What ship sank in Antarctica?
What ship sank in Antarctica? The wreck of Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship Endurance has been found 107 years after it became trapped in sea ice and sank off the coast of Antarctica.
What mysterious ship was found in Antarctica?
The HMS Endurance, the ship of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton that sank in 1915, has been discovered intact off the coast of Antarctica. Shackleton and his crew set off from the UK in 1914. But when they reached McMurdo Sound, the ship became stuck in the thick ice of the Weddell Sea.
What 100 year old ship was found in Antarctica?
Following another expedition later in his life, Shackleton died on South Georgia Island in 1947 and is buried there. More than a century after it sank off the coast of Antarctica, polar explorer Ernest Shackleton's ship HMS Endurance has been located, apparently intact and in good condition.
What ship was found after 80 years?
After more than 80 years on the seabed, what is believed to be the wreckage of British submarine HMS Thistle has been discovered off the coast of Norway.
What ship was found 106 years later?
Ernest Shackleton's ship Endurance, lost since 1915, is found off Antarctica. An expedition that set out in search of the lost ship of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton has found it — 106 years after the vessel sank off Antarctica.
How many abandoned ships are floating in the ocean?
In 2020 the International Maritime Organization (IMO) database listed 438 ships worldwide, with 5,767 crew members, abandoned since 2004; not all cases are referred to the IMO, so the actual number is larger, but unknown. In 2020, by August 470 seafarers on 31 vessels had been abandoned.