Bombshell finding in report divulges new revelation behind New Zealand navy ship sinking
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Bombshell finding in report divulges new revelation behind New Zealand navy ship sinking

A New Zealand navy ship sank off Samoa because the crew did not realize its autopilot was still turned on before it ran aground, a Court of Inquiry has found. The HMNZS Manawanui, which cost NZ$147M ($85.7M USD), ran aground on a reef on the southern side of Samoa on…

Remains of US last known slave ship, the Clotilda, buried in Alabama river to remain underwater
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Remains of US last known slave ship, the Clotilda, buried in Alabama river to remain underwater

The last known US slave ship is too “broken” and decayed to be extracted from the murky waters of the Alabama Gulf Coast without being dismembered, a task force of archaeologists, engineers and historians announced following a yearslong investigation. The task force headed by the Alabama Historical Commission said Thursday that the…

Baltictech divers find 175-year-old bottles of champagne on shipwreck off Swedish coast
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Baltictech divers find 175-year-old bottles of champagne on shipwreck off Swedish coast

No ‘pagne, no gain. A team of Polish divers discovered the wreckage of a 19th-century sailing ship with hundreds of still-sealed bottles of champagne that nearly rival the oldest in the world. Divers from the private group Baltictech — which searches for shipwrecks on the Baltic seabed — nearly missed…