The 1985 discovery of the RMS Titanic changed the field of maritime archaeology forever, proving that even deeply sunken ships could be found with the help of advanced technology in the form of ...

A piece of Great Lakes maritime history is hitting the auction block this weekend at DuMouchelles in Detroit, offering ...

Scientists at the Australian National Maritime Museum (ANMM) have announced after more than 20 years of research that they have definitively identified the HMS Endeavour, one of the most famous ...

A groundbreaking new study has reshaped our understanding of the sinking of Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance in 1915. Using technical analysis and archival research, Jukka Tuhkuri determined that ...

DULUTH — Tanner Johnson has studied a lot of shipwrecks. In terms of popular fascination, though, few shipwrecks compare to the foundering of the Edmund Fitzgerald in a 1975 Lake Superior storm, with ...

When a shipwreck occurs around the world, it often makes the news for a few reasons. It could be that the ship was particularly well-known, or it could be how it sank that gets the public's attention, ...

The SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank in a Lake Superior storm on November 10, 1975, killing all 29 crew members. The exact cause of the shipwreck remains unknown, and the wreck site is now a protected grave.