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Replica Ming dynasty junk sinks
Last year a replica of a 16th century junk was built with the intention to demonstrate that Zheng He, China’s greatest admiral, could have reached North America nearly 600 years ago. The Princess Taiping was 54 feet long and powered … Continue reading
Christmas Island body from HMAS Sydney
The ongoing inquiry into the 1941 sinking of HMAS Sydney has concluded that a body which was washed up on Christmas Island in February 1942 came from the ship. It had drifted in a life raft called a Carley float … Continue reading
HMAS Sydney crew not shot in life raft
Evidence from an inquiry into the sinking of HMAS Sydney in November 1941 contradicts a theory that crewmen were machine gunned in their life raft by men the German ship Kormoran. All 645 men from the Sydney were lost. The … Continue reading
Mary Rose museum building to start in the autumn
The Mary Rose was built in Portsmouth in 1509-1510 and was one of the most powerful warships afloat in the Tudor era. She sank in the Solent on 19 July 1545, but was rediscovered and finally raised in 1982. She … Continue reading
Elizabethan cannon techonology
Last June we posted a story about an Elizabethan warship that had been found off Alderney dating from around 1592. Further research seems to be confirming some of the initial findings, that Elizabeth I’s navy was becoming more professional and … Continue reading
French WWI battleship found
The Danton was a French battleship was laid down in 1906 and launched in 1909. She was a pre-dreadnought battleship which served with the French Mediterranean Fleet in the First World War. On 18th March 1917 she was torpedoed and … Continue reading
HMS Victory found
No, not Nelson’s flagship at the battle of Trafalgar, which is still safely in dry dock in Portsmouth. Or at least it was just over a year ago when I visited her. But Nelson’s flagship wasn’t the first HMS Victory, … Continue reading
Sixteenth Century Wreck in Namibia
In April a crane driver from a diamond mining company spotted coins at a site that had been drained for diamond mining. These turned out to be from a shipwreck, which looks as though it might be a 16th century … Continue reading