Migrants dead, missing after shipwrecks off Italy, Tunisia
Rome, ItalyReuters Two people died and around 30 more are missing at sea after two migrant shipwrecks off the southern Italian island of Lampedusa, the coastguard said on Sunday, adding that 57 people had been rescued. In a separate operation, 34 migrants were airlifted by helicopter from a cliff in Lampedusa on which they had […]
Colombia discovers two historical shipwrecks in Caribbean
Bogota, Colombia Reuters Colombian naval officials conducting underwater monitoring of the long-sunken San Jose galleon have discovered two other historical shipwrecks nearby, President Ivan Duque said on Monday. The San Jose galleon, thought by historians to be carrying treasure that would be worth billions of dollars, sank in 1708 near Colombia’s Caribbean port of Cartagena. […]
Essay: Has Captain Cook’s ship Endeavour been found? Debate rages, but here’s what’s usually involved in identifying a shipwreck
Amid controversy over claims the ‘HMB Endeavour’ has been found lying off the US coastline, JOHN MCCARTHY, of Flinders University in Australia, looks – in an article published on The Conversation – at what’s usually involved in identifying a shipwreck…
Some 170 people missing after two Mediterranean shipwrecks – reports
Some 170 people are missing after two shipwrecks on the Mediterreanean, according to reports. One dinghy was spotted by Italian authorities sinking on Friday in rough waters – three survivors were later picked up and said they were part of a group of 120 people, mainly from West Africa, who had left Libya on Thursday […]