 4 years ago

Centuries-old shipwrecks found off Singapore

The wrecks were found off Pedra Branca, a rocky outcrop east of Singapore, according to the National Heritage Board and think tank the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, which worked together on the project.

Opinion 5 years ago

Shipwreck removal under Job Creation Law: Impact on shipping lane safety

The government, through the Job Creation Law, has increased the penalty for ship owners that do not perform their obligation to remove their sunken shipwreck and/or cargo.

City 5 years ago

One dead after vessel capsizes in North Jakarta

The ship collided with wreckage at the entrance of Muara Angke Port.

Art & Culture 5 years ago

Polish divers hope Nazi shipwreck holds key to Amber Room treasure

Polish divers say they have found the wreck of a German World War Two ship which may help solve a decades-old mystery - the whereabouts of the Amber Room, an ornate chamber from a tsarist palace in Russia that was looted by the Nazis.

News 5 years ago

Greece inaugurates 'Parthenon of shipwrecks'

Greece on Saturday inaugurated its first underwater museum, a trove of 5th century BC amphorae labelled the "Parthenon of shipwrecks", off the coast of Alonissos island in the western Aegean.

Science & Tech 5 years ago

Ancient 'Acropolis of the sea' opens to divers, guarded by high tech

Hidden and protected for millennia, an ancient shipwreck in Greece opens to the public for the first time on Aug. 3, fusing archaeological wonders in the depths of the sea with the marvels of modern-day artificial intelligence.

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