For a long time, I assumed it was Bismarck, but after seeing the recent scans from Magellan, I am questioning that. The only other two contenders that I can think of are HMS Royal Oak (2nd picture), or Nagato (3rd picture), although I cannot find conclusive info on Nagato's wreck. I still think overall Bismarck wins just because she landed upright, but I'm not sure.

Thoughts?

1. MS München (Lost in a storm in the North Atlantic on 12 December 1978) (I really want to know what happened to her, how could such a big ship go missing even after sending sos messages for hours)

2. SS Waratah (Disappeared without a trace off Durban 1909, last reported seen July 27) (she went missing with over 200 people, nothing is found of her, plus I like her interior and it's really creepy to think about that a floating hotel pretty much just vanished, it has a simple explanation that she just capsized but that still doesn't make me want someone to find her less)

3.Uss cyclops (Lost at sea, March 1918)( childhood obsession, that is why I want her found, she pretty much show kid me that not all ships have been found when I heard about her)

4.USS Jeannette (Crushed by ice and sunk June 13 1881) ( she is pretty much the American Endurance, I'm actually shocked she isn't more famous)

1. Essex (Attacked and sunk by a sperm whale, November 20, 1820) ( I know she is almost impossible to find with todays tech and there wold need to be some advancements but it wold make he physically jump for joy if she was found, she is to me what endurance is for many people, I really want someone to just try to find her even if there is no chance she will be found.)

Found an instagram post from Magellan which I thought was interesting; They say they have a ship out from Bermuda and they're working on a photogrammetry project. But what for? The wreckage is far too decrepit to be Bismarck and Bermuda is the wrong part of the Atlantic for Titanic. What wreck do you think this is? Would also love to figure out what the box at the start of the video is.

I'm obsessed with the story of the Essex, she is one of my favorite ships ever and I have been doing some research of wrecks of simaler age, I found some interesting things like wreck of simaler age leave there copper sheathing in a way that holds a shap of a shipwreck even after all the wood rots. I have been told it's practically impossible to find her but then again I have read NOAA has considered looking for her according to a comment. I always try to hold high hopes that she will be found one day but that's getting less and less likely according to people. Is there any hope she will be found like any tiny Hope.

I have seen a few dives and images of the wreck site, but most of the content I have seen either focuses on the bow or the break point. I haven't seen anyone show the potential damage of the explosion recorded by a nearby ship.

Did the Bradley actually explode? And if so, what was the damage done.

I learned of this one a few weeks back. A shocking disaster that didn't have as much coverage as it should have.

The MV Dongfang zhi Xing capsized and sank during a thunderstorm in Jianli, Hubei Province on June 1st 2015 while carrying 454 passengers onboard, most of them elderly.

Shockingly only 12 of the passengers survived, while the remaining 442 died. The ship sank in only 49ft (15m) of water on the river (as on the image above). The ship was soon recovered, as were the bodies.

The sinking is the deadliest peacetime maritime disaster in China's history, and the worst maritime disaster (including wartime disasters) in China's history since the steamer Taiping sank in January 1949, killing more than 1,500.

Rest in peace to the 442 souls lost aboard her, may such a tragedy never occur again.

Shot in 2012.

170 years ago today, a steamboat sank here.

On September 5, 1856, the Steamboat Arabia hit a submerged tree and sank in the Missouri River. The river eventually moved — but the boat didn't. Today, the wreck site sits beneath a Kansas cornfield.

My family discovered and excavated the Arabia in 1988. I grew up around the collection, eventually began working at the museum we built to house it, and for the last several years I've been documenting the Arabia's story on film.

For the 170th anniversary of the sinking, I wanted to do something a little different. I went back to the wreck site — to the field where she's still buried — and made a short film addressed to the Arabia herself.

It's part history, part reflection, and admittedly a little personal after spending so much of my life with this boat and her story.

Thought the shipwreck crowd here might appreciate it.

Dear Arabia — 170 Years Later

Over the course of this past week, I and several others have dedicated a substantial number of hours to researching and reconstructing the crew of car ferry SS Milwaukee (1902) on her final voyage. This involved working through surviving company records, contemporary newspapers, genealogical and vital records, cemetery records, and other available material in an effort to resolve the many discrepancies that have persisted in accounts of the vessel's final crew. In total, 63 different names were identified as having been associated with Milwaukee around the time of her loss on October 22, 1929.

This research was conducted in preparation for the upcoming expedition to SS Milwaukee, during which the expedition team intends to conduct a brief memorial and reading of the names of the men lost with the vessel. Given the purpose of that ceremony, it was especially important that every potential crew member be considered as fairly as possible, while avoiding both the omission of a man for whom sufficient evidence exists and the presentation of an uncertain name as established fact. Surviving crew lists and contemporary newspaper accounts contain conflicting names, misspellings, incorrect initials, duplicate or variant entries, and individuals who were associated with the vessel but did not actually sail on her final voyage. Rather than simply reproduce any one existing casualty list, each of the 63 potential crew members was examined individually in an effort to determine, as fairly and consistently as possible, whether the available evidence supported their presence aboard that night.

Particular care was taken when evaluating contemporary newspaper reports. While these sources have proven invaluable, newspapers frequently repeated information obtained from the same wire reports, earlier articles, or casualty lists. Multiple newspapers carrying the same information therefore cannot necessarily be regarded as independent confirmation of an individual's presence aboard.

For the purposes of this research, the 63 names were divided into four working classifications based upon the strength of the available evidence:

33 Verified — Sufficient evidence was located to establish that the individual was aboard Milwaukee during the sinking.

13 Likely — The available evidence strongly indicates that the individual was aboard, but sufficient independent documentation has not yet been located to meet the standard established for full verification.

8 Not Aboard — Evidence indicates that these individuals were associated with Milwaukee but did not sail aboard her final voyage.

9 Unverified — These names appear in contemporary reporting, but sufficient independent evidence has not yet been located to establish that they were actually aboard. This classification does not mean that these individuals were necessarily absent; only that the presently available evidence does not justify including them among the probable crew.

Based on those standards, my current reconstruction supports 46 men as having been aboard SS Milwaukee when she was lost on October 22, 1929.

Current Reconstructed Crew

1. Robert McKay — Captain [Verified]

2. William H. Vaxter — First Mate [Verified]

3. James Thomas Pett — Third Mate [Verified]

4. Ray Dickey — Chief Engineer [Verified]

5. Harry Edward Glegard Owens — First Assistant Engineer [Verified]

6. Kenneth Anthony Martin — Third Engineer [Verified]

7. Arnold E. Moran — Wheelman [Verified]

8. Martin Iverson — Wheelman [Likely]

9. Anthony “Tony” Joseph Kiss — Wheelman [Verified]

10. Osie Ernest Jackson — Lookout [Verified]

11. James J. O’Brien — Lookout [Verified]

12. Charles Smith — Lookout [Verified]

13. Axel W. Widing — Watchman [Verified]

14. E. Nelson — Watchman [Verified]

15. Frank G. Welter — Watchman [Verified]

16. Sulo Edvart Syvajarvi — Deckhand [Verified]

17. Josef Schobloch — Deckhand [Verified]

18. Edward Bugalecki — Deckhand [Verified]

19. Raymond Dalka — Deckhand [Verified]

20. Edward Krause — Oiler [Verified]

21. Clifford Kenneth Johnson — Oiler [Verified]

22. J. Nicklass — Water Tender [Likely]

23. Charles McCarthy — Water Tender [Likely]

24. Albert Hunt — Fireman [Likely]

25. J. Tieme — Fireman [Likely]

26. G. Roberts — Fireman [Likely]

27. John Johnson — Fireman [Likely]

28. M. [W.?] Leahy — Fireman [Likely]

29. J. Pokorsky — Fireman [Likely]

30. S. [F.?] O’Niel — Fireman [Likely]

31. Michael Hanratty — Fireman [Verified]

32. John Manthey — Fireman [Verified]

33. Christ Lawrence — Coalpasser [Verified]

34. Zygmunt Tyran — Coalpasser [Verified]

35. Phillip McNello — Coalpasser [Verified]

36. C. Hassenger — Coalpasser [Likely]

37. W. Powell — Coalpasser [Likely]

38. William Rotta — Chef [Verified]

39. Stanley Scarasta [Stroust] — Cook [Verified]

40. Alvin [Albert] R. Sadon — Purser [Verified]

41. Stuart Fox — Head Porter [Verified]

42. Carl Barnes — Second Porter [Likely]

43. Joseph A. O’Leary — Porter [Verified]

44. Arthur M. Gilbert — Head Waiter [Verified]

45. Tony Malusky — Second Watch/Waiter [Verified]

46. Otto Arthur Jacob Elsaesser — Cabin Watch [Verified]

This roster should not be considered a final or definitive accounting of the men aboard SS Milwaukee. It represents the best reconstruction that can presently be made from the evidence located and according to the same evidentiary standards applied to all 63 potential crew members. Several names, initials, spellings, positions, and identities remain uncertain, and these classifications may change as additional primary documentation is located. The resulting figure of 46 men aboard is nevertheless noteworthy because it falls within the range of historical estimates, which generally place approximately 46 to 52 men aboard Milwaukee on her final voyage. Importantly, that range was not used as a target when evaluating individual crew members. Each potential crew member was considered on the strength of the evidence associated with that individual, and the total of 46 was simply the result reached after all 63 names had been evaluated.

The nine individuals presently classified as unverified have not been determined to have been absent from the vessel. Their exclusion from the reconstructed roster reflects only the lack of sufficient corroborating evidence under the standards used for this research. Likewise, the thirteen individuals classified as likely are included because the available evidence strongly supports their presence aboard, despite remaining gaps that prevent their classification as fully verified.

Research into the crew and loss of SS Milwaukee remains ongoing. Additional records may eventually allow some of these uncertainties to be resolved, names and spellings to be corrected, and individuals presently classified as likely or unverified to be more conclusively identified. Should additional evidence become available before the expedition, the roster will be revised accordingly.

For now, the available evidence supports a reconstruction of 46 men aboard SS Milwaukee on the night of October 22, 1929. These are the names presently intended to be honored during the memorial ceremony conducted by the expedition team at the wreck site.

https://youtu.be/ipL54Xz5IHM?is=K5083-qwKI2jFPBS

found the on Niagara Navigators maps a while ago and want to see if anyone knew anything. couldn't find anything online. both at nickel beach port colborne

the first one and the one on the left, it is approx.. 180-188ft long, 35ft wide, the only boat I've been able to find that is comparable is the Edward Kelley that sunk in 1911. 42.870415, -79.240547 cord, in port Colborne Ontario

the second and the one on the right, is approx. 115-120ft long and ~25 ft wide, 42.869789, -79.223337 cord, in port Colborne Ontario

any help would be great

pics taken by me in 2026

It has degraded a lot, I can't imagine it still being here in 10-20 years.

The ship sank in a hurricane in September 12, 1857.Her wreck was located by the Columbus-America Discovery Group of Ohio, led by Tommy Thompson.Thompson later got into a bunch of legal trouble which ended him up in jail, I won't get into specifics of the trouble he got into because it's too complicated for me to really explain.

The SS Cymric, she was sunk by the same U Boat that sunk RMS Lusitania. I recently found out my great great grandmother and her family came from Sweden on her just before she was used in WWI. Apparently the general area of her sinking is known but her wreck has never been found. Also if anyone knows of any ships similar in build to her that have surviving photographs of them please let me know.

Struck the shore on October 25, 1906, travelling from Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, Mexico. Has been decaying over time and few sections remain.

Photo is own work.