12 Most Amazing And Mysterious Shipwrecks Recently Discovered
From warships sinking on their maiden voyage … to mind-blowing sites of sunken treasures ... Here are 12 of the most mysterious and amazing shipwrecks!
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#12 The WTC Ship
Rebuilding efforts at the site of the World Trade Center were halted in 2010 when workers made a bizarre discovery. The remains of a sailing vessel were located about 22 feet (7 m) beneath the present-day street level. For an extended period, no one knew where it could have come from.
#11 The Eduard Bohlen
While we usually think of shipwrecks occurring in the sea, then sinking to the bottom. But this one happened on land … well, sort of. The Eduard Bohlen was a cargo ship that encountered a thick fog in September 1909.
#10 Mediterranean Ghost Fleet
Ancient shipwrecks were discovered on the floor of the Black Sea in 2016. More than 40 perfectly preserved shipwrecks were accidentally located with Remote Operated Vehicles during a mapping expedition. That process was intended for conducting geophysical surveys.
#9 The Vasa Shipwreck
From the mid-17th to 18th centuries Sweden developed from a poor European kingdom with little influence into a major Continental power. Since the Vasa’s shipwreck was recovered in 1961, it has become a symbol of the country’s ‘great power period.’
#8 SS Waratah
This was a steamship that launched in 1908 and operated between Europe and Australia. One year later it was en route from Cape Town South Africa to Australia. Somewhere along that journey the ship vanished, along with more than 200 passengers and crew members on board.
#7 Deep Sea Desert Discovery
You normally think of sunken treasure being found deep in the water. But here’s a case where treasure was found aboard a ship that was deep in the Namibian desert! Diamond miners in Africa were draining a man made saltwater lake by the Skeleton Coast.
#6 The Uluburun Shipwreck
In the early 1980s, a sponge diver discovered a shipwreck near the shores of Uluburun in south-western Turkey. The ruins were later identified as a vessel from the late 14th century BC.
#5 The Mary Rose
This was one of the most advanced warships of its day. Launched in 1511, it served the English Tudor Navy of King Henry VIII (the Eighth) and sailed for more than 30 years. During that time it was involved with several skirmishes with the French.
#4 SS Central America
Here’s a case where treasure found in the sea led to a lot of intrigue on land. The SS Central America was often called the ‘Ship of Gold’. It was hit by a hurricane in 1857 off the coast of South Carolina, where it sank.
#3 Sea of Galilee Mystery Ship
An ancient fishing boat dating to the 1st century AD was discovered in 1986 on the shore of Galilee. Measuring around 27 feet long (8 m) and 7.5 feet wide (2 m), the craft was revealed when a drought caused the waters to recede.
#2 SS City of Cairo
100 tons of rupees carried by the SS City of Cairo were thought to be forever lost when the vessel was torpedoed by a Nazi U-boat in 1942. But the valuable cargo was later located by researchers using robotics and sonar at extreme depths of some 17,000 feet (5,150 meters).
#1 The San Jose
This was a Spanish galleon that was estimated to be carrying gold and precious jewels worth more than $10 million dollars. It was sunk by the Royal Navy off the coast of Colombia in 1708.
