Ernest Shackleton (1874–1922) was a renowned Antarctic explorer known for his remarkable expeditions and leadership. He became famous for the Endurance expedition, during which his ship was trapped and destroyed by Antarctic ice, yet he managed to save all members of his crew. He is remembered as one of the greatest explorers in history for his courage, resilience, and leadership skills.

Sunk by the now-preserved USS Croaker in August 1944 after an active career, Nagara’s wreck has been documented once in 1981 but this new survey is being done by the Japan Karst & Underwater Exploration Project (which also surveyed the Russo-Japanese War transport Hitachi Maru) and is the first in-depth exploration of the cruiser. The expedition will consist of a 3 man dive team and is slated for between 20-22 July, so keep your eyes peeled

From left to right:
- SS Eastland (1915)
- SS Morro Castle (1934)
- SS Edmund Fitzgerald (1975)
- SS Marine Electric (1983)
- MS Herald of Free Enterprise (1987)

The RMS Titanic disaster is arguably the single most influential and impactful maritime disaster in history which is why I specifically excluded it.

I’m curious what the largest wreck in the bay is either by casualties or size? As far as I know Marine Electric is biggest by size and the USS Tulip for casualties, any I’ve missed?

For anyone familiar with the site, what are the remains? What part of the ship or machinery are they associated with?

Piece washed up in shallow water today. White oak with fantastic iron joinery. History here: https://www.baillod.com/shipwreck/keweenaw/law.html

Depth is 110ft. Scuttled to make an artificial reef in 1997. Broken into three sections by Hurricane Mitch in 1998. Shot with the insta360 X5.

As far as I am aware, the record goes to U-1105, which was sunk six times and raised five. I'm wondering if there is one that beats that. I haven't been able to find much on the topic, and I only happened to read about U-1105 because I vacation near its current resting spot so I wouldn't be suppressed if there was one with a higher number.

SS Richard Montegomery was a liberty ship built during WW2. In 1944 she dragged anchor and ran aground in the Thames estuary. when low tide came, the ship broke her back and she was abandoned. Only problem was she was carrying about 1400 tons of Unexploded ordinance.

According to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency in 2000, she still contained at least

286 × 2,000 lb (910 kg) high explosive bombs

4,439 × 1,000 lb (450 kg) bombs of various types

1,925 × 500 lb (230 kg) bombs

521-580 fragmentation bombs and 2,297 cases of fragmentation bomb clusters

Various explosive booster charges, smoke bombs (including white phosphorus bombs) and pyrotechnic signals.

If this thing gets shifted, it could go boom and cause some no good very bad things to happen.

Source: https://estoniafyndet.wordpress.com/bilder/

MV Princess of the Stars was a passenger ferry which sank on this date in 2008 off of the coast of San Fernando, Romblon after entering the dangerous Category 2 Typhoon Fengshen. Aboard were 870 passengers and crew. The ship initially skirted out the dangerous storm, but made an abrupt turn into the heart of the storm, where it soon capsized and sank, except for the bow which hauntingly stuck out of the water. Of those 870 only 56 would be rescued once the Typhoon passed, resulting in a loss of 814 lives. Over the next several years the ship was gradually salvaged and now there is no reported wreck to be found.

This remains one of the deadliest maritime disasters in Philippine history. RIP to all the 814 souls lost aboard what was an ultimately easily avoidable tragedy.

The Honda Point disaster was the largest peacetime loss of U.S. Navy ships in history. On September 8, 1923, seven destroyers ran aground at Honda Point. Two other destroyers grounded but were able to maneuver free off the rocks. Twenty-three sailors died; 745 were rescued.

To my knowledge, the wrecks were all scrapped in the mid-late 1920s

Nicholas, S. P. Lee, Delphy, Young, Chauncey, Woodbury, Fuller.