Shipwreck

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.

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
1845: The ships HMS Erebus and HMS Terror used in Sir John Franklin's ill-fated attempt to discover the Northwest passage.
Wreckage of the US Coast Guard Cutter Tampa found by British diving team Gasperados off the coast of England, May 4, 2026.

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. 

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
Marine archaeologist reviews underwater findings.

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.

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

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.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

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.