Article about the discovery of the SS City of Rio de Janeiro, a ship wrecked in the Golden Gate Strait of California in 1901.

A description of a shipwreck excavation from the Bronze Age near the southern coast of Turkey. Links to pictures of things found in the shipwreck are provided.

This dramatic interactive delves into the depths to explore the many shipwrecks which have taken place off the coast of Michigan's Great Lakes. Each of the four main topics opens into additional extensive and detailed information. Click...

The Royal British Columbia Museum looks at the historical possibility of cultural exchanges between the Japanese and the First Nations Peoples in Canada's Northwest. The site also looks at the validity of stories of shipwrecks in the...

Join Tim on the Titanic Shipwreck to understand about weather predictions. Learn about weather forecasts and different instruments that help determine what the weather will be. Win stars for every correct answer and earn a certificate at...

Illustrated accounts of the destruction and loss of two ships sailing to America across the Atlantic illuminate the dangers of nineteenth-century travel and the modes of rescue available at the time. With a range of archival material,...

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Tales of Shipwrecks and Other Disasters at Sea by Thomas Bingley (1861), a collection of stories about shipwrecks and other disasters at sea.

This is an online photocopy of the original of the children's book Uncle John's First Shipwreck or The Loss of the Brig "Nellie" by Charles Bruce, a nonfiction story of Uncle John's shipwreck and the loss of his ship.

The Hamilton and Scourge were two American schooners used and sank during the War of 1812. Both currently rest on the bottom of Lake Ontario. Background about the War of 1812, as well as how these ships were used is provided. In...

In 1733 a fleet of many ships set sail from Havana for Spain. After a bout of wind changes and bad weather most of the ships were swamped or sunk covering a span of approximately 80 miles in the Florida Keys. The shipwrecks created many...

An image of the USS Arizona (shipwreck).

An image of the USS MONITOR (Shipwreck).

In this lesson plan, students learn to read and act out the shipwreck scene in Shakespeare's "The Tempest."

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Swiss Family Robinson in Words of One-Syllable by Mary Godolphin [1870], a novel about a shipwreck written in simple language.

Sunken relics, ghostly shipwrecks, and lost cities aren't just wonders found in fictional adventures. Beneath the ocean's surface, there are ruins where people once roamed and shipwrecks loaded with artifacts from another time. Peter...

An image of "Shipwreck off a Rocky Coast", created by Adam Willaerts in 1614 (Oval panel, 65 x 87 cm).

An image of "Shipwreck on a Beach", created by Jan Porcellis in 1631 (Oil on panel, 37 x 67 cm).

An image of "Storm with a Shipwreck", created by Claude-Joseph Vernet in 1754 (Oil on canvas, 87 x 137 cm).

An image of "Shipwreck", created by Claude-Joseph Vernet in 1759 (Oil on canvas, 96 x 134,5 cm).

An image of "Shipwreck", created by Claude-Joseph Vernet in 1763 (Oil on canvas, 102 x 126 cm).

An image of "Shipwreck", created by Philip Jacques De Loutherbourg in 1767 (Oil on canvas, 58 x 81 cm).

An image of "The Shipwreck", created by Claude-Joseph Vernet in 1772 (Oil on canvas, 114 x 163 cm).

An image of "The Shipwreck", created by Hendrik Kobell in 1775 (Oil on panel, 92 x 134 cm).

An image of "Shipwreck of Don Juan", created by Eugene Delacroix in 1840 (Oil on canvas, 135 x 196 cm).