Non-Fleet related news including shipwrecks, treasure, hoards and finds from around the globe.
The U.S. Is Looking for a Pirate to Help Find Sunken Treasure Using AI
UA NEWS The American company AE Studio has announced an unusual job opening for expeditions to search for sunken ships. It is looking for an experienced sailor and diver who will work with artificial intelligence
Britain Surrendered £5.5 Billion Treasure Hunt to Avoid Row with Spain Over Gibraltar
Image: The wreck is just off the coast of Gibraltar | GETTY By George Bunn Britain walked away from a potential £5.5billion treasure recovery mission near Gibraltar rather than risk a confrontation with Spain over
Roman Shipwreck Discovered off the Coast of Sicily, Italy, Laden with Ancient Jars Believed to be More Than 2,000 Years Old
Image: Screenshot from video posted by Italy’s Ministry of Culture showing the discovery of an underwater Roman shipwreck laden with amphorae, believed to be more than 2,000 years old. @mic_italia/Instagram Italian divers have discovered the
Guinness found on 162-year-old shipwreck inspires divers with ‘Project Jurassic Beer’ – The Irish Times
Image: A bottle of Guinness discovered on the ‘Mindora’ shipwreck off the coast of Dover, England. Photograph: Stefan Panis By Jack Brady Bottles of Guinness dating back to 1864 have been found on a shipwreck
Research Indicates the Shipwreck RMS Republic May Contain the Greatest Treasure Ever Lost at Sea
New historical research reconstructs the missing financial story behind the RMS Republic, establishing what may be the GOAT—the Greatest of All Treasures. MIAMI, FL, UNITED STATES For more than a century, one of maritime history’s
Titanic’s Lost Grand Piano Identified In North Atlantic Debris Field After More Than A Century
Image: Screengrab from YouTube video By MI News Network A team of maritime historians has identified the surviving remains of the grand piano carried aboard RMS Titanic, more than a century after the instrument disappeared
Mystery of Gold Coin Shipwreck Finally Unmasked After 30 Years: ‘Fantastic Conclusion’
Image: The identification of the Dom van Keulen followed decades of collaboration among divers, archaeologists and researchers from multiple institutions. (British Museum; Maritime Archaeology Sea Trust (MAST)) Researchers matched wreck to the Dom van Keulen,
A US firm hauled up hundreds of thousands of gold and silver coins from a sunken Spanish frigate, then Spain fought through the courts and won back the estimated $500-million haul
Read the full article on The Times of India:http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/132533536.cms
Two European Royal Treasures Were Lost. Finding Them Rewrites History.
Image: picture alliance // Getty Images Lost crowns, funeral scepters, and medieval coins from the 1200s and 1400s resurfaced in Poland and Lithuania, rewriting what we know about Central European royalty. By Tim Newcomb Here’s
Wreckwatch TV: New Clues in the Hunt for the Pirate King’s Lost Ship
In the final episode of Mystery of the Pirate King’s Treasure, the Wreckwatch team gets up close and personal with a burned wooden hull and cargo of tobacco pipes decorated with the armsInsignia of a