The search for the lucrative bounty is underway. The Colombian government has started an expedition to recover an 18th Century Spanish galleon dubbed the “holy grail of shipwrecks”. The wreckage, which was sunk by the British Royal Navy in 1708 in the Caribbean Sea, has an estimated £16bn ($20bn) in treasure on board. Gustavo Petro, […]

1 year ago

The ship was found in a “brilliant state of preservation”. Endurance, the lost ship belonging to legendary Irish-born explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, has been found in the Antarctic in one of the greatest shipwreck discoveries ever. The ship sank in 1915 when it was crushed by sea ice during one of Shackleton’s expeditions to the […]

4 years ago