Hacker News with Generative AI: Shipwrecks

Titanic digital scan reveals new details of ship's final hours (bbc.com)
A detailed analysis of a full-sized digital scan of the Titanic has revealed new insight into the doomed liner's final hours.

Titanic, History, Technology, Archaeology, Shipwrecks

47 points by jnord 17 days ago | 29 comments

Explorers discover wreckage of ship that sank in Lake Superior 130 years ago (phys.org)
Twenty years before the Titanic changed maritime history, another ship touted as the next great technological feat set sail on the Great Lakes.

History, Maritime, Exploration, Shipwrecks

4 points by pseudolus 45 days ago | 1 comments

Divers recover Phoenician shipwreck that sank 2.6k years ago off coast of Spain (smithsonianmag.com)
Archaeologists have raised a 2,600-year-old shipwreck from the waters near southeastern Spain.

Archaeology, History, Shipwrecks, Phoenicians, Spain

205 points by bookofjoe 99 days ago | 106 comments

New images show state of preservation of Ernest Shackleton's ship (theguardian.com)
More than a century after it sank below the icy Weddell Sea in Antarctica, forcing its crew to embark on one of the most celebrated survival quests in history, new images have revealed the remarkable state of preservation of Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance.

History, Exploration, Antarctica, Shipwrecks, Photography

112 points by rmason 196 days ago | 44 comments

"Women and Children First" (historic-uk.com)
The Birkenhead Drill, or Women and Children First, as established by the silent heroes of HMS Birkenhead in 1852…

History, Maritime, Shipwrecks, Social History

47 points by squircle 205 days ago | 73 comments

MI couple running out of time to prove they found Great Lakes' oldest shipwreck (lansingstatejournal.com)
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