Maritime archaeologists excavate Danish warship 225 years after it sunk in Copenhagen's harbour
Ceramics, glass bottles, shoes β€” and even human remains. Those were among the items recently recovered by maritime archaeologists from a Danish shipwreck, more than 225 years after it exploded in Copenhagen’s harbour. The wreck dates back to April 1801, when a powerful British fleet attacked the Danish defence ship called "Dannebroge" in an effort ...
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BANKNOTES SALVAGED FROM THE SS EGYPT

This week's E-Sylum has an excerpt from an article about a shipment of new Indian banknotes recovered from the 1922 wreck of the SS Egypt. It is in turn excerpted from Rezwan Razack's book Paper Money of the Princely State of Hyderabad.

https://www.coinbooks.org/v29/esylum_v29n14.html#article29

#News #Numismatics #Shipwreck #Banknote #HIstory #Histodons @numismatics @histodons

One of those paintings that just *beg* for a classic adventure novel to be set in them...

Francis Danby's "Shipwreck".

#art #traditionalart #painting #oilpainting #ship #sail #sailing #sea #ocean #sunset #clouds #cloudscape #sky #skyscape #shipwreck

Da ist nichts mehr von 'Klar Schiff!' #FotoVorschlag

Das Wrack der 'Peter Iredale' bei Astoria (Oregon).

#PeterIredale #Astoria #Oregon #Shipwreck #Wrack #KΓΌste #Coast #Rusty

SS Empress of Ireland: Canada's Forgotten Titanic

In 1914, the SS Empress of Ireland sank in the St. Lawrence River after colliding with the Norwegian collier Storstad. Of the 1,477 people on board, 1,012 died, βš“ Though less known, it remains one of Canada's worst peacetime maritime disasters. πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ #Canada #EmpressOfIreland #MaritimeHistory #Shipwreck

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Empress_of_Ireland