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Admiral Zheng He’s Treasure Fleet

March 8, 2010

Agencies in China and Kenya penned an agreement last month to investigate the cultural links between China and Kenya in Kenya’s Lamu Archpelago, which include an exploration of sunken ships from Admiral Zheng He’s treasure fleet.

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National Marine Sanctuary Shipwrecks

The mission of NOAA’s National Marine Sanctuaries is to serve as the trustee for the nation’s system of marine protected areas, to conserve, protect, and enhance their biodiversity, ecological integrity and cultural legacy.
Here are just a few of the many shipwrecks they manage and document and their stories:

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Odyssey Marine To Search for 70 Million In Silver

An official attempt to find a ship containing £70m worth of silver, which was sunk during the second world war, has been announced by the British government. It has teamed up with a private company in the hope of salvaging the treasure.
The target is the SS Gairsoppa, which was on its way from India to [...]

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Archaeologists Discover Ancient Ships In Egypt

Five years ago, Kathryn Bard made a remarkable discovery in the Egyptian desert. While digging with an archaeological team along the Red Sea coast, she reached into the opening of a wall — and felt nothing. Further excavation revealed an ancient man-made cave containing a mud brick, a small grinding stone, shell beads, and part [...]

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B.C. researchers discover gold rush ghost ship in Yukon lake

A B.C.-led team of archeologists has discovered the wreck of a Klondike Gold Rush steamer perfectly preserved in the icy waters of Lake Laberge, north of Whitehorse.
The vessel A.J. Goddard sank in a winter storm 108 years ago, leaving behind a snapshot of life during the frenzy of prospecting and mining that engorged the Yukon [...]

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Odyssey Marine Exploration Acquires Stake in Venture to Pursue Exploration of Deep-Ocean Gold and Copper Deposits

Tampa, FL – November 20, 2009 – Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. (NasdaqCM: OMEX), a pioneer in the field of deep-ocean shipwreck exploration, has acquired a minority interest in SMM Project LLC, a company funded by a group of investors to bring together the exclusive licenses and skills of world renowned deep-ocean geologist Dr. Timothy McConachy [...]

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Civil War Wreck USS Westfield

TEXAS CITY — For years, the scoured remains of a Civil War naval tragedy slowly rusted beneath the spinning propellers of gargantuan tankers and sky-scraping container ships.
The scuttled USS Westfield, a Union gunship, and the last vestiges of its 14 doomed crew lay obscured in seafloor sediment near the confluence of the Texas City and [...]

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The Ships List

Wrecks of 1816-1818
Extracts from British Parliamentary Papers Report of the Select Committee on Shipwrecks, 1836 XVII (xxx) for vessels to ports outside of UK.
Return of all Vessels belonging to the United Kingdom, [...]

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Trio seeks the OK to salvage priceless shipwreck

Priceless artifacts, including Chinese and Japanese porcelain, textiles and earthenware from the wrecks of two ships that sank more than three centuries ago, are scattered on the ocean floor about 500m south of the entrance to the Milnerton lagoon.
Now, three treasure hunters – Graham Raynor, Michael Barchard and Christopher Byrnes – in their early 60s [...]

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