Science: Archaeology: Topics: Underwater: Shipwrecks

Scholarly report from Southampton University on ancient ship timbers discovered off the coast of Hayling Island, southern England.

Historical backgrounds, pictures and other information on some of New England's most well-known shipwrecks. Maps and charts of the area, information on locating and diving on wrecks, and a message board.

Articles about California shipwrecks plus pictures of artifacts, underwater video, an online database of California wrecks, and a list of shipwreck links from the California State Lands Commission.

Histories of each wreck from the Channel Islands National Park and Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary.

Minnesota Historical Society information on Lake Superior and inland lake and river shipwrecks. Includes history and development of Great Lakes watercraft.

An illustrated exploration of the long and rich maritime history of this part of the southern coast of England and some of its tragedies.

Underwater exploration of shipwrecks in the waters of Bass Strait, Victoria, Australia. History of the area referred to as the Graveyard, legislation protecting it, and details of current projects.

Information from the underwater archaeology program of the Wisconsin Historical Society. Includes videos and a Kid's Corner.

The government of Qubec reports that archaeologists have discovered that a 17th-century wreck off Anse aux Bouleaux belonged to the fleet of Sir William Phips in his expeditions against New France in 1690.

The Islamic Republic News Agency reports the discovery of a 2,000-year old ship off the Tuscan island of Elba.

Downloadable and searchable shipwreck databases, with a focus on the North American Great Lakes.

Features contemporary maritime literature, journalism, writing and research.

The British Museum and the Centre for Maritime Archaeology, University of Southampton investigate the existence of Roman wrecks in the waters surrounding the British Isles.

The site overviews a shipwreck surveyed at Pass Cavallo, the entrance to Matagorda Bay, Texas. Artifact analysis suggests it is the Hannah Elizabeth, a Texas gunrunner that sank in 1835.

Features ten stories of shipwrecks along the Vancouver Island coast, maritime hazards, rescue and salvage work, and a bibliography. [English and French]

Parts of a ship thought to have lain in the Thames Estuary for 500 years are recovered intact.

Cheryl Ward describes the underwater excavation in 1996 of an Ottoman-period shipwreck off Egypt's Red Sea coast by the Institute of Nautical Archaeology.