ships

The return of sail! Pioneering wind-powered cargo ship sets sail A cargo ship fitted with giant, rigid British-designed sails has set out on its maiden voyage. Shipping firm Cargill, which has chartered the vessel, hopes the technology will help the industry chart a course towards a greener...

Aurora Borealis May Have Contributed to Sinking of Titanic, Suggests Meteorological Researcher Erika P.Sep 17, 2020 07:40 AM EDT On that fateful night of April 15, 1912, the seemingly unsinkable RMS Titanic hit an iceberg and sunk for hours, killing over a thousand passengers. More than a...

Five corpses and two human heads have been discovered inside a shipwreck on the coast of Japan. The boat washed ashore on Japan's Sado Island, northwest from the mainland, on Friday and authorities gained access on Saturday. The heavily damaged vessel had Korean lettering painted on its side...

from Yahoo: Nature, Visitors Taking Toll on Titanic By BIPASHA RAY, Associated Press Writer BOSTON - When Robert Ballard discovered the Titanic on the North Atlantic seabed in 1985, he was amazed at how well-preserved it was and predicted the wreck would change little in his lifetime. But...

All right it’s probably not the remains of the Punt expedition, but it’s still interesting. I think most of the vessels they’ve found before now were intended for use on the Nile. https://www.newscientist.com/article.ns/?id=dn7190 Link is dead. The MIA webpage can be accessed via the Wayback...

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Does anyone know of the conspiracy regarding the loss of the Franklin Expedition during the search for the Northwest Passage? There has been considerable evidence to prove that the Admirality made certain that he was not found. They made sure nobody found the messages left in the he set up...