Shipwreck

'Once-in-a-generation' expedition sets sail to survey famed polar expedition ships

The targets of the new survey include Quest, a schooner-rigged steamship captained by Sir Ernest Shackleton, and Terra Nova, Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s whaler and polar expedition vessel.

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
The Quest, captained by Sir Ernest Shackleton; illustrative.
The wreck of the Japanese “Hellship” transport Hōfuku Maru, July 3, 2026.

Wreck of Japan's WWII 'Hellship' carrying Allied POWs found off Philippine coast after 80 years

The discovery, announced by the Hellships Memorial Foundation, was also aired in early June on the Discovery Channel’s Expedition Unknown program.

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
The submarine USS Herring (SS-233) passes Hunters Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco on October 12, 1943.

USS Herring’s final resting place confirmed 82 years after being lost in WWII

Herring and her 83 crew were presumed lost after failing to report to Midway on July 13, 1944. She was stricken from the Navy Register four months later.

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
Chinese porcelain discovered in 18th century shipwreck in Norway, June 3, 2026.

WATCH: Norway recovers Chinese porcelain, European-made goods from 18th-century shipwreck

The ship, coined "The Porcelain Wreck," is believed to have sunk around the mid-1700s, and was found at a depth of some 600 meters, the museum said. 

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM, REUTERS

DNA analysis identifies four more members of John Franklin's lost Arctic expedition

The failed British voyage set sail in 1845 to map the unnavigated passes of the Northwest Passage and attempt to study magnetic data and figure out if it could be used to better perfect navigation.

MAY 11, 2026ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
1845: The ships HMS Erebus and HMS Terror used in Sir John Franklin's ill-fated attempt to discover the Northwest passage.

Divers find wreck of Coast Guard ship torpedoed by Germans, US’ largest naval loss of World War I

Tampa was one of six USGC cutters assigned to escort convoys during World War I, losing only two ships out of 18 convoys. She earned a special commendation for exemplary service. 

MAY 5, 2026ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
Wreckage of the US Coast Guard Cutter Tampa found by British diving team Gasperados off the coast of England, May 4, 2026.

Mariners’ bane: Ancient ship graveyard identified off Libya’s coast

Seafloor surveys near the 2,300-year-old ancient Greek city mapped a harbor basin and cataloged multiple hulls.

MARCH 15, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Marine archaeologist reviews underwater findings.

Out of prison at last, the man behind a famed deep-sea haul refuses to share the map to the gold

Tommy Thompson located the S.S. Central America—known as the “Ship of Gold”—in 1988. The vessel lay more than 7,000 feet (2,134 meters) below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean.

MARCH 13, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A three-camera stereoscopic imaging kit is used to create accurate 3D models of underwater artifacts.

Authorities reveal discovery of fourth century Roman shipwreck off Italy’s southern coast

According to the ministry, the site has been under constant monitoring by Italy’s financial police to “protect the site from possible looting and to preserve its enormous scientific value.”

FEBRUARY 9, 2026ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
Divers carrying amphorae from the fourth century AD Roman shipwreck discovered off the coast of Gallipoli, southern Italy in June 2025.

The 137-foot mystery that survived five rescue attempts and 138 years underwater

Grain and coal hauler built in 1867 discovered spread across lake floor like puzzle pieces after crew abandoned ship in thick fog.

SEPTEMBER 8, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A diver near the ruin of the Fran D. Barker.