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• Annie E Smale

  http://shipwrecks.slc.ca.gov/Articles/Annie_E_Smale.html
  Article on this four masted schooner, lost on the rocks off Point Reyes, California in 1910.

• BBC News: Historic Ship Remains Recovered

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/4021077.stm
  Parts of a ship thought to have lain in the Thames Estuary for 500 years are recovered intact.

• BBC: Fight to Save Medieval Ship

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/2183191.stm
  Archaeologists examining the remains of a medieval ship discovered by builders at Newport, say it could be more important than the Mary Rose.

• Belle

  http://shipwrecks.slc.ca.gov/Articles/Belle.html
  Article by Marie Burnett on the sinking of the Belle after its boiler blew up near Sacramento, California, USA.

• Benwood

  http://www.indiana.edu/~r317doc/trail/benwood.html
  Historic Shipwreck 1942.

• Benwood

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benwood_(shipwreck)
  Wikipedia article on the wreck of this merchant freighter in 1942 after a collision off the coasts of Florida.

• Brother Jonathan

  http://shipwrecks.slc.ca.gov/Brother_Jonathan/Ships_History.html
  Account by Goodyear K. Walker of the history of this paddle steamer and its loss in 1865 off the coasts of California.

• Commodore

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_(shipwreck)
  Wikipedia account of the wreck of this steamboat off the coast of Florida in 1897.

• Commodore Rodgers

  http://shipwrecks.slc.ca.gov/Articles/Commodore_Rodgers.html
  This American whaleship grounded at Monterey, California during a heavy gale.

• Electra

  http://shipwrecks.slc.ca.gov/Articles/Electra.html
  Article by April Van Wyke on the grounding and subsequent break up of this schooner while unloading lumber at Cambria in San Luis Obispo County, California.

• HMS Culloden

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Culloden_(1776)
  Wikipedia article on this Royal Navy ship of the line which was run aground in 1781 at Culloden Point, Montauk, NY, USA to prevent it falling into the hands of the enemy.

• Information on the Sinking of the J.H.Jones

  http://vaxxine.com/gblawson/jonesindex.eht
  Photograph and newspaper articles on the sinking of the J. H. Jones on 22 November, 1906 in Georgian Bay.

• Isabelita Hyne

  http://shipwrecks.slc.ca.gov/Articles/Isabelita_Hyne.html
  This barque ran ashore thirty-five miles south of the heads in the bay of Maria Montez, California, USA.

• Jupiter Ship Wreck

  http://www.jupitercoins.com/
  Offering artifacts and treasure coin jewelry found on the Jupiter Ship Wreck, a 1660 wreck on the Florida coast.

• La Paz

  http://shipwrecks.slc.ca.gov/Articles/La_Paz.html
  In 1855, this vessel was wrecked in a dramatic disaster in Mendocino Harbor, California, which resulted in the loss of three vessels.

• Los Angeles

  http://shipwrecks.slc.ca.gov/Articles/Los_Angeles.html
  Article by Katja Huebner on this screw steamer, wrecked off Point Sur, California in 1894.

• Marciana Marina Roman Shipwreck

  http://www.romanhideout.com/News/2002/irna20020824.asp
  The Islamic Republic News Agency reports the discovery of a 2,000-year old ship off the Tuscan island of Elba.

• Mystery Mardi Gras Shipwreck

  http://www.nautilusproductions.com/mardigrasshipwreck.html
  For 200 years, the Gulf of Mexico kept the secret of the Mardi Gras shipwreck. This article explains the investigation that has followed its discovery.

• Natalia

  http://shipwrecks.slc.ca.gov/Articles/Natalia.html
  Account of the wreck of this brig off Monterey in 1834.

• Queen Anne's Revenge

  http://www.qaronline.org/
  Underwater archaeology of the flagship of Blackbeard the pirate. History of the ship, recovered artifacts, conservation efforts, and educational material.

• S.S. Pomona Shipwreck Project

  http://www.indiana.edu/~e472/pomona/pomonahome.html
  The steamship Pomona ran aground on March 17, 1908 while on a routine trip near Fort Ross Cove, 80 miles north of San Francisco. Archival and archaeological evaluation of the shipwreck is presented.

• Scientists Have Found Oldest Shipwreck in Alaska

  http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/072803/ala_072803ala001001.shtml
  From Kenai Peninsula Online, scientists say they have found what they believe to be the wreckage of the Russian sailing vessel Kadiak, which sank in 1860 in shallow waters near Spruce Island.

• SS Tarpon

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Tarpon_(Shipwreck)
  Article from Wikipedia on this steam ship which sank in 1937 near Panama City, Florida, United States.

• Steamboat Minnehaha

  http://www.steamboatminnehaha.org/
  1906 steamboat recovered after 50 years on the bottom of Minnesota Lake. Restored and now operating on Lake Minnetonka as a nonprofit museum. Unique Streetcar on hull.

• Swedish Ship Vasa's Revival

  http://www.abc.se/~m10354/publ/vasa.htm
  Technical report by Dottie E. Mayol on the history, salvage, and conservation of this ship. The Vasa sank within one nautical mile of the start of her maiden voyage in 1628 before she even left the Stockholm archipelago.

• The Mary Rose

  http://www.maryrose.org/
  Built between 1509 and 1511, she was one of the first ships able to fire a broadside, and was a firm favorite of King Henry VIII.

• The Vrouw Maria of 1771

  http://www.abc.se/~pa/publ/vr_maria.htm
  An example of documentary research to find the location of this ship that was known to have sunk loaded with treasure bound for Russia.

• Titanic's Lost Sister

  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/titanic/
  The parallels between Titanic and Brittanic from PBS Online.

• University of West Florida: Emanuel Point Shipwreck

  http://uwf.edu/cassh/departments/anthropology-and-archaeology/research/faculty-and-staff-projects/maritime/emanuel-point-shipwreck/
  Discovered in 1992 by a team from the Florida Bureau of Archaeological Research during a survey of Pensacola Bay.

• Wilhelm Gustloff: The Deadliest Shipwreck

  http://www.awesomestories.com/disasters/gustloff
  Provides the story, which Hitler tried to quash, of the world's deadliest shipwreck.

 

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