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US Coast Guard cutter Tampa

Wreck of USCG Cutter Tampa Found After 108 Years

May 04, 2026 WWI Wrecks

A Swedish Navy diver on the wreck

Sensational Shipwreck in Kalmarsund Dates to 16th Century

Apr 30, 2026 Tall & Wooden Ships, Marine Archaeology

The fine planking on the Varberg wreck 2.

Six Historic Shipwrecks Found in Sweden

Apr 22, 2026 Medieval Vessels, Marine Archaeology

SS United States

Increasing Opposition to the Sinking of SS United States

Apr 15, 2026 Liners & Ferries, Artifical Reefs

Eagles' wreck

2,000-Year-Old Roman Shipwreck Found in a Swiss Lake

Apr 14, 2026 Antiquity

Diver on mid-section of Liberty Wreck in Bali

Bali’s Famous Liberty Wreck

Apr 11, 2026 WWII Wrecks

Dannebroge explodes during the Battle of Reden

Danish Flagship Dannebroge Found After 225 Years

Apr 02, 2026 Tall & Wooden Ships

City Of Hobart

City of Hobart Wreck Identified off Victoria

Mar 09, 2026 Steamships & Cargo, Marine Archaeology

Crime at sea

New Measures Target Shipwreck Heritage Crime

Mar 08, 2026 Marine Archaeology

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Wrecks & Archaeology Features

Diver on mid-section of Liberty Wreck in Bali

Bali’s Famous Liberty Wreck

11 Apr, 2026 WWII Wrecks

Shipwreck Research in Dover Strait

01 Aug, 2025

SS Toward: New “Treasures” Unveiled

05 Feb, 2025 WWI Wrecks

An Italian Wreck Valley

04 Nov, 2024 WWII Wrecks

Äpplet Wreck: 17th-Century Swedish Warship

30 Aug, 2024 Tall & Wooden Ships

HMS Southwold: WWII British Destroyer in Malta

01 Aug, 2024

Rare Phoenician Wreck Site in Malta

17 Jan, 2024

Beer & Booze from Wrecks

24 Feb, 2023 Salvaging and preservation

John G. McCullough wreck

John G McCullough Wreck

01 Feb, 2023 Steamships & Cargo

Diver on Californian wreck

Californian Wreck

25 Jan, 2023

Photogrammetry image of the wreck of a Nakajima “Kate” B5N fighter-bomber in Kavieng. Image by Sean Twomey

Awakening the Past: Reimagining Kavieng's Ghosts of the Machines

12 Jan, 2023 WWII Wrecks

Venturo Tug, New Jersey, USA

Northeast Wrecks – Part 3: Artificial Reef Wrecks

24 Oct, 2022

Larry Cohen inside the Stolt Dagali’s galley

Shipwrecks of Collision Off New York & New Jersey Coasts

01 Sep, 2022

Diver Olga Torrey exploring the USS San Diego. Photo by Larry Cohen

Shipwrecks of War Off New York and New Jersey Coasts

18 Jul, 2022 Steamships & Cargo

Port side of the figurehead wreck Osborn and Elisabeth in Hanko, Finland

Finland: 17th to 19th-Century Wrecks at Hanko

18 Jul, 2022 Parks & Trails

Photogrammetry of the mast of the Kronprinz Wilhelm wreck in Scapa Flow by 3DVisLab at the University of Dundee

Scapa Flow Wrecks: Multibeam Sonar Survey & 3D Photogrammetry

18 Jul, 2022 WWI Wrecks, Surveys

Blücher

Blücher Wreck: WWII German Cruiser in Norway

01 Jun, 2022 WWII Wrecks

A rare photo of the sailing ship Plus at anchor in a harbour

The Plus Wreck: Late 19th-Century Windjammer in Finland's Åland Islands

20 Dec, 2021 Tall & Wooden Ships

Hudson Plane Wreck: WWII Light Bomber in Sweden's Gullmarsfjord

29 Sep, 2021 Aircraft

Diver inspects the wreck of the Vera Figner wreck. Photo by Pavel Lapshin

Vera Figner Wreck: 20th-Century Paddle Steamer in Russia's Silva River

06 Aug, 2021 Steamships & Cargo

Artifacts from the 16th century Battle of Sudbischen. Photo by Stanislav Trofimov

Russian 16th Century Discovery: Battle of Sudbischen

16 Jul, 2021 Marine Archaeology

Viking Ship Museum, Denmark. Photo Peter Symes

Denmark: Marine Archaeology

25 May, 2021 Marine Archaeology

Ærøsund wreck. Photo by Lars Stenholt Kirkegaard

Denmark: M/F Ærøsund

18 May, 2021 Liners & Ferries, Artifical Reefs

HMS Defense wreck, Denmark. Photo by René B. Andersen.

Denmark's Wrecks: A Selection from WWII back to the Age of Sail

18 May, 2021 WWI Wrecks, Tall & Wooden Ships

Rare historical photo of Plinio III, Lake Como, Italy (Museo Barca Lariana/Public Domain)

Plinio III Wreck

17 Apr, 2021 Steamships & Cargo

Diver explores the port side of UJ-2208, located off the coast of Genoa in Italy. Photo by Marco Mori.

Exploring UJ-2208: The WWII Battleship in Genoa

30 Mar, 2021 WWII Wrecks

Adventure & Archaeology

06 Feb, 2021 Marine Archaeology

Historiske foto af italiensk ubåd Scirè

Scirè: IANTD Expeditions to the WWII Italian Submarine Wreck

04 Jan, 2021 Submarines

Ming Pottery Wreck: Exploratory Expedition in the Gulf of Thailand

29 Nov, 2020 Antiquity

The Oldenberg wreck in Sognefjorden, Norway

Oldenburg Wreck: German Raider & Cargo Ship Through Two World Wars

01 Nov, 2020

Photo by Scott Bennett: Diver and coral on the MV Shake’M wreck in Grenada

My Favorite Wreck Dive: Contributors' Picks

31 Oct, 2020

Black Sea Wrecks

24 Sep, 2020 WWII Wrecks, Aircraft

The Florida Panhandle Shipwreck Trail

22 Sep, 2020 WWII Wrecks, Artifical Reefs

Diver with one of the davits on RMS Lusitania. Photo by Vic Verlinden.

The WWI Disaster of RMS Lusitania

02 May, 2020 WWI Wrecks, Liners & Ferries

Diver with ancient ram discovery, Sicily, Italy. Photo by Mario Arena

Battle of the Egadi Islands: Ancient Discoveries Off Sicily

03 Apr, 2020

Hospital Ships: Casualties of WWI

27 Feb, 2020 WWI Wrecks

Malta's Deep-Water Wrecks

12 Sep, 2019 Antiquity, WWI Wrecks, WWII Wrecks

Scapa Flow: WWI Wreck Legacy & Recent Discoveries

27 Aug, 2019

Scapa 100: Centenary Anniversary Event

26 Aug, 2019 WWI Wrecks

shipworm

Shipworm: The Scourge of Wooden Wrecks is Really a Mussel

14 Apr, 2019 Tall & Wooden Ships

Scapa Flow: Centenary of the Scuttle of the Imperial German High Seas Fleet

12 Mar, 2019 WWI Wrecks

SMS Friedrich Carl

28 Jan, 2019 WWI Wrecks

Centenary of the Rossarol Wreck

08 Dec, 2018

Kyarra Wreck Turns 100 Years Old

22 Aug, 2018

Graveyard of the Atlantic: Wrecks of North Carolina's Outer Banks

14 Aug, 2018

Wreck Diving in Lithuania

08 Aug, 2018

Aircraft Wrecks of Gran Canaria

09 Apr, 2018 Aircraft

The Demise of SMS Szent István

21 Jan, 2018 WWI Wrecks

Italian Hospital Ship Po

01 Jan, 2018

Diving the B-29 Bomber

30 Sep, 2017 WWII Wrecks, Aircraft

WWII Wreck of USS LST 349 at Ponza, Italy

03 Sep, 2017

Pushing the Altitude: The Quest to Document the SS Tahoe

27 Jun, 2017

Great Lakes: Lake Michigan Shipwreck Mysteries

26 Apr, 2017

Great Lakes: Shipwrecks of Presque Isle

30 Nov, 2016

Battle of Jutland Centenary Expedition

15 Jul, 2016

The Graf Zeppelin

06 Jul, 2016

British Columbia's Newest Wreck Celebrates First Year

04 May, 2016

Croatia: Stuka Bomber Wreck

07 Mar, 2016

ROV Ageotec Perseo GTV explores the HMS Russell. Photo by Eugene Tomashov.

Wrecks of Malta

07 Jan, 2016

Japanese Shipwrecks of Kwajalein Atoll

29 Nov, 2015

Maritime Archaeology Program at University of Southern Denmark

25 Nov, 2015 Marine Archaeology

British Columbia's Wreck Trek

22 Oct, 2015

Triton submarine over Britannic. Photo by Eugene Tomashov.

U-Boat Navigator Mission: HMHS Britannic

12 Oct, 2015 WWI Wrecks

Scotland Wreck: SS Seniority

18 Aug, 2015

Kwajalein Atoll: Wrecks of the Pacific

04 Aug, 2015

Thousand Islands Wrecks of St. Lawrence River

12 Jun, 2015 Steamships & Cargo

San Francisco Maru Wreck of Chuuk Lagoon

05 May, 2015

Ghosts of the Machines: Kavieng’s WWII Wrecks

29 Apr, 2015 WWII Wrecks, Aircraft

US Civil War Wreck: H.L. Hunley Sub

19 Jan, 2015

Battle of Jutland: North Sea WWI Wrecks

17 Jan, 2015

HMS Warrior II

06 Jan, 2015

Great Lakes: A Haven for Wreck Divers

06 Jan, 2015

HTMS Sattakut

31 Aug, 2014 WWII Wrecks, Artifical Reefs

Battleship España

31 Aug, 2014 Older Warships

Operation Deadlight

30 Jun, 2014 WWII Wrecks, Submarines

Florida's Artificial Reefs

02 May, 2014 Artifical Reefs

Dalarö: Marine Archeological Wreck Park

02 May, 2014 Medieval Vessels

Frankenwald: A World-Class Wreck Dive

02 Jan, 2014 Steamships & Cargo

Courtesy of the Museum of Underwater Archeology in Bodrum

Uluburun: The Oldest Wreck in the World

30 Jul, 2013 Antiquity

Diving the Arrow

13 Sep, 2012 Steamships & Cargo

Finding the early humans

25 Apr, 2012

Papua New Guinea: B17 Black Jack Wreck

21 Dec, 2011 WWII Wrecks, Aircraft

No Secret for Victoria!

13 Oct, 2011 Older Warships

The Quest for Yolanda

13 Oct, 2011

Just a 200m Dive

13 Oct, 2011

Shipwreck CSI

13 Oct, 2011 Marine Archaeology

Polluce Wreck - the Recovery

13 Oct, 2011

Shipwreck Appreciation & Conservation

13 Oct, 2011 Marine Archaeology

Finding Yolanda wreck

13 Oct, 2011

Scapa Flow - The Wrecks of Scotland’s Orkney Islands

13 Oct, 2011 WWI Wrecks, WWII Wrecks

Gulf of Suez

13 Oct, 2011

Want to be a wreck detective?

13 Oct, 2011

Photographing Wrecks

13 Oct, 2011

Wrecks of Narvik

13 Oct, 2011

Polluce wreck

13 Oct, 2011

U89: Exploring U-boats in Ireland

13 Oct, 2011

Shooting Below Decks

13 Oct, 2011

Tech Wreck Park in Sweden

21 Jul, 2011

diver with parrel

Marine Archaeology 101

05 May, 2010

British Columbia’s Reefs of Steel

13 Jul, 2009

The Hunt For S8

03 Sep, 2008

General von Steuben

27 Dec, 2007

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David Attenborough 100 years

Sir David Attenborough Turns 100

Profiles & Interviews

World Oceans Day Celebrated Around the Globe

Ecology & Science

Cross-section of ocean

Where the Ocean Struggles to Breathe: The Silent Zones

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US Coast Guard cutter Tampa

Wreck of USCG Cutter Tampa Found After 108 Years

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A Swedish Navy diver on the wreck

Sensational Shipwreck in Kalmarsund Dates to 16th Century

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Frozen Fire Beneath the Sea

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Underwater Museums: What Remains of WWII in the Pacific

Dec 18, 2024 Brandi Mueller

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Diving With Sharks

Aug 16, 2024 Nigel Marsh & Andy Murch

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Oct 24, 2024 Brandi Mueller

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SONG OF SILENCE – A Book About Water

Jul 03, 2018 Rico Besserdich

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