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The world’s most breathtaking underwater attractions from a museum with 500 incredible sculptures to a shipwreck that’s a ‘haven for marine life’

If these pictures don’t prompt you to book a scuba diving lesson – nothing will.  Shrimp-ly amazing.  Looking to make a splash on your next holiday?  MailOnline Travel has rounded up some of the globe’s most sand-sational underwater attractions.  And they’re o-fish-aly worth adding to your bucket list.  While you’ll need your diving gear to

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World

40 migrants missing after shipwreck as Italian Coast Guard recovers 6 dead bodies

The Italian Coast Guard recovered six bodies and is searching for up to 40 migrants who are still missing after a shipwreck in the Mediterranean. So far this year, 8,963 migrants have arrived in Italy, according to Interior Ministry figures updated Wednesday, a 4% increase over the same period last year. Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni’s

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Entertainment

Real-life shipwreck story by Sophie Elmhirst wins top prize at Nero Book Awards

Ian Youngs Culture reporter, BBC News Getty Images Maralyn and Maurice Bailey, pictured back on the water the year after their ordeal The true story of a British couple who spent four months adrift on a life raft in the Pacific Ocean, after their boat was sunk by a whale, has been named the best

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U.S.

Gold coins worth $1M from 300-year-old Spanish shipwreck are recovered after ‘salvager illegally sold them’

A horde of stolen gold coins originally linked to the 1715 Fleet Shipwrecks that were  found on Florida’s Treasure Coast have now been recovered by federal agents.  The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission announced they were able to find 37 gold coins collectively worth over $1million that had been previously stolen on November 26.  On July

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U.S.

Long-lost John Evenson shipwreck is discovered in Lake Michigan after sinking nearly 130 years ago

By Ishita Srivastava For Dailymail.Com Published: 23:46 EDT, 2 October 2024 | Updated: 03:13 EDT, 3 October 2024 A long-lost shipwreck has been found nearly 130 years after it sank to the bottom of Lake Michigan.  The Wisconsin Historical Society recently announced that maritime historians Brendon Baillod and Robert Jaeck found the remains of a tugboat

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World

Incredible low tide reveals WW2 shipwreck in Essex river – and moon’s position means more might emerge

By Emily Cooper Published: 16:01 EDT, 21 September 2024 | Updated: 16:01 EDT, 21 September 2024 An exceptionally low tide has revealed the remains of a wartime shipwreck – abandoned by its crew more than 80 years ago. The ghostly skeleton of the South Coaster has appeared out of the River Exe in Devon where

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U.S.

Michigan sleuth, 70, insists he has discovered ‘holy grail’ shipwreck from 1679…and claims petty officials won’t let him excavate it

A Michigan shipwreck hunter claims he’s uncovered the remains of a haunted ship that disappeared in 1679 – but says bureaucrat officials are standing in the way of his sunken treasure.  Steve Libert, 70, believes that he has discovered the wreck of Le Griffin, the first full-size European ship to sail in the Upper Great Lakes.

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World

Captain of Bayesian superyacht is investigated for ‘manslaughter and shipwreck’ after tragedy which left seven dead

Prosecutors in Italy have launched an official investigation into the captain of the £30million Bayesian superyacht which sank off Sicily last week, killing British tech billionaire Mike Lynch and six others.  Captain James Cutfield, a 51-year-old New Zealand national, is being investigated for manslaughter and shipwreck, Italian dailies La Repubblica and Corriere della Sera are reporting

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World

Manslaughter, Shipwreck Probe Into Mike Lynch Yacht Sinking, Captain To Face More Questions

Italian prosecutors said Saturday they were investigating possible manslaughter after a superyacht sank killing seven people, as it emerged that trapped passengers scrabbled for air pockets after it went down.UK tech tycoon Mike Lynch, his 18-year-old daughter Hannah, four friends and the yacht’s cook died when the British-flagged Bayesian sank in a storm before dawn

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